see who sent this email it was from, michelle hadley. >> reporter: you can understand from angela's point of view why she'd be so rattled. >> right. >> reporter: a barrage of emails arrived on may 31, 2016. "be warned: angela, you've lost. i am going to end you. you will suffer. i will pray for you." the next morning, june 1, angela filed for that restraining order. the one police served at the hadley's home. it read in part: "ms. hadley has been emailing me for over one week, repeatedly threatening my life, my marriage, my safety, slandering my husband." >> reporter: the rhetorical language you used in your email to your ex. >> yeah. >> reporter: had a kind of biblical, old testament veracity to it. they said, "this is the same person." >> well, no comment on that. but, you know -- >> reporter: but to your ears it was not at all? >> no. no. >> reporter: michelle admits she did send fire and brimstone emails to ian. although she was reluctant to discuss them on camera. she later told us, "it was a