1 00:00:04,085 --> 00:00:07,865 - Dallas Socialite, Sandra Bridewell cultivated an image 2 00:00:07,865 --> 00:00:11,905 of elegance and vulnerability in part one of our series. 3 00:00:11,975 --> 00:00:14,305 Beneath the Charm, unveiling the Black widow, 4 00:00:14,925 --> 00:00:18,985 Sandra Bradwell's, first husband's life tragically, ends 5 00:00:19,135 --> 00:00:20,865 with his alleged suicide. 6 00:00:21,845 --> 00:00:24,025 Was the promising young dentist driven 7 00:00:24,045 --> 00:00:25,465 to shoot himself in a fit 8 00:00:25,465 --> 00:00:28,105 of depression over the crushing burden 9 00:00:28,165 --> 00:00:31,225 of mounting debt from Sandra's lavish lifestyle? 10 00:00:32,285 --> 00:00:35,825 Or was there a sinister motive for murder? True crime? 11 00:00:35,825 --> 00:00:38,905 Author John Lee continues the story from his book, 12 00:00:39,325 --> 00:00:41,625 the Meaning of Malice on the Trail 13 00:00:41,645 --> 00:00:43,465 of the Black Widow of Highland Park. 14 00:00:44,325 --> 00:00:47,825 Within a year of her husband's death, Ridewell Hunts 15 00:00:47,825 --> 00:00:50,865 for a new suitor, a whirlwind romance 16 00:00:51,165 --> 00:00:54,745 and marriage to her second husband, catapults her to the top 17 00:00:54,745 --> 00:00:57,855 of Dallas society, but not for long. 18 00:01:05,895 --> 00:01:07,585 - It's no exaggeration 19 00:01:07,645 --> 00:01:09,825 to say Bobby Broadwell was the most popular 20 00:01:10,085 --> 00:01:11,305 man in Dallas society. 21 00:01:11,935 --> 00:01:13,665 Everybody loved Bobby. 22 00:01:14,725 --> 00:01:18,665 He had this infectious humor and, 23 00:01:18,965 --> 00:01:22,425 and lust for life and having a good time 24 00:01:22,605 --> 00:01:24,345 and a kind of a devil may care. 25 00:01:24,525 --> 00:01:27,585 He came from a Tyler, Texas oil family. 26 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:30,945 He himself had gotten out of the oil business 27 00:01:30,965 --> 00:01:32,745 and gotten into hotel development. 28 00:01:33,005 --> 00:01:36,265 The people he knew in terms of sourcing capital, a lot 29 00:01:36,265 --> 00:01:38,145 of them were from the oil business. 30 00:01:38,925 --> 00:01:41,025 Um, he was friends with, uh, and, 31 00:01:41,025 --> 00:01:43,545 and other major hot hotel people. 32 00:01:43,605 --> 00:01:45,145 He was friends with Eric Hilton. 33 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:48,705 He was friends with the Sands family, the Hunt family. 34 00:01:49,005 --> 00:01:50,745 He was really well connected. 35 00:01:51,435 --> 00:01:53,505 Bobby is most well known 36 00:01:54,205 --> 00:01:56,785 for developing the mansion on Turtle Creek. 37 00:01:57,205 --> 00:01:59,265 That's kind of his crowning achievement 38 00:01:59,265 --> 00:02:00,465 as a hotel developer, 39 00:02:00,515 --> 00:02:03,665 - Where any Hollywood celebrity comes to Dallas, this is 40 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:07,265 where they stay, or anybody that's high profile with money 41 00:02:07,565 --> 00:02:09,025 - And that, that was his vision. 42 00:02:09,525 --> 00:02:13,905 So the Shepherd King mansion on, on Turtle Creek, 43 00:02:14,125 --> 00:02:17,065 on the actual creek, you know, lies just north 44 00:02:17,065 --> 00:02:18,145 of downtown Dallas. 45 00:02:19,065 --> 00:02:22,145 Shepherd King was a cotton barren, you know, 46 00:02:22,145 --> 00:02:26,265 the old saying in Texas before oil cotton was king. 47 00:02:26,855 --> 00:02:29,025 - Yeah. And the Cotton Exchange was in Dallas. It was. 48 00:02:29,025 --> 00:02:30,305 Correct. Huge industry. 49 00:02:30,415 --> 00:02:34,825 - Correct. And that cotton exchange brought in 50 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:36,625 people from Italy. 51 00:02:36,795 --> 00:02:40,065 There was, there were pretty cultivated people in Dallas 52 00:02:40,335 --> 00:02:42,985 that were associated with the cotton industry. 53 00:02:44,045 --> 00:02:47,265 And interestingly enough, these huge fortunes were made 54 00:02:47,435 --> 00:02:50,825 after the Civil War, as, that's a whole nother 55 00:02:51,355 --> 00:02:52,665 story we could talk about. 56 00:02:53,085 --> 00:02:56,105 But Shepherd King made a fortune in cotton, 57 00:02:56,405 --> 00:02:59,525 and he wanted to build the most stately 58 00:02:59,675 --> 00:03:01,125 home in all of Dallas. 59 00:03:01,825 --> 00:03:03,845 So he brought in Masons from Italy, 60 00:03:03,845 --> 00:03:07,645 and he built this mansion on Turtle Creek in the twenties. 61 00:03:08,395 --> 00:03:11,365 Okay. By the time you get to, to Bobby Bridewell, 62 00:03:11,365 --> 00:03:13,285 taking a look at this, in the late seventies, 63 00:03:13,945 --> 00:03:17,805 it had fallen into disrepair like no one was. 64 00:03:17,975 --> 00:03:19,685 There had been some offices there. 65 00:03:19,885 --> 00:03:22,125 I think Toddie Lee Wynn had his oil 66 00:03:22,125 --> 00:03:23,565 offices there for a while. 67 00:03:24,105 --> 00:03:26,885 But, but by the time Bobby starts eyeballing, 68 00:03:26,885 --> 00:03:30,565 this is basically abandoned and he has this vision. 69 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:35,805 Um, this could be a luxury hotel, kind of like 70 00:03:36,745 --> 00:03:39,485 the Hilton Hacienda and Santa Fe. 71 00:03:39,825 --> 00:03:42,005 We could preserve the original mansion, 72 00:03:43,065 --> 00:03:46,805 add in the same architectural style, a modern hotel to it, 73 00:03:47,585 --> 00:03:49,845 and the rich and famous and the glamorous. 