opera. unfortunately it was my life and wasn t a soap opera for me. it was tv s first blockbuster trial. scandalous and sensational. her sexuality was the star of the pam smart show. the explosion of flashbulbs. it s body heat, it s fatal attraction. pamela smart accused of bewitching a teenage student into murdering her husband. i pulled the trigger. another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing your husband one of those mistakes? no. it s not at all who she was or is. the case some say changed the way americans witnessed justice. i don t know enough will ever be enough for anyone in this case. pamela smart liv. the beautiful, young widow stepped hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela part lived it. the beautiful young widow from her small town into america s most gripping trial. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now you re about to hear the chilling story from th
pamela smart issued detailed instructions, including no stabbing. she did not want a knife used because of the mess the blood would make. and how she had new furniture. everything in the house, she had white leather furniture. one of the teens found a butcher knife in pamela s kitchen and held it to gregg s throat as he had attempted to rob him. he was telling us not to hurt him. please don t hurt us, begging for his life. what kind of ring was it? at first i thought it was a normal gold ring, but turned out to be a wedding band. what happened? he told e me he couldn t give it to me. he said his wife would kill him. at the center of this r rated courtroom drama was the love struck teenage killer, billy flynn. he took the stand on his 17th birthday and testified about how he and pamela smart became intimate.