until a brush with her own mortality sent her on an astounding journey. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, october 26th, 2011. good evening, i m sicynthia mcfadden. we begin with a stunning new revelation in the story of bernard madoff, the man behind the ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of people out of millllions of dollars. . tonight, his wife, silent since his arrest, has spoken for the first time. abc s brian ross, who has reported extensively on the madoff case, joins us now. brian? reporter: cynthia, mrs. madoff is saying the shame of being bernie and ruth madoff led the couple to try suicide. so, while there may be some who doubt her new version of events, there is no doubt this is a family that has been torn apart. bernie and ruth madoff tried to kill themselves on christmas eve, in this new york city penthouse apartment. it was just two weeks after madoff h
mortality sent her on an astounding journey. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, october 26th, 2011. good evening, i m sicynthia mcfadden. we begin with a stunning new revelation in the story of bernard madoff, the man behind the ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of people out of millions of dollars. . tonight, his wife, silent since his arrest, has spoken for the first time. abc s brian ross, who has reported extensively on the madoff case, joins us now. brian? reporter: cynthia, mrs. madoff is saying the shame of being bernie and ruth madoff led the couple to try suicide. so, while there may be some who doubt her new version of events, there is no doubt this is a family that has been torn apart. bernie and ruth madoff tried to kill themselves on christmas eve, in this new york city penthouse apartment. it was just two weeks after madoff had been arrested and his thou