74 00:03:49,935 --> 00:03:52,365 We'll all stay here when they come to Dallas. 75 00:03:53,625 --> 00:03:57,165 - Lee says, Bobby Bradwell's friendship with one of the sons 76 00:03:57,165 --> 00:03:58,325 of Texas Oil air. 77 00:03:58,845 --> 00:04:02,605 Caroline Rose Hunt turned the mansion into the first luxury 78 00:04:03,165 --> 00:04:05,525 property of the Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. 79 00:04:06,955 --> 00:04:08,115 Caroline Hunt became one 80 00:04:08,115 --> 00:04:10,755 of the nation's wealthiest women in the 1980s, 81 00:04:11,185 --> 00:04:16,115 turning a $600 million inheritance into vast wealth north 82 00:04:16,135 --> 00:04:17,395 of a billion dollars. 83 00:04:18,135 --> 00:04:22,475 By the time of her death in 2018, she was the daughter 84 00:04:22,535 --> 00:04:25,355 of HL Hunt, a storied wildcatter, 85 00:04:25,355 --> 00:04:27,235 and perhaps the world's richest man. 86 00:04:27,235 --> 00:04:29,555 When he died in 1974, 87 00:04:30,745 --> 00:04:34,205 the mansion on Turtle Creek was a smashing success. 88 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:38,005 Sandra had made the catch of all catches. 89 00:04:39,015 --> 00:04:43,085 - Bobby owned a thoroughbred race, horse 90 00:04:43,875 --> 00:04:48,325 farm and training track in Salina, 91 00:04:48,325 --> 00:04:51,125 which is about 40 miles north of Dallas, 92 00:04:52,055 --> 00:04:56,205 which was just an outrageous extravagance for, I mean, he, 93 00:04:56,265 --> 00:04:57,965 he did well in the hotel business, 94 00:04:57,985 --> 00:05:01,645 but to have a thoroughbred, uh, you know, breeding facility 95 00:05:02,265 --> 00:05:05,645 in Salina, Texas, just north of Dallas, was quite something. 96 00:05:05,945 --> 00:05:07,165 He was married to a, 97 00:05:07,445 --> 00:05:09,805 a beautiful southern bell from Virginia. 98 00:05:11,445 --> 00:05:16,065 The story is, is that he caught her in flag delicto 99 00:05:16,065 --> 00:05:17,145 with her horse trainer, 100 00:05:18,285 --> 00:05:20,225 and it was kind of a blow to his heart. 101 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:21,465 He loved this girl, 102 00:05:21,725 --> 00:05:25,145 and to his ego, it was a little, little bit of a, a, 103 00:05:25,405 --> 00:05:27,825 you know, a, a rude awakening for him. 104 00:05:27,925 --> 00:05:30,665 So he, for the first time in anyone's memory, 105 00:05:30,795 --> 00:05:32,505 Bobby was rather despondent. 106 00:05:33,445 --> 00:05:35,825 His 37th birthday was coming up. 107 00:05:36,445 --> 00:05:39,945 His friend Boe Price had this idea, well, you know, 108 00:05:40,005 --> 00:05:41,385 we will cheer the old boy up. 109 00:05:41,485 --> 00:05:45,425 And Bo had just the woman in mind, Sandra 110 00:05:46,185 --> 00:05:50,945 Stegel, who was recently widowed when her first husband 111 00:05:51,095 --> 00:05:55,465 purportedly died of suicide, be price, invited Sandra 112 00:05:56,085 --> 00:05:59,085 to Bobby's 37th birthday party. 113 00:05:59,945 --> 00:06:02,565 And at at the climactic moment, 114 00:06:03,945 --> 00:06:06,645 she jumped out of a cake 115 00:06:06,785 --> 00:06:08,485 - And Bobby is immediately smitten. 116 00:06:08,755 --> 00:06:10,925 - He's immediately charmed by this girl, 117 00:06:11,585 --> 00:06:14,165 and so quickly goes ahead 118 00:06:14,185 --> 00:06:16,645 and moves forward with divorce from his wife. 119 00:06:17,145 --> 00:06:20,085 The ink is hardly dried on the divorce decree when he 120 00:06:20,085 --> 00:06:22,165 marries Sandra a month later. 121 00:06:23,025 --> 00:06:27,325 And that's really where I, as a boy, 122 00:06:28,105 --> 00:06:32,245 as an early teenager, became vaguely aware 123 00:06:32,345 --> 00:06:33,365 of this story. 124 00:06:33,585 --> 00:06:35,565 So Bobby and Sandra bought a house 125 00:06:36,225 --> 00:06:38,405 on Lorraine Avenue in Highland Park. 126 00:06:39,285 --> 00:06:40,805 I grew up on Lorraine. 127 00:06:41,345 --> 00:06:44,845 So she, her three children from her first marriage 128 00:06:45,025 --> 00:06:47,765 and Bobby buy a house just down the street from me. 129 00:06:48,485 --> 00:06:52,805 I became friends with Sandra's second child, 130 00:06:53,645 --> 00:06:58,125 a girl named Catherine, who was my classmate around the year 131 00:06:58,645 --> 00:07:00,125 1983. 132 00:07:01,425 --> 00:07:04,205 And they had this house on Lorraine. 133 00:07:04,205 --> 00:07:08,005 That was fun because there was no adult supervision by then. 134 00:07:09,425 --> 00:07:13,285 So Sandra's marriage to Bobby was not to last very long. 135 00:07:13,345 --> 00:07:17,845 It was, by all accounts, a fun marriage with prosperity 136 00:07:17,845 --> 00:07:20,565 because he was developing the mansion on Turtle Creek, 137 00:07:20,585 --> 00:07:21,765 but it didn't last long 138 00:07:21,765 --> 00:07:25,945 because Bobby came down with, was diagnosed 139 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:27,985 with Lymphoma Terminal. 140 00:07:29,085 --> 00:07:32,185 So by the time I started hanging out at the Bridewell 141 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:36,585 residence in 1983, Bobby had died, 142 00:07:37,085 --> 00:07:39,585 had succumbeded to lymphoma the year before. 143 00:07:41,085 --> 00:07:43,265 But during that brief marriage 144 00:07:44,365 --> 00:07:47,815 between 19 78, 19 82, 145 00:07:48,565 --> 00:07:52,535 when Bobby died, that four year period, Sandra was something 146 00:07:52,535 --> 00:07:54,575 of a socialite in Dallas. 