her sexuality, that was a star of the show. it s explosion of flashbulbs. it s body heat. it s fatal attraction. pamela smart but she s a bewitching her murdering her husband. now, more than three decades later, another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing a s been one of those mistakes? no. that s not at all who she is or was. and the case some say change the way americans witness justice. i don t know if enough will ever be enough for anybody in this case. hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela smart lived it. a beautiful, young widow stepped from run into america s most quipping trial. the case had it all, sex, betrayal and murder. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now, you re about to hear the chilling story from the woman at the center of it all. here s andrea canning with deadly secrets. you were the big show in town? this story, people could
said god forgive, me i pull the trigger. decades later, another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing your husband been one of those mistakes? no. that s not at all who she is or was. and the case some say change the way americans witness justice. i don t know if enough will ever be enough for anybody in this case. hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela smart lived it. a beautiful, young widow step from her small new england town, into america s most quipping trial. the case had it all, sex, betrayal and murder. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now, you re about to hear the chilling story from the woman at the center of it all. here s andrea canning with deadly secrets. you were the big show in town? it was. i mean, this story. people couldn t get enough of it. when i look back at the footage, i look like a baby. i look so young, and i look so afraid. that s e
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Boy, and convincing her his friends to kill her husband! all i can remember is this explosion of flash bombs going off. as she is being led in the courtroom. what kind of impact did it have on the trial? all that attention? certainly, i think the court had to take certain precautions to make sure that this did not get out of hand. her attorney, mark, said things had already gotten out of hand. i felt as though the jury was in shark infested waters. they had been sequestered. camera crews at that point were running wild. we had our own clients traced into the women s lavatory. that was the backlog as the state of new hampshire laid out its case. prosecutors contended in their opening arguments that pamela
Have on the trial? all that attention? certainly, i think the court had to take certain precautions to make sure that this did not get out of hand. her attorney, mark, said things had already gotten out of hand. i felt as though the jury was in shark infested waters. they had been sequestered. camera crews at that point were running wild. we had our own clients traced into the women s lavatory. that was the backlog as the state of new hampshire laid out its case. prosecutors contended in their opening arguments that pamela smart was a calculating temptress. a woman who lured young billy with promises of sex and money. one by one of the teens, who had already pled guilty to second degree murder had taken the stand. in homes, barbershops, and diners. people watched as they