Cheryl McCollum

Mary Jo stood by him, a choice that made her a target of public ridicule.

I mean, this family and Amy were on the cover of every magazine and newspaper.

There were three TV movies made about the crime, and between 100 and 125 million people watched at least one of them.

Scandal media had become dominant in mainstream culture at this time, and this story had everything.

Obsession, stalking, a shocking act of violence, and a controversial plea deal that left Mary Jo stunned.

Amy Robach and TJ Holmes present Killer Thriller with your host, Alisa Donovan.

Today we are talking about Mary Jo Buttafuoco and her story.

And first I'm going to take you back with my producers here to 1992 when this all happened.

I think it's interesting right out the gate that we're talking about the Mary Jo Buttafuoco story because in 1992, we all were calling it the Amy Fisher story.

Yep.

Yep.

So I know we're going to talk today about the Lifetime movie that's coming out.

I know you've seen it.

Tell us about it and why it's different from the two or three versions we knew from the 90s.

Okay.

So first of all...

It's pretty extraordinary, I have to say.

It's the first time that we're hearing Mary Jo's story from her own mouth, quite literally.

Some of the film is her speaking directly to camera about her story, and then the other parts are reenactments with actors that drive the narrative.

And