It was tvs first blockbuster trial. Scandalous and sensational. Her sexuality, that was a star of the show. Its explosion of flashbulbs. Its body heat. Its fatal attraction. Pamela smart but shes a bewitching her murdering her husband. I said god forgive me. Now, more than three decades later, another look at the frenzy. It was just crazy. The trial. I made a mistake. Was killing as been one of those mistakes . No. Thats not at all who she is or was. And the case some say change the way americans witness justice. I dont know if enough will ever be enough for anybody in this case. Hello and welcome to dateline. Youve heard about it. Pamela smart lived it. A beautiful, young widow stepped from run her small new england town into americas most quipping trial. The case had it all, sex, betrayal and murder. A very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. Now, youre about to hear the chilling story from the woman at the center of it all. Here is deadly secrets. You were the big show i
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of his skull, entered through there. when i got to her parent s house, we both sobbed. reporter: sonya thornton- simon was a friend of gregg and pamela smart s. she was in a fetal position crying. trying to figure out who could have done this. the way things were set up and the amount of things that were disturbed. the stereo had been removed from the stereo rack and pulled out. there were speakers pulled up. there were jewelry boxes overturned. it looked like a burglary gone bad. that s kind of what we were seeing and hearing. the police weren t saying anything. reporter: the reporter for the new hampshire union leader. we heard at one point that they were looking for someone who might have traded in some jewelry. we picked it up on the police scanner. reporter: but the burglary
and the amount of things that were disturbed. the stereo had been removed from the stereo rack, and it was pulled out. there were speakers piled up by the rear door where it looked like they had exited. there was jewelry boxes overturned. you know, it looked like a burglary gone bad. that s kind of what we were hearing. that s kind of what we were seeing. the police weren t saying anything. tami plyler was a reporter for the new hampshire union leader. we had heard at one point that they were looking for someone who mighta traded in some jewelry. we had picked that up on the police scanner. but the burglary-gone-bad theory had some problems. that didn t really make a lot of sense because the time of day, a nighttime burglary, in a neighborhood like that, there were a lot of residents there. it was looking like an execution. maybe there was more to the story. police always look at the spouse. uh-huh. they just have to talk to them right. did they interview you?