i m an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. boy, did i step in it. i mean, this is something you can t get off your shoe but you know what, i could have gotten it off my shoe and just walked away and been done with it. my life would have been easier if i made that decision but i didn t. ecause i plan on sticking by his side and doing whatever i can to get the truth out there in regards to this case. and you know what, i love my husband. he s an amazing man. and i just wish people knew more about of that side of him. katie: rachelle spector, thank you very much for coming today and telling us your story. we appreciate it. and when we come back, we re going to tell you about a writer who went behind bars to get a story and instead, found a husband. that s right after this. announcer: next katie: did your friends and family think you were out of your mind? this guy killed somebody. he was convicted of murder and that s why he s in prison? yoip and later, erin
i signed onto will s visitor list. before long, we were in love. i was aware that many people in my life thought this attraction was either dangerous or at least unwise, but i was in my 30 s, a successful writer and college teacher. i haven t had many other relationships and i knew this was real. will and i decided to get married. our wedding ceremony was in a bleak maximum security chapel no, music no, photos no, flowers, and i didn t care. i was devoted to a man i plan to spend the rest of my life with. katie: please welcome amy freedman. amy, thank you. thanks for having me. [applause] katie: nice to see you. so this is so fascinating to me. how long before you felt this attraction to will? instantaneous? was it love at first sight? it was really quick except i met him the first day i was inside. i was going in frequently. he said something to me that was
if i could read your mind love what a tale your thoughts could tell just like a paperback novel the kind the drugstores sell all right. might not be a beach read, the tale of robin hood, a story everyone knows. in mississippi real life robin hood on the loose. instead of stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor. this robin hood is taking city s asphalt paving the way for a smoother commute. meg pace reports from our station in jackson. reporter: armed with a shovel and spray paint, a bell haven resident who goes by cheney started a pothole crusade. it isn t hard. it won t last forever. if i have one less pothole, it would be awesome. reporter: friday we were driving through city and noticed
fruition. i mean, he didn t do well when he got out. one of the things i lived on the water and he build a seawall and great seawall and then he kept building walls around the house and i started to realize he was kind of building himself back into prison. and, you know, i think, katie, we both had been through so much for those previous five and a half years, so many struggles nd it kind of deflated us. i also think that you come home and there are things like this was canada, snow, shoveling snow, and having to go grocery shopping and all those things that aren t the anticipation of freedom. but they re just real life. katie: they re responsibility. yeah. and i didn t always look fantastic, you know. i d wake up in the morning and not have makeup on or not have my hair done. so when i went to visit, i always looked great. katie: so it was sort of an
marriage who is reformed. and you have a group of women who lack of a better phrase who have no life. they are attention seeking. we call it the bad boy syndrome, the bonnie and clyde syndrome. the more bad he is, if he s a serial killer, mass murder, notorious rapist, they are attracted to that for a number of reasons. they re deeply insecure and have no identity of their own but more over, they like that 15 minutes of fame. they are the only one who understands him. they are the savior their rescuer. the only one who knows the true person inside that monster shell so they get an importance. katie: they re like a savior complex? yes. of them, it s nurturing some of them see the lost abused child in him and they re very mothering towards him. katie: and so amy what, have you learned from this experience? i don t think you re fall in this category but just having had a relationship with someone