Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina - Season 7, Episode 7 | Forensic Files

DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Next on "Unsolved Mysteries," a woman and her boyfriend are gunned
down by a cold-blooded killer. Police need your help to catch him. When their mother is murdered, two brothers believe they
know exactly who killed her-- their stepfather. A US Army veteran of World War II
is convinced that he can find a Nazi treasure worth more than $50 million. And three months after a teenage girl is stabbed to death,
a man calls a hotline and says that he's the killer. MAN (ON RECORDING): I stabbed the girl.
Sound intriguing? Well, stick around. These are unusual cases that you won't want to miss.
I'm Dennis Farina, and this is "Unsolved Mysteries." [theme music] DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Lawton, Oklahoma.
Tina Cremer and Robert Miller had been dating for just a few weeks. They met on the job at a local hospital
where they both worked. On a summer evening, the couple planned to relax at Robert's apartment.
While he cooked dinner, Tina was in the shower after a long day at work. They were not aware that they were being watched.
[gunshots] [gunshots] 25-year-old Tina Cremer and 26-year-old Robert Miller never had a chance.
Before meeting Robert, Tina had been married to a man named David Lee Kemp. He had begun stalking Tina shortly after they separated,
and Kemp became the prime suspect in the double homicide. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Tina's new boyfriend,
Robert, was a refreshing change from her controlling ex-husband. LADONNA CREMER (VOICEOVER): Rob was
very affectionate, very loving. He brought a lot of love and laughter into her life.
She had a lot of confidence. Her self-esteem had just exploded after she had left David.
She was a very beautiful woman. This lady was really, really good for him and very supportive, you know, made him happy.
If this would have never happened, they would have been perfect for each other. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): When Tina and Robert didn't show
up for their shift at the hospital, coworkers called the police. In a cruel twist of fate, it was Robert's best friend,
a police officer named Troy Morris, who responded to the scene. TROY MORRIS: I saw Rob's body lying there on the floor.
I was too emotional to continue on. But still wanting to preserve the crime scene
for our detectives, I backed out of the residence and chose not to go any further.
After exiting the residence, I did what police officers aren't supposed to do. I broke down.
I can't describe that feeling. I can't describe it. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The repercussions
of the double killings spread further. Tina's family learned what happened from a news report.
LADONNA CREMER: My husband and I, which is her brother, was watching TV. The TV didn't say any names, but it showed the apartment.
And we just knew that it was them. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): As police began their investigation, they learned from Tina's friends
that there was one likely suspect, David Lee Kemp. DET. JOHN WHITTINGTON: The first thing
that led investigators to seeking the whereabouts of David Kemp was the fact that he had motive.
He had made threats to kill himself and to kill Christina when they split up. TROY MORRIS: Robert said on several occasions
that David Kemp would come up to Comanche County Memorial Hospital and leave notes on Tina's car stating, "If I can't
have you, that nobody can." LADONNA CREMER: She stated to me a few days before the murders
that it was the calm before the storm, because of threats and letters. Rob knew that Tina feared David.
And we would state to them, y'all be careful. You know, watch out for him. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Detectives tried to locate Kemp
but found that he had suddenly left town the day after the murders. Kemp was gone, and police had no physical evidence
to link him to the killings. But the case broke wide open when they found the man who had sold Kemp a .45-caliber handgun.
[gunshot] DET. JOHN WHITTINGTON: This person still had in his possession some of the shell casings that he had fired
previously through that gun. He provided the shell casings to us, and we submitted them for forensic examination.
Those shell casings that were known to be fired through that gun matched identically to the shell casings that we
found in the crime scene. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): With conclusive proof that Kemp's gun was the murder weapon,
police launched an all-out manhunt. It wasn't long before they got their first break.