147 00:07:54,955 --> 00:07:57,855 She was invited to these parties 148 00:07:58,195 --> 00:08:02,095 and the Cattleman bar, the Cattle Baron's Ball, 149 00:08:02,335 --> 00:08:04,975 I think she was actually part of the committee on that. 150 00:08:05,315 --> 00:08:08,055 Um, she was something of a lady about town. 151 00:08:09,035 --> 00:08:12,935 - And when he is suffering from cancer, 152 00:08:13,875 --> 00:08:16,175 she becomes very close with his oncologist 153 00:08:17,275 --> 00:08:19,975 and the wife of his oncologist. 154 00:08:21,165 --> 00:08:23,425 - Yes, that's where the plot thickens in this story. 155 00:08:23,565 --> 00:08:27,745 So, um, by the time you get to end 156 00:08:27,745 --> 00:08:31,745 of 81, early 82, it's become evident 157 00:08:31,855 --> 00:08:33,905 that Bobby is a goner. 158 00:08:34,345 --> 00:08:38,265 I mean, it's very aggressive chemotherapy, you know, 159 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:41,625 he's basically skin and bones, lost all of his hair. 160 00:08:41,625 --> 00:08:44,665 He is very sick, and it becomes evident 161 00:08:44,855 --> 00:08:47,185 that he's not going to make it. 162 00:08:47,445 --> 00:08:51,305 During this time in early 82, um, 163 00:08:52,245 --> 00:08:53,705 she seems to become more 164 00:08:53,725 --> 00:08:58,205 and more dependent, needy in terms of 165 00:08:59,555 --> 00:09:03,085 calling on requesting assistance 166 00:09:03,635 --> 00:09:04,725 from the oncologist. 167 00:09:04,985 --> 00:09:07,485 Not only is a treating physician for Bobby, 168 00:09:08,425 --> 00:09:10,965 but you know, a general 169 00:09:12,655 --> 00:09:13,705 seeking help 170 00:09:14,085 --> 00:09:17,145 and assistance from the oncologist family 171 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:20,745 who also lives in Highland Park just a few blocks away. 172 00:09:20,885 --> 00:09:24,265 - And this is Dr. John Bagwell and his wife Betsy. 173 00:09:24,435 --> 00:09:25,905 - Betsy, uh, Dr. 174 00:09:26,055 --> 00:09:30,105 John Bagwell was the son of a very prominent, uh, 175 00:09:30,175 --> 00:09:32,225 physician in Dallas. 176 00:09:33,205 --> 00:09:36,745 Father was also John, uh, John Spurgeon. 177 00:09:36,855 --> 00:09:39,065 Bagwell was the president 178 00:09:39,065 --> 00:09:41,545 of staff at the Baylor University Medical Center, 179 00:09:41,825 --> 00:09:44,265 a very prominent Dallas physician. 180 00:09:44,325 --> 00:09:48,345 So his son followed in father's footsteps, studied oncology. 181 00:09:49,215 --> 00:09:51,145 John became John. 182 00:09:51,645 --> 00:09:56,065 The, the, the younger became the oncologist of 183 00:09:57,065 --> 00:09:58,185 Highland Park Society. 184 00:09:58,825 --> 00:10:02,065 I, I believe he was Margaret Hunt's oncologist. 185 00:10:02,285 --> 00:10:04,145 He was my grandmother's oncologist. 186 00:10:05,285 --> 00:10:08,745 And he had a beautiful house on Maplewood Avenue, 187 00:10:08,755 --> 00:10:11,425 which is in the heart of Old Highland Park. 188 00:10:11,495 --> 00:10:14,625 That original David Wilbur Cook lay out there. 189 00:10:14,655 --> 00:10:17,865 It's, it's a really beautiful part of town. 190 00:10:17,965 --> 00:10:21,865 And Sandra began to fantasize about Dr. 191 00:10:22,055 --> 00:10:25,585 Bagwell as a, um, a very interesting man 192 00:10:26,215 --> 00:10:29,145 with a very interesting position in society. 193 00:10:30,005 --> 00:10:32,545 - And then his wife is found 194 00:10:32,545 --> 00:10:34,985 to have committed suicide with a handgun. 195 00:10:35,765 --> 00:10:40,105 - Two months after Bobby Bridewell succumbed to cancer, Dr. 196 00:10:40,295 --> 00:10:44,785 Bagwell's wife, Betsy was contacted by Sandra. 197 00:10:45,405 --> 00:10:49,705 Sandra had repeatedly complained of her car breaking down 198 00:10:51,125 --> 00:10:53,745 the story that was provided to the Dallas police. 199 00:10:54,485 --> 00:10:58,825 Sandra herself told the investigating officer was, well, 200 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:01,025 my car had broken down at the Highland Park 201 00:11:01,025 --> 00:11:02,105 Presbyterian Church. 202 00:11:02,405 --> 00:11:04,105 So I contacted Betsy 203 00:11:04,165 --> 00:11:06,385 and asked if she would give me a ride 204 00:11:07,845 --> 00:11:11,385 to the rent car agency at Lovefield Airport. 205 00:11:12,835 --> 00:11:16,335 So Betsy was last seen with Sandra 206 00:11:17,915 --> 00:11:19,095 in Betsy's car. 207 00:11:19,235 --> 00:11:22,855 So Betsy herself is giving Sandra a ride 208 00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:26,295 to Lovefield airport, purportedly to rent a car. 209 00:11:27,255 --> 00:11:31,975 A few hours later, Betsy is found shot to death 210 00:11:32,755 --> 00:11:35,335 in her car, parked in the short-term 211 00:11:35,335 --> 00:11:36,695 parking lot at Love Field. 212 00:11:37,355 --> 00:11:39,975 - Sandra Bridewell is the last person to see 213 00:11:40,665 --> 00:11:42,215 Betsy Bagwell alive. 214 00:11:43,565 --> 00:11:44,975 Walk me through her alibi 215 00:11:45,715 --> 00:11:48,615 and the crime scene photos that you've now examined 216 00:11:49,035 --> 00:11:52,695 and had other people look at and why you think it was not 217 00:11:52,775 --> 00:11:53,775 - A suicide. 218 00:11:54,265 --> 00:11:57,405 The timeline of this is, is pretty, pretty intriguing. 219 00:11:57,665 --> 00:11:59,325 So Betsy meets 220 00:11:59,355 --> 00:12:03,205 with her two best friends at the Dallas Country Club, 221 00:12:03,265 --> 00:12:04,885 our our local golf 222 00:12:04,905 --> 00:12:06,765 and social club, um, here in Dallas, 223 00:12:06,985 --> 00:12:08,885 two blocks from the Bagwell House. 