Chapter 1: What is the introduction to the podcast about Robert Durst?
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Hey, weirdos. I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is Morbid.
This is Morbid, and we've had a good day. I know. It's been like a hectic good day. Yeah, it's a creative day, a very fun day. Yeah. Yeah, it's been a blast.
I figured out a technical issue. She did. I watched her do it. I never figure out technical issues, and this is big for me. The only reason you're hearing our voices right now is because Ash figured it out. You know when that's ever happened? Not before this. None. None. As your youngest would say, none times.
None times.
They have none-dama.
Yeah, so we're feeling good. Yeah, I'm trying to think if there's anything really exciting.
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Chapter 2: Who are Ash and Elena, and what is Morbid?
Maybe you are. I don't know. You just connected it to the wrong nostalgia bomb.
I don't know. Let me know in the comments.
But either way, the main part of that was the future is bright.
Yeah, I was wondering how we even got there.
Lots of fun plans for the future. The near future.
So let's get into it. I'm ready for part two.
Let's get into part two of Robert Durst because this guy sucks. Yeah, that's accurate. Yeah, he sucks a lot. I want to rewatch The Jinx, though. You should. It has an amazing theme song.
I know.
We talked about that last one. Fresh Blood by The Eels. I think that theme song was actually in Yellow Jackets, the last episode I watched. And I said, oh, I love this song. Yeah, that song goes fucking hard. It goes hard. And the actual documentary is wild.
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Chapter 3: What happened to Robert Durst's wife, Kathy?
This was a big turnaround for the man who so long had denied having anything to do with that note, which he claimed was an indication of something that only the killer could have known. He himself said that. Still, while Durst's lawyers were willing to admit he was in the area and even in Berman's home around the time of her death... And he wrote the note.
They steadfastly denied that he had anything to do with the murder. They said, sure. He was in the area. He was in her home. And he wrote that note. He wrote a note that said cadaver at this address, but he did not do it. Totally didn't kill her.
Nick DeGaran told the court what the note demonstrates is that the person who mailed it was aware there was a body at the house, not that the individual murdered Susan Berman. That's a wild-ass argument. That's a wild-ass argument. I hope he stretched before he made that. For real.
Durst's trial dragged on for nearly seven months, during which jurors and spectators heard a thorough overview of his personal history and the full extent of his criminal activities. The defense claimed that he... had nothing to do with the Berman murder and that the prosecution was simply trying to capitalize on the popularity of an HBO miniseries.
Defense attorney David Chesnoff said, we believe the absence of evidence is evidence that Bob is not guilty. I don't think there's an absence of evidence. The prosecutor, John Lewin, acknowledged the lack of conclusive physical evidence, but stressed that while the evidence may have been largely circumstantial, there was a lot of it. That's the thing.
And from very reputable sources, including the defendant himself. Well, circumstantial evidence is evidence nonetheless. Yeah. In his opening statement, he said, "'It's a long and complicated story because Mr. Durst committed a lot of crimes. As you're listening, some of the most damaging aspects of this case are going to come from him.'" Yeah.
Lewin reminded the jury Durst wasn't just in the area when Berman died. He was in her house, which he admitted. Y'all. He somehow also appeared to know there would be a body in Susan Berman's home before she was even dead. She wasn't dead yet.
Y'all.
Which they knew because he had confessed to writing and sending the note, which was post-dated before her death. Medically, they found that out. In the end, the jury sided with the DA, and on September 18th, 2021, after more than seven hours of deliberation, Robert Durst was found guilty of the murder of his best friend, Susan Berman, more than two decades earlier.
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