with her career. >> reporter: for years, susan had relied on bob for help and he responded, sometimes with big checks. two at least for $25,000. >> there was some macabre kind of kooky energy that went on between them. >> reporter: we got some unique insight from a woman who claims she was susan berman's closest confidante and therapist and psychic. her name is barbara stabiner, and she told us she knows what susan was thinking. in fact, she gave the police many hours of her recorded conversations with susan in which, during those last months of 2000, according to barbara, susan grew increasingly worried. did susan ever tell you that she was afraid of robert? >> she did tell me she was fearful of him, because i had the feeling she felt afraid of him because she was afraid he would withdraw any help. >> reporter: but it was more