224 00:12:10,255 --> 00:12:13,445 Betsy meets her two friends at the Dallas Country Club, 225 00:12:13,785 --> 00:12:17,445 and she tells them at lunch, Sandra is driving me nuts. 226 00:12:18,335 --> 00:12:20,915 You know, I felt bad when her, when Bobby died. 227 00:12:21,395 --> 00:12:23,955 I understand she has to rear three children on her own, 228 00:12:24,375 --> 00:12:26,155 but she keeps showing up all the time. 229 00:12:26,215 --> 00:12:28,675 She keeps saying her car is breaking down. 230 00:12:29,015 --> 00:12:30,795 The lady is driving me nuts. 231 00:12:30,815 --> 00:12:32,995 And you know, I told her, you know, 232 00:12:33,055 --> 00:12:34,835 I'm gonna give her a ride to love field, 233 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:36,675 but what am I gonna do 234 00:12:36,675 --> 00:12:39,275 with this girl like Betsy's at Wit's end, 235 00:12:40,105 --> 00:12:42,515 because Sandra's bothering her. 236 00:12:43,975 --> 00:12:48,045 She then sets off from the Dallas Country Club, goes 237 00:12:48,045 --> 00:12:52,405 to pick up Sandra and, and give Sandra a ride to love field. 238 00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:57,365 Betsy does not come home from the errand, 239 00:12:58,235 --> 00:13:01,485 even though she's in the midst of preparing dinner, 240 00:13:02,025 --> 00:13:04,845 or in I should say the early phase of preparing dinner. 241 00:13:05,635 --> 00:13:09,365 When she runs out, she just flatly doesn't come home. 242 00:13:10,545 --> 00:13:14,165 And so initially no one has any idea where she is. 243 00:13:15,275 --> 00:13:19,925 It's only through a pretty remarkable fortuitous 244 00:13:21,815 --> 00:13:23,645 event that happens at Love Field 245 00:13:23,755 --> 00:13:26,085 that she's discovered at Love Field. 246 00:13:26,545 --> 00:13:28,645 And that's something I go into in the book. 247 00:13:29,025 --> 00:13:32,955 Her body was not apparent 248 00:13:33,095 --> 00:13:35,315 to anyone just walking past the car 249 00:13:35,535 --> 00:13:38,195 by this really strange twist of, of fate. 250 00:13:38,625 --> 00:13:40,915 Some children look into the car. 251 00:13:40,915 --> 00:13:44,355 It's this brand new Mercedes 300 TD wagon. 252 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:48,835 The father of the children is a Mercedes mechanic. 253 00:13:49,535 --> 00:13:52,795 And as he's pulling into love field, he tells the children, 254 00:13:53,025 --> 00:13:56,155 that is the most beautiful family car ever built. 255 00:13:56,745 --> 00:13:58,595 That sparks the curiosity. 256 00:13:58,735 --> 00:14:00,635 The children that look into the vehicle, 257 00:14:01,415 --> 00:14:05,835 and they see this woman stretched all the way out across 258 00:14:06,695 --> 00:14:09,555 the seats of the vehicle, her head 259 00:14:09,895 --> 00:14:12,555 and her upper body are actually lying on the 260 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:14,075 passenger seat of the vehicle. 261 00:14:15,635 --> 00:14:18,315 Hadn't those children not peered into the car? 262 00:14:18,495 --> 00:14:20,675 Who knows when Betsy would've been found? 263 00:14:21,615 --> 00:14:24,115 As it turns out, this is about four hours 264 00:14:24,325 --> 00:14:27,555 after she embarked on this errand 265 00:14:27,585 --> 00:14:29,435 with Sandra Dallas. 266 00:14:29,495 --> 00:14:30,835 Police come to the scene. 267 00:14:31,655 --> 00:14:34,275 It looks like Betsy committed suicide. 268 00:14:34,335 --> 00:14:37,475 She has a revolver in her right hand. 269 00:14:38,915 --> 00:14:41,935 Now it's just described in the incident report a 270 00:14:41,935 --> 00:14:43,415 revolver in her right hand. 271 00:14:44,085 --> 00:14:47,575 Only later was I able to obtain the photos to look at 272 00:14:48,035 --> 00:14:51,055 how exactly it was found in her right hand. 273 00:14:51,235 --> 00:14:55,005 It's clearly braced between 274 00:14:56,025 --> 00:14:57,125 her right thigh 275 00:14:57,425 --> 00:15:00,845 and the gear shifter in a way 276 00:15:00,845 --> 00:15:02,765 that looks very staged. 277 00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:04,085 And it's a cheap 22. 278 00:15:04,235 --> 00:15:07,365 It's a, an RG 22 caliber 279 00:15:08,085 --> 00:15:11,445 revolver became infamous in 1982 280 00:15:11,445 --> 00:15:16,045 because John Hinkley used the exact same kind of weapon 281 00:15:16,225 --> 00:15:17,885 to shoot President Reagan 282 00:15:18,945 --> 00:15:21,565 and some of his security detail that was 283 00:15:21,635 --> 00:15:22,965 - Kind of called a Saturday night special. 284 00:15:23,245 --> 00:15:25,285 - Saturday night. It's the Saturday night special. 285 00:15:25,755 --> 00:15:27,925 It's the weapon is stolen. 286 00:15:29,415 --> 00:15:32,355 It was traced back to a man who lived in Oak Cliff. 287 00:15:33,335 --> 00:15:34,955 He had in the interim died. 288 00:15:35,135 --> 00:15:37,435 His wife told the police, well, 289 00:15:38,015 --> 00:15:41,515 the gun had been stolen from the glove box 290 00:15:41,575 --> 00:15:44,235 of my husband's truck years ago, 291 00:15:44,375 --> 00:15:48,165 and he just never reported it stolen. 292 00:15:49,065 --> 00:15:51,165 Um, so how exactly 293 00:15:52,015 --> 00:15:55,285 Betsy would've obtained this stolen Saturday night special? 294 00:15:56,425 --> 00:16:00,165 No one was e ever able to obtain any kind 295 00:16:00,165 --> 00:16:02,565 of plausible explanation of that. 296 00:16:03,305 --> 00:16:07,365 Sandra, interestingly enough, was dining 297 00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:11,205 with friends at a place that, 298 00:16:11,205 --> 00:16:14,085 which was quite well known in the days called Latoka. 