Alina

A pilot, too, maybe. Who knows? It's Blackbeard, right? Yeah. That's why we, I think that's where we were all going. Just, you know, colorful beards. He was an English pirate. Yeah, I knew it. So there you go. We're not far off. No. But each day with this case seemed to bring more reports of another wife and, you know, more disturbing details and new questions about the missing women as well.

But what seemed to baffle the press and police alike was how very little Watson seemed to fit the description of somebody they thought could be a murderous maniac. Right. Who was also charming all these women. Yeah. Especially back then, too.

But what seemed to baffle the press and police alike was how very little Watson seemed to fit the description of somebody they thought could be a murderous maniac. Right. Who was also charming all these women. Yeah. Especially back then, too.

They don't understand this whole concept. They're not seeing it. So rather than being the stereotypically mad killer they expected, doctors and detectives found Watson to be a, quote, gnome-like fellow.

They don't understand this whole concept. They're not seeing it. So rather than being the stereotypically mad killer they expected, doctors and detectives found Watson to be a, quote, gnome-like fellow.

A gnome? A gnome-like fellow who wined and dined his prospective brides at fancy restaurants and even endeared himself to the widowed ones with children, which is so fucked up. Oh, I hate that. He was, one journalist wrote, a man of average looks and build, well-spoken and intelligent. So he was just your everyday gnome-like fellow, you know? A gnome sent me.

A gnome? A gnome-like fellow who wined and dined his prospective brides at fancy restaurants and even endeared himself to the widowed ones with children, which is so fucked up. Oh, I hate that. He was, one journalist wrote, a man of average looks and build, well-spoken and intelligent. So he was just your everyday gnome-like fellow, you know? A gnome sent me.

A gnome sent me. Almost two weeks into their investigation, police in L.A. were notified about the discovery of Elizabeth Pryor's body in Plum Station, Washington. It didn't take long for the news to hit the papers, and soon after, it made its way back to Watson, but they'd found her body. He was still in the hospital, recovering from that self-inflicted neck wound.

A gnome sent me. Almost two weeks into their investigation, police in L.A. were notified about the discovery of Elizabeth Pryor's body in Plum Station, Washington. It didn't take long for the news to hit the papers, and soon after, it made its way back to Watson, but they'd found her body. He was still in the hospital, recovering from that self-inflicted neck wound.

He heard the news, and he made another attempt to end his life by cutting his wrists. Wow. But the hospital staff stopped him.

He heard the news, and he made another attempt to end his life by cutting his wrists. Wow. But the hospital staff stopped him.

I was like, wait, what happened? And I was like, oh, wow. And he slit his own throat. And then he heard that they found Elizabeth Pryor's body and he tried to slice his wrists. But the hospital staff was able to intervene. Good. So for weeks, Los Angeles County District Attorney Thomas Woolwine had been interrogating Watson, trying to get him to confess.

I was like, wait, what happened? And I was like, oh, wow. And he slit his own throat. And then he heard that they found Elizabeth Pryor's body and he tried to slice his wrists. But the hospital staff was able to intervene. Good. So for weeks, Los Angeles County District Attorney Thomas Woolwine had been interrogating Watson, trying to get him to confess.

But they'd made very little progress with him at this point. He was frequently claiming he had no memory. Now is it? It's bleeding the fifth.

But they'd made very little progress with him at this point. He was frequently claiming he had no memory. Now is it? It's bleeding the fifth.

I just can't remember. Yeah. And following the discovery of Pryor's body in Washington, though, Watson... probably accepting the fact that he had no fucking way out of this at this point, asked to speak with Woolwine. And in the course of a few days, he confessed to killing four of his wives.

I just can't remember. Yeah. And following the discovery of Pryor's body in Washington, though, Watson... probably accepting the fact that he had no fucking way out of this at this point, asked to speak with Woolwine. And in the course of a few days, he confessed to killing four of his wives.

Yeah, that was just the beginning. But by the time the case was closed, he had confessed to killing at least nine of his wives. At least. That was only what he confessed to. Oy. He told Woolwine, something just told me to go and marry them, and yet something told me not to. Yet I would go do it, and it seemed all at once an impulse came over me to go someplace and make a way with them.

Yeah, that was just the beginning. But by the time the case was closed, he had confessed to killing at least nine of his wives. At least. That was only what he confessed to. Oy. He told Woolwine, something just told me to go and marry them, and yet something told me not to. Yet I would go do it, and it seemed all at once an impulse came over me to go someplace and make a way with them.

It seemed like I had done something I was ordered to do. That's scary, because you're like... And obviously back then there was not really any way to psychologically evaluate him. I mean, they tried to, for sure. I mean, like how they could in modern times, you know what I mean? And there's so many things that didn't even have names yet. Yeah, that's the thing.