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
at the time of the hinckley trial, the prosecution had the burden to prove each and every element of the including the defendant sanity. prosecution began by showing jurors footage of the shooting. they argued, hinckley was not mentally ill when he pulled the trigger. just a sad, narcissistic loner, fixated on achieving worldwide fame. psychiatrist, but dr. dietz. he told me his goal was to be on the cover of time magazine. hinckley s fixation on the film, taxi driver, prosecutors argued, it didn t mean he was insane. the movie s plot was merely inspirational. he was already interested and committing some high-profile crime. he fell upon taxi driver, and he did try to imitate aspects of it. his diary revealed, hinckley thought the trial was the
including the defendant sanity. prosecution began by showing jurors footage of the shooting. they argued, hinckley was not mentally ill when he pulled the trigger. just a sad, narcissistic loner, fixated on achieving worldwide fame. psychiatrist, but dr. dietz. he told me his goal was to be on the cover of time magazine. hinckley s fixation on the film, taxi driver, prosecutors argued, it didn t mean he was insane. the movie s plot was merely inspirational. he was already interested and committing some high-profile crime. he fell upon taxi driver, and he did try to imitate aspects of it. his diary revealed, hinckley thought the trial was the perfect stage for his story. jody, jody, everyone in the whole wide world knows about us. i think that it was worth it.
fixated on achieving worldwide fame. psychiatrist, but dr. dietz. he told me his goal was to be on the cover of time magazine. hinckley s fixation on the film, taxi driver, prosecutors argued, it didn t mean he was insane. the movie s plot was merely inspirational. he was already interested and committing some high-profile crime. he fell upon taxi driver, and he did try to imitate aspects of it. his diary revealed, hinckley thought the trial was the perfect stage for his story. jody, jody, everyone in the whole wide world knows about us. i think that it was worth it. in the courtroom, prosecutors argue that hinckley knew exactly what he was doing when he shot the president. that it was a premeditated plan, months in the making. originally, the different