299 00:16:14,085 --> 00:16:18,285 It was an Italian restaurant on Love's Lane when Dr. 300 00:16:18,595 --> 00:16:20,565 Bagwell called the restaurant 301 00:16:21,625 --> 00:16:24,485 and told the head waiter to summon Mrs. 302 00:16:24,555 --> 00:16:28,085 Bridewell to the phone. Sandra takes the call. 303 00:16:29,085 --> 00:16:31,605 Remember, this is before cell phones. This is 1982. 304 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:35,125 mm-Hmm, . Sandra is summoned to the phone, 305 00:16:35,405 --> 00:16:38,005 I guess, in the manager's office of the restaurant. 306 00:16:39,025 --> 00:16:43,085 And Dr. Bagwell asks her on the phone, where is Betsy? 307 00:16:43,785 --> 00:16:47,645 And she never returned from whatever the errand was 308 00:16:47,645 --> 00:16:49,325 that you, that you girls ran. 309 00:16:49,625 --> 00:16:51,845 And Sandra says, well, I don't know where Betsy was. 310 00:16:52,505 --> 00:16:54,965 She took me to love Field to rent a car. 311 00:16:55,165 --> 00:16:57,365 I went into the rent car agency 312 00:16:57,385 --> 00:17:00,205 and I discovered I'd forgot my driver's license. 313 00:17:01,585 --> 00:17:03,725 So Betsy gave me a ride back 314 00:17:03,745 --> 00:17:05,845 to the Highland Park Presbyterian Church 315 00:17:05,855 --> 00:17:07,565 where my car had broken down. 316 00:17:09,025 --> 00:17:10,365 And I got into the car 317 00:17:10,625 --> 00:17:13,445 and just thought, well, maybe I'll try starting it again. 318 00:17:14,025 --> 00:17:15,765 The car started right back up. 319 00:17:16,025 --> 00:17:19,925 So I told Betsy, you know, sorry about the inconvenience. 320 00:17:20,015 --> 00:17:22,845 Looks like my car's working. See you later. 321 00:17:23,545 --> 00:17:26,405 And she said, and that's the last time I saw Betsy 322 00:17:27,545 --> 00:17:30,245 at Highland Park Presbyterian Church. 323 00:17:31,195 --> 00:17:34,285 Okay, so John Bagwell, 324 00:17:34,705 --> 00:17:37,045 my understanding is he's asking himself 325 00:17:37,275 --> 00:17:39,045 what is going on here. 326 00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:41,375 About an hour later 327 00:17:41,585 --> 00:17:43,455 after he is had this phone call 328 00:17:43,525 --> 00:17:45,935 with Sandra at Latoka Restaurant, 329 00:17:46,695 --> 00:17:51,405 a Dallas police detective arrives at his house 330 00:17:52,465 --> 00:17:56,965 to inform him the next of Ken, that his wife has been found 331 00:17:57,785 --> 00:18:00,685 in her vehicle at the short-term parking, lot 332 00:18:00,685 --> 00:18:03,765 of love field shot to death, and it appears to be a suicide. 333 00:18:04,575 --> 00:18:08,365 About an hour after the police arrived to notify the next 334 00:18:08,385 --> 00:18:12,365 of kin, Sandra herself shows up 335 00:18:12,905 --> 00:18:13,965 at the Bagwell house 336 00:18:14,975 --> 00:18:16,755 and gives a brief interview 337 00:18:16,905 --> 00:18:18,875 with the Dallas police detective. 338 00:18:19,055 --> 00:18:20,595 She says, Dr. 339 00:18:20,705 --> 00:18:23,035 Bagwell called me when I was dining with friends. 340 00:18:24,085 --> 00:18:27,045 I began to grow concerned about Betsy. 341 00:18:27,045 --> 00:18:30,445 So at the conclusion of dinner, I came here to find out 342 00:18:30,515 --> 00:18:32,205 what happened, what's happened. 343 00:18:33,105 --> 00:18:35,045 And the cop tells her, the 344 00:18:35,765 --> 00:18:37,685 homicide detective tells her, well, Mrs. 345 00:18:37,685 --> 00:18:39,765 Bagwell was found at Love Field, shot to death. 346 00:18:40,225 --> 00:18:43,245 So Sandra tells the police officer, well, 347 00:18:44,475 --> 00:18:46,035 I spent the day with Betsy. 348 00:18:46,535 --> 00:18:50,595 Now, I'm, I'm inferring that this is a private conversation, 349 00:18:50,595 --> 00:18:53,595 perhaps in the police vehicle outside the house. 350 00:18:54,535 --> 00:18:58,075 Dr. Bagwell does not seem to be privy to this conversation. 351 00:18:58,985 --> 00:19:01,115 What Sandra tells the police officer, 352 00:19:01,295 --> 00:19:04,035 at least what's noted in the reports, 353 00:19:04,295 --> 00:19:06,835 and they're very, very cursory reports, 354 00:19:07,935 --> 00:19:11,355 Sandra tells the cop, I spent the day with Betsy. 355 00:19:11,575 --> 00:19:12,955 She seemed despondent. 356 00:19:14,015 --> 00:19:16,155 She wanted to talk about a nurse at, 357 00:19:16,175 --> 00:19:17,555 at her husband's hospital, 358 00:19:18,735 --> 00:19:23,075 and she really wanted to ask me about the circumstances 359 00:19:23,375 --> 00:19:26,155 of my first husband's suicide. 360 00:19:27,015 --> 00:19:30,715 She seemed very interested in the death of my first husband. 361 00:19:31,215 --> 00:19:33,755 She asked many questions about suicide. 362 00:19:34,335 --> 00:19:36,115 And so, I don't know. 363 00:19:36,235 --> 00:19:40,115 I mean, I guess she was, oh, this is shocking. 364 00:19:40,295 --> 00:19:42,235 So you're saying that she killed herself. 365 00:19:42,335 --> 00:19:46,035 And so the homicide detective notes this, 366 00:19:46,655 --> 00:19:49,675 and the only conclusion I can draw, 367 00:19:49,695 --> 00:19:52,835 and I've interviewed the police detective, of course, 368 00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:54,675 40 years had elapsed. 369 00:19:54,675 --> 00:19:56,995 He didn't remember all of the details at the time. 370 00:19:58,295 --> 00:20:02,945 But what the documents indicate is 371 00:20:02,945 --> 00:20:07,185 that the police found Sandra's story plausible. 