Woman Marries Man After He Blinded Her - The Burt Pugach and Linda Pugach story

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What led to Burt's obsession with Linda?

Narrator 0:00

So this man, he loves this woman so much that he gets mad, and he ends up blinding her. Now his name's Bert, and Bert's a lawyer. He's also kind of a weird guy. But one day, Bert meets this woman, Linda. And Bert thinks Linda is foine, and he wants to be with her real bad. So he tries everything he can to win her over. He takes her out on expensive dates. He buys her gifts.

How did Linda react to Burt's revelation of his marriage?

Narrator 0:25

He parks outside her house every morning so he can give her a ride to work. And lucky for him, it kind of works. She eventually gives in and she agrees to date him and they end up in a relationship. But that's when things go horribly wrong because they date for about a year. And then one night during one of their dates, he drops a bomb on her. Burt is actually already married. He's already got a wife and kid and this news devastates Linda like she's real pissed off, but he tells her no look. It's fine I'm actually in the process of getting a divorce, but still Linda doesn't like this at all So then Burt tries everything he can to win her back He even shows up one day and shows her divorce papers But when she investigates those divorce papers turn out to be fake so Linda she says all this. And she drops Bert for good. She is done with him.

What actions did Burt take after Linda moved on?

Narrator 1:15

And shortly after that, she composes herself and she moves on with her life. And she meets this guy, Larry. And she and Larry, they start dating and Larry's a nice guy. And then after a few months, they get engaged. And then Bert, he hears about this engagement and he is not taking it well. He's angry and he starts flipping out and he decides he is not going to give up.

How did Burt's behavior escalate towards Linda?

Narrator 1:35

And he becomes obsessed with getting Linda back. He's calling her all the time and sending her letters and flowers and gifts. He even starts contacting her friends, asking them to deliver messages to her. But unfortunately for him, none of that works. So he tries the only other thing he can think of. He starts threatening her. He starts throwing rocks at her window all the time, trying to intimidate her, telling her he'll have people come and unalive her. And as you can imagine, none of that works in terms of winning Linda back. She's still not with Bert. She's not gonna get with Bert. She's still engaged to Larry. And so finally, after all that, Bert just loses it.

What happened during the attack on Linda?

Narrator 2:13

He's gonna make sure that if he can't have Linda, no one else is going to want her. So he goes and he hires three goons to disfigure her. And so one morning, it's a normal day and she's at her house. And the doorbell rings, so she goes to answer it. And there's three men standing there, and they act like they have a delivery for her. But one of them has a jar in his hand, and then boom, he throws a liquid in her face, and she screams, because this liquid, it immediately starts to burn. So what is in that liquid? A bunch of lye. You remember that chemical burn scene from Fight Club that burned Edward Norton's hand? That's lye. And that's what they threw in her face. So it's immediately burning her up.

What were the consequences of the attack on Linda?

Narrator 2:51

And an ambulance comes and rushes her to the hospital. And there, Linda spends about three months undergoing multiple surgeries, trying to recover. But unfortunately, this attack ultimately leaves her permanently blind in one of her eyes and partially blind in her other eye. And to make things even worse, shortly after she's discharged from the hospital, she has a long talk with Larry. And they decide to call off the engagement. They think Burt is too dangerous of a person and that he's probably going to try and hurt Larry next. So, no more engagement. Four months later, police finally track down the goons who Burt hired to attack Linda. And they give in and they confess to doing it, but they say it was all Burt's idea. So then, pow! Wow, Bert gets arrested.

Narrator 3:37

Now, I don't have his mugshot, but I do have a picture of him getting arrested. So he gets sentenced to a minimum 15 years in prison, but he still has a huge problem, because he's very much still in love with Linda, and he's not just gonna let her go. So while he's in prison, he starts to write letters to her.