DET. JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER): We were notified by California Highway Patrol that they had spotted
David Kemp's vehicle on a highway just outside of Bishop, California. 121, requesting warrants on Oklahoma license--
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Kemp's Dodge Ram pickup truck had broken down. DET. JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER): The police indicated that there
was no one around the vehicle. We faxed them a photograph of David Kemp and advised them of what he was wanted for.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Within an hour, a man fitting Kemp's description was spotted
walking down the same highway. They called us back and stated that they had tried to approach Mr. Kemp but that he had fled on foot
[sirens] DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Police finally cornered Kemp in a junkyard. David Lee Kemp, this is the police department.
Step out so we can see you. I'm not going to jail! No way! Put the gun down, David.
DET. JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER): He began to wave a gun about and indicated that he wanted to kill himself.
We're going to try and help you. David, what can I do for you? Let us know. We gotta know.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Police fired rubber bullets, and Kemp went down. Ah! DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The standoff was over.
DET. JOHN WHITTINGTON (VOICEOVER): When David Kemp was taken into custody in Bishop, California, he did have
a .45-caliber pistol with him. Subsequent examination indicated that that was indeed the same gun that was used in the homicide.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Back in Oklahoma, Kemp was charged with the murders of Tina
Cremer and Robert Miller. He waited for trial at the Comanche County Jail. But a few months later, nine inmates, including Kemp,
overpowered a guard and escaped. Eight of the fugitives were quick be recaptured.
The ninth, David Lee Kemp, got away. JIM MILLER: It was like hearing my brother getting
murdered for the first time. I went to the jail, and I stood there and waited. I even went into the search parties.
I wanted to make sure that I was going to do everything I could for Rob to make sure this man, David Lee Kemp,
was caught. Personally, I don't know how David can live from one day to the next.
He's a coward for what he's done. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Three months after the escape, the night manager
of a Las Vegas motel checked in on a guest who was late with his rent. Hello? Manager.
Sir? Hello? DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The manager found the guest sitting in the bathtub covered with blood,
holding a knife to his stomach. Assuming it was a suicide attempt, authorities took the man to a psychiatric ward
for observation. His wounds were thought to be superficial. He was treated and released.
The hospital staff had no idea that the man was wanted for a double murder. It was David Lee Kemp.
Kemp was last seen at a service station on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada, getting into a black Firebird.
JIM MILLER: It's just a never-ending nightmare. I want satisfaction for my brother,
and that'll be the only way he can rest in peace. Without that, he's going to be troubled, a troubled soul.
LADONNA CREMER: Our wounds have not even gotten to heal, because David's never been tried.
And our wounds won't heal till-- till David faces the consequences of what he's done,
till justice is served. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Update. There are new developments in this case.
Here's one of our staff with details. NARRATOR: After 14 years on the run, David Lee Kemp turned himself in to authorities
in southwest Arizona and was charged with first-degree felony murder. According to the sheriff, he told them
he was tired of running and that the ordeal was affecting his health. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Next, two
brothers desperately search for clues to their mother's murder. Ruxton, Maryland.
One summer afternoon, 19-year-old Nick Owsley arrived at his mother's house. They had planned to spend the evening together.
The door was partly open, and she was nowhere to be found. Mom? Hey, Mom, you home?
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Her car was gone, and a set of keys was left on the kitchen table.
Nick waited until 2:00 AM, and then he went home that night. NICK: Mom? Mom, you all right?
When I woke up that morning, I was really concerned. I called her house, and she didn't answer.
And at that moment, I realized that something was really, really wrong. And I felt like at that point she
was probably dead, because it was so unlike her and so out of character. And basically, I haven't felt anything
different since that moment. We had a memorial service, but we never had a funeral.
And that kills me, the fact that she's out there somewhere, this wonderful, amazing woman who did so much for so many
people, and we can't give her that final tribute and do what's right DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Susan Hurley grew up in Massachusetts
and married one of her brother's college roommates. Two sons, Jon and Nick, were born five years apart.
When the boys were teenagers, Susan left her husband and became involved with a man named Jim Harrison.