372 00:20:07,445 --> 00:20:10,105 It would seem that Mrs. Bagwell was despondent. 373 00:20:10,325 --> 00:20:14,025 It would seem she had a morbid curiosity about the death 374 00:20:14,025 --> 00:20:18,145 of Sandra's first husband by a parent suicide. 375 00:20:18,845 --> 00:20:23,185 So the police conclude that the reason Betsy was 376 00:20:23,215 --> 00:20:25,065 with Sandra was 377 00:20:25,095 --> 00:20:28,545 because she was suffering from suicidal ideation 378 00:20:28,925 --> 00:20:30,825 and wanted to talk to Sandra about it. 379 00:20:31,245 --> 00:20:35,425 - But Betsy's friends that she had had lunch with, 380 00:20:36,285 --> 00:20:39,105 didn't see any sign of depression, never had hurt as such 381 00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:40,105 - A thing. 382 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:44,185 No. What Sandra was saying to them was, 383 00:20:44,605 --> 00:20:47,965 the only thing causing me stress in my life 384 00:20:48,585 --> 00:20:51,165 is Sandra Bridewell is driving me nuts. 385 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,405 Now, the plot thickens here 386 00:20:54,115 --> 00:20:58,485 because those two friends of Sandra Bridewell, who happened 387 00:20:58,485 --> 00:21:00,765 to be, um, connected with socially 388 00:21:00,785 --> 00:21:04,125 and through, through family connections, they didn't want 389 00:21:04,125 --> 00:21:05,285 to talk about this. 390 00:21:06,315 --> 00:21:10,805 They never spoke to the police after Betsy was found. 391 00:21:11,385 --> 00:21:14,485 And they became aware of this, I know 392 00:21:15,315 --> 00:21:19,605 from multiple witnesses, they had no doubt at the time 393 00:21:20,155 --> 00:21:22,365 that Sandra had murdered Betsy. 394 00:21:22,545 --> 00:21:25,085 But they never went to the police 395 00:21:26,145 --> 00:21:29,405 to share their perceptions, their suspicion 396 00:21:29,545 --> 00:21:31,765 or their conviction with the police. 397 00:21:31,905 --> 00:21:34,245 The police never spoke with either of these ladies. 398 00:21:34,675 --> 00:21:38,825 - What would've been Sandra Bradwell's motive for a murder? 399 00:21:39,625 --> 00:21:42,745 - I believe that the totality of circumstances, 400 00:21:43,285 --> 00:21:48,145 her own statements, Sandra told a woman 401 00:21:48,175 --> 00:21:50,025 with whom she was close at the time 402 00:21:50,295 --> 00:21:52,265 that she was having an affair with Dr. 403 00:21:52,375 --> 00:21:56,105 Bagwell. She told her civil attorney, 404 00:21:57,505 --> 00:21:59,165 who was Bobby Bradwell's attorney 405 00:21:59,165 --> 00:22:01,085 before he died, she told him 406 00:22:01,085 --> 00:22:04,045 that she was having an affair with Dr. 407 00:22:04,235 --> 00:22:07,955 Bagwell. Now, her representation 408 00:22:08,255 --> 00:22:11,275 of the affair was, it wasn't related, 409 00:22:11,985 --> 00:22:14,595 necessarily related to Betsy's death. 410 00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:17,275 Betsy apparently was an unhappy woman. 411 00:22:17,855 --> 00:22:21,875 Her assertion was, I was having an affair with Dr. 412 00:22:22,105 --> 00:22:26,435 Bagwell make of that what you want. Okay. 413 00:22:26,895 --> 00:22:29,275 Dr. Bagwell denied that affair. 414 00:22:29,655 --> 00:22:32,955 He said, it's, it's not true. I should say Dr. 415 00:22:33,025 --> 00:22:35,435 Bagwell told his friends, it's not true. 416 00:22:36,095 --> 00:22:41,035 The police at the time that the investigation is open, 417 00:22:41,415 --> 00:22:45,715 are unaware of this apparent, intimate connection. 418 00:22:46,025 --> 00:22:47,635 Like they don't know about it at all. 419 00:22:47,635 --> 00:22:50,915 They're just taking Sandra's statement at face value. 420 00:22:51,785 --> 00:22:55,315 They are unaware that Sandra is telling other people, 421 00:22:55,535 --> 00:22:56,915 not the police, but other people. 422 00:22:57,045 --> 00:22:59,555 She's having an affair with Dr. Bagwell. 423 00:23:01,105 --> 00:23:04,405 The other thing that I discovered is I found evidence 424 00:23:04,755 --> 00:23:06,565 that she blackmailed Dr. 425 00:23:06,755 --> 00:23:11,105 Bagwell. So if you look at all of these pieces together, 426 00:23:11,725 --> 00:23:14,905 the most plausible explanation for what happened here, 427 00:23:16,085 --> 00:23:20,505 Sandra believed that if Betsy were found shot to death 428 00:23:20,645 --> 00:23:25,305 of an apparent suicide, if it really looked like a suicide, 429 00:23:25,485 --> 00:23:28,865 so much so that the police would conclude 430 00:23:28,865 --> 00:23:31,345 that it was a suicide, that Dr. 431 00:23:31,655 --> 00:23:36,075 Bagwell would resume 432 00:23:37,015 --> 00:23:40,835 or, and her perception deepen 433 00:23:42,175 --> 00:23:46,645 his relationship with her, that she would in effect supplant 434 00:23:47,215 --> 00:23:50,205 Betsy in her home and as the partner of Dr. 435 00:23:50,315 --> 00:23:52,845 Bagwell. Now, the evidence indicates 436 00:23:53,195 --> 00:23:55,725 that this scheme did not work. 437 00:23:56,395 --> 00:23:59,645 That he realized at the time, 438 00:24:00,385 --> 00:24:04,325 and this was a result of my investigation, he realized, 439 00:24:05,135 --> 00:24:06,925 Betsy, I don't care what the police 440 00:24:07,025 --> 00:24:08,725 or the medical examiner is saying, 441 00:24:08,935 --> 00:24:10,285 Betsy didn't kill herself. 