harrowing days in our history. the attempted assassination of president reagan. screaming, yelling. it s chaos. now, an unprecedented look into the mind and new life of the gunman, john hinckley junior. stories you haven t heard before. the cop, who questioned him, speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn t think he realized the magnitude of what he had done. from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? secrets from his diary uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actors, jody foster. the letters were sent to and the most controversial question of all, is hinckley really fit to be free? he s a potential k dangerous character. hello, welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day, more than 40 years ago, gunman, john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now, we re about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and feelings, and provi
from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? secrets from his diary uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actors, jody foster. the letters were sent to and the most controversial question of all, is hinckley really fit to be free? he s a potential k dangerous character. hello, welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day, more than 40 years ago, gunman, john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now, we re about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and feelings, and provide a firsthand look at his contentious second act as a free man. here s special contributor, troy roberts, with hinckley, diary of a dangerous mind. charming small town, williamsburg, virginia. people visit from all over the world for a taste of americas colonial history. this man came for something more. a new life, one that would be quietened normal. he volunteers at a church, she plays
jr. with the stories you haven t heard, the police officer who questioned hinckley speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn t think that he realized the magnitude of what he had done. andrea canning: from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? andrea canning: secrets from his diaries uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actress jodie foster. the letters were assumed to have been love type letters. andrea canning: and the most controversial question of all. is hinckley really fit to be free? he s a potentially dangerous character. he s proven that. hello and welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day more than 40 years ago, gunman john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now we are about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and feelings and provide a firsthand look at his contentious second act as a free man. here s special contributor troy robert
we executed a search warrant of his hotel room. thomas baker was the agent in charge and oversaw the search. they are on the desk, we found the letter, the statement of why he was doing this. the ledger revealed that hinckley didn t try to kill the president for political reasons. he did it because of a dark and twisted obsession with a woman. hinckley s bombshell motive thrusts a young hollywood actress into the spotlight. with those close to the president are left reeling. coming up raw pain for the reagan family. hinckley second fixation on actress, jody foster. the letters were assumed to be love letters. when dateline continues.
found the letter, the statement of why he was doing this. the ledger revealed that hinckley didn t try to kill the president for political reasons. he did it because of a dark and twisted obsession with a woman. hinckley s bombshell motive thrusts a young hollywood actress into the spotlight. with those close to the president are left reeling. coming up raw pain for the reagan family. hinckley second fixation on actress, jody foster. the letters were assumed to be love letters. when dateline continues.