After a few years together, they were married. From the start, the relationship was rocky.
There were reports of heavy drinking and frequent fights. Jim Harrison attributes the problems to Susan's
alleged manic depression. She would start screaming and yelling, and she would start destroying things in or around the house.
And she would run around the house and use bad language. It was-- it was really sad and really tough.
It's a-- it's another excuse that he tries to use, tries to takes the blame from himself for what--
even now, even still, even when she's not around to say, OK, maybe it was my fault.
Well, I think the first time that I recognized that there was abuse in the relationship was
when I actually saw abuse myself when I was about 12 years old. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Nick claims
that on the night he witnessed the abuse, he was home alone with his mother and Jim.
SUSAN: Get away from me! JIM: Listen, listen! Don't tell me what to do! This is my house--
NICK OWSLEY (VOICEOVER): I remember waking up around 2:00 in the morning and hearing voices and some screaming.
SUSAN: You'll wake up Nick! - Mom? SUSAN: Be quiet! What's going on out there? It's OK.
NICK OWSLEY: And she said, Jim's been hurting me. He won't leave me alone. And I said, well, I gotta get out of here.
And so I called my brother's girlfriend at the time and talked with her. And she said, you should get out there.
I'll come pick you up. Go outside. Stay in the driveway, and then I'll come get you.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Nick says that while he waited, the battle moved outside.
Susan, you forgot these! Why do you want-- Open that truck! Open that truck! I don't want those ugly lampshades around!
Get away! Leave her alone! Are you OK? I see my mother as a victim of domestic violence
and a victim of abuse. And I think that she was caught up in a vicious cycle that a lot of women who are in those same situations
are caught up in, and that it's just very difficult for them to leave. The only thing I've ever done is defended
myself when she attacked me. And to some degree, that involved my simply leaving the house for a day or so,
and other times putting myself into the bedroom and closing the door and just trying not to let her abuse me.
But I've never abused her, never. Our uniformed police officers had been called to their home
on a number of occasions for the cause of domestic violence. And when they responded to the home,
they found on occasion Susan had some injuries that were questionable. There had been some drinking on both parties.
And it was usually a very confused situation for the officer to determine exactly what had happened.
[horn honks] DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Susan eventually left Harrison. She rented a house and started her own business.
Her family felt that she was finally getting herself back together. But Susan began seeing Harrison again, and by all accounts,
the fighting continued. I found out. She told me that she had seen him a couple of times.
And obviously, that made me angry. It made me feel sick to my stomach. All of a sudden, I saw the slippery slope,
and I saw her sliding back into all the things that she'd worked so hard to get out of.
And-- and that worried me. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): A few months later, Susan's other son
gave her an ultimatum. He insisted that she stop seeing Jim Harrison. I want this to end now.
It's either Jim or us. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The next morning, Susan agreed
to leave Harrison for good. But just two days later, Susan disappeared. When police questioned Harrison, he
told them that Susan had visited him three times the previous day. - Mr. Harrison? - Yes.
I'm Officer Knott. This is Officer Rogers. The third time, she arrived about 7:00.
And she attacked me verbally, and it was very discouraging. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Harrison claims
that Susan's mood turned uglier by the minute. Susan, just calm down. SUSAN: Don't tell me to calm down!
Calm down, will you? I'm sick of calming down! Don't! And don't walk away from me! - Goodnight.
Don't walk away from me! Talk to me! Susan, you're being bed again. JIM HARRISON: I'd left the family room
and went upstairs to my bedroom, and she followed me to the bottom of the steps.
And she stayed there and yelled at me up the steps for a short period and then left.
Left the house and started her car and drove out. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Three weeks later, Susan's car
was found at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, 50 miles from her home in Baltimore.
Records show that the car entered the parking lot at around 6:00 AM on the day that Susan disappeared.
The keys were in the ignition, and the gas tank was full. Had Susan simply walked away from her life and