442 00:24:10,625 --> 00:24:11,885 Sandra murdered her. 443 00:24:12,465 --> 00:24:14,885 But he's put between this rock and a hard place. 444 00:24:15,165 --> 00:24:17,405 'cause the police and medical examiner are saying 445 00:24:17,405 --> 00:24:19,125 that your wife committed suicide. 446 00:24:19,705 --> 00:24:22,645 The problem with this whole 447 00:24:24,665 --> 00:24:27,495 state of affairs is that the police 448 00:24:27,635 --> 00:24:30,335 and the medical examiner are drawing their conclusion 449 00:24:30,355 --> 00:24:33,815 of suicide based on a very superficial analysis. 450 00:24:34,535 --> 00:24:35,695 I believe that if Dr. 451 00:24:35,885 --> 00:24:39,695 Bagwell had, at the time the police were looking at this, 452 00:24:40,025 --> 00:24:41,335 given a full 453 00:24:41,875 --> 00:24:46,495 and candid account of this fraught relationship with Sandra, 454 00:24:47,245 --> 00:24:50,935 they would've viewed this with Farrar suspicion. 455 00:24:50,935 --> 00:24:55,295 They would've questioned that initial perception of suicide. 456 00:24:55,645 --> 00:24:59,375 That was my investigative hypothesis when I obtained 457 00:25:00,555 --> 00:25:03,815 the death scene photos, they were very confirmatory. 458 00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:06,135 The death scene photos show 459 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:09,375 Betsy did not commit suicide. 460 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:11,335 There are multiple indications 461 00:25:11,365 --> 00:25:13,055 that another party was involved. 462 00:25:17,715 --> 00:25:20,655 - So after this, Sandra meets her third 463 00:25:20,655 --> 00:25:22,295 husband, a man much younger. 464 00:25:23,545 --> 00:25:24,565 How does this start off? 465 00:25:25,025 --> 00:25:26,875 - So remember, 466 00:25:28,335 --> 00:25:32,355 the Dallas Police Department is not privy to all 467 00:25:32,355 --> 00:25:35,675 of this social intrigue that is happening 468 00:25:35,675 --> 00:25:37,315 around the death of Betsy Bagwell. 469 00:25:37,315 --> 00:25:38,435 They just don't know about it. 470 00:25:39,055 --> 00:25:41,835 But Highland Parks Society does, 471 00:25:42,015 --> 00:25:44,835 and that's one of the strangest features of the story. 472 00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:49,275 There's like this great wall of China insulation 473 00:25:49,425 --> 00:25:51,955 between what the Dallas police know 474 00:25:52,935 --> 00:25:56,035 and what Highland Park Society knows or thinks. 475 00:25:56,035 --> 00:25:58,195 It knows. So there's all this talk 476 00:25:59,325 --> 00:26:02,835 about something was going on between Sandra, 477 00:26:03,165 --> 00:26:06,515 maybe she was just aspiring to supplant Betsy, 478 00:26:06,515 --> 00:26:09,515 but the perception is in Highland Park 479 00:26:10,425 --> 00:26:12,955 that Sandra had something to do with Betsy's death. 480 00:26:13,145 --> 00:26:16,755 Okay? So why didn't law enforcement pursue this girl? 481 00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:19,795 That's the question that's being asked about town 482 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:23,275 because as far as Highland Park society was concerned, 483 00:26:23,335 --> 00:26:25,635 Sandra must have had something to do with it. 484 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:29,755 Okay? This results in Sandra being ostracized. 485 00:26:31,335 --> 00:26:33,725 She's having a harder time getting dates 486 00:26:33,875 --> 00:26:36,365 because people are afraid of her. 487 00:26:36,745 --> 00:26:38,445 - And in Highland Park at this point, 488 00:26:38,545 --> 00:26:40,165 has she become known as the Black Widow? 489 00:26:40,985 --> 00:26:43,445 - Not yet. So there's this fear 490 00:26:43,545 --> 00:26:48,085 and suspicion about the death of Betsy Bagwell in 1982. 491 00:26:49,805 --> 00:26:51,805 Everyone's asking, why wasn't she arrested? 492 00:26:52,105 --> 00:26:56,585 No one knows, but she is becoming ostracized. 493 00:26:57,205 --> 00:27:01,385 Her. The number of friends is whittled down to just a couple 494 00:27:01,445 --> 00:27:04,305 of diehard believers in Sandra. 495 00:27:05,205 --> 00:27:08,225 She doesn't really have very good integration in this 496 00:27:08,255 --> 00:27:11,665 society anymore, but she still has this house on Lorraine 497 00:27:11,665 --> 00:27:12,705 Avenue down the street. 498 00:27:12,845 --> 00:27:17,745 For me, that's where I think my experience is a strange one. 499 00:27:17,965 --> 00:27:19,465 My mother didn't know 500 00:27:19,465 --> 00:27:22,145 that I was hanging out at the Bridewell house. 501 00:27:23,105 --> 00:27:24,825 'cause in those days, we would just leave 502 00:27:25,605 --> 00:27:27,185 to go play in the neighborhood. 503 00:27:27,305 --> 00:27:28,745 I would go play in Turtle Creek, 504 00:27:28,845 --> 00:27:32,145 and I didn't tell my mom, oh, by the way, mom, I'm, 505 00:27:32,165 --> 00:27:34,425 I'm gonna hang out with my buddy Catherine 506 00:27:34,445 --> 00:27:35,585 at the Bridewell house. 507 00:27:36,085 --> 00:27:37,905 So my mom didn't know about this. 508 00:27:38,385 --> 00:27:41,625 I didn't know as a 13-year-old about all 509 00:27:41,625 --> 00:27:43,625 of these rumors about Mrs. 510 00:27:43,775 --> 00:27:45,905 Bagwell, Andrew Bagwell, 511 00:27:45,935 --> 00:27:48,145 that her son was the grade above me. 512 00:27:48,345 --> 00:27:50,025 I never heard any talk about this. 513 00:27:50,705 --> 00:27:53,785 I didn't know at the time that Sander was ostracized 514 00:27:54,605 --> 00:27:55,865 in 1984. 515 00:27:56,845 --> 00:27:57,865 So two years 516 00:27:57,995 --> 00:28:01,105 after the death of Betsy Bagwell, a young man 517 00:28:02,085 --> 00:28:06,465 who just arrived in Dallas the day before. 518 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:11,345 His name was Alan Reig from Edmond, Oklahoma, 519 00:28:11,445 --> 00:28:12,905 suburb of Oklahoma City. 520 00:28:13,575 --> 00:28:16,665 Alan has arrived in Dallas the day before. 521 00:28:17,845 --> 00:28:18,985 He meets Sandra, 522 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:24,185 a guy at his commercial real estate mortgage office, says 523 00:28:24,205 --> 00:28:26,825 to Alan, if you're looking for a nice place to stay 524 00:28:26,825 --> 00:28:29,705 and you don't wanna stay in an apartment, some 525 00:28:29,705 --> 00:28:32,105 of these people in Highland Park have 526 00:28:32,645 --> 00:28:35,425 garage apartments, back houses. 527 00:28:36,365 --> 00:28:38,985 So go cruise, Highland Park, and look around 528 00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:40,825 and kind of peer at garages 529 00:28:40,825 --> 00:28:42,745 and see if you see what looks like in an apartment, 530 00:28:42,835 --> 00:28:44,585 maybe you could find one for rent. 531 00:28:45,155 --> 00:28:47,905 Allen is driving down Lorraine Avenue. 532 00:28:48,895 --> 00:28:51,345 It's June of 1984. 533 00:28:52,805 --> 00:28:54,505 He sees this raven haired, 534 00:28:54,505 --> 00:28:59,345 white skinned beauty watering her azalea bushes, pulls over, 535 00:28:59,595 --> 00:29:02,945 feels drawn to her, gets out of his vehicle, goes to talk 536 00:29:02,965 --> 00:29:06,065 to her, says he's looking for garage apartments. 537 00:29:06,065 --> 00:29:08,025 She says, well, I don't know of any garage apartments, 538 00:29:08,085 --> 00:29:09,825 but I'd be happy to show you around. 539 00:29:11,255 --> 00:29:13,225 Whirlwind romance ensues. 540 00:29:14,645 --> 00:29:16,985 She tells him A few months later, she's pregnant. 541 00:29:18,145 --> 00:29:19,405 He proposes marriage. 542 00:29:19,515 --> 00:29:21,645 He's a Christian boy from Edmond, Oklahoma 543 00:29:21,705 --> 00:29:24,365 and wants to do the honorable thing, proposes marriage. 544 00:29:25,475 --> 00:29:29,635 They get married in December of 84. 545 00:29:30,405 --> 00:29:33,235 About a month after they marry, she tells them 546 00:29:33,235 --> 00:29:34,515 that she's miscarried. 547 00:29:35,015 --> 00:29:38,755 So the rationale for marrying has now been nullified 548 00:29:38,815 --> 00:29:40,475 by an apparent miscarriage. 549 00:29:41,595 --> 00:29:44,005 Unbeknownst to Alan, he never learned this. 550 00:29:44,615 --> 00:29:47,125 She'd actually had a hysterectomy years earlier, 551 00:29:47,825 --> 00:29:50,405 so the whole pregnancy was fraudulent. 552 00:29:50,825 --> 00:29:53,525 He doesn't know that she has three 553 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:54,925 children from her first marriage. 554 00:29:55,025 --> 00:29:56,285 So she proposes to him 555 00:29:56,285 --> 00:29:59,125 that he purchased a life insurance policy. 556 00:29:59,985 --> 00:30:01,965 He purchases the life insurance policy 557 00:30:01,995 --> 00:30:04,365 with a $220,000 death benefit. 558 00:30:06,025 --> 00:30:09,645 - Six months later, the couple separated on the eve 559 00:30:09,645 --> 00:30:11,405 of their first wedding anniversary, 560 00:30:12,115 --> 00:30:13,925 Alan Rig told a friend he was going 561 00:30:13,925 --> 00:30:15,645 to run an errand with Sandra. 562 00:30:16,645 --> 00:30:19,445 A few days later, rig was found, shot 563 00:30:19,445 --> 00:30:22,965 to death in his parked car near the Oklahoma City airport. 564 00:30:23,925 --> 00:30:26,005 A three hour drive away from Dallas. 565 00:30:27,305 --> 00:30:30,725 Lee says Sandra told Oklahoma City homicide detectives 566 00:30:30,725 --> 00:30:33,445 that her estranged husband was hanging around 567 00:30:33,475 --> 00:30:35,005 with gambling bookies 568 00:30:35,385 --> 00:30:38,445 and she suspected him of having an addiction to cocaine. 569 00:30:39,635 --> 00:30:42,045 Meanwhile, Gloria Rig, his mother, 570 00:30:42,565 --> 00:30:45,765 received an anonymous phone call telling her about the 571 00:30:45,765 --> 00:30:48,205 suspicious deaths of Sandra's first husband 572 00:30:48,825 --> 00:30:50,045 and Betsy Bagwell. 573 00:30:50,985 --> 00:30:53,245 Gloria Rig petitioned a court 574 00:30:53,305 --> 00:30:56,565 to stop paying her late son's life insurance benefits 575 00:30:56,585 --> 00:30:57,725 to Sandra Bridewell 576 00:30:58,265 --> 00:31:01,725 and removed her as the administrator of her son's estate. 577 00:31:03,475 --> 00:31:06,205 Alan Riggs first cousin replaced Bridewell, 578 00:31:07,025 --> 00:31:09,365 and a few days later, he was found shot 579 00:31:09,365 --> 00:31:12,845 to death in his parked car inside the garage of his home. 580 00:31:13,585 --> 00:31:18,165 The cause of death was ruled a suicide under a cloud 581 00:31:18,165 --> 00:31:20,685 of controversy stemming from her connection 582 00:31:20,685 --> 00:31:22,285 to three gunshot deaths. 583 00:31:22,905 --> 00:31:26,925 Sandra Bridewell suddenly bolted out of Dallas in 1986. 584 00:31:28,065 --> 00:31:29,245 In the final episode 585 00:31:29,245 --> 00:31:31,885 of our three-part series Beneath the Charm, 586 00:31:32,235 --> 00:31:36,365 unveiling the Black Widow John Lee Trails Bridewell 587 00:31:36,385 --> 00:31:40,085 to the West Coast, it's a tale of romance scams 588 00:31:40,225 --> 00:31:42,285 and identity theft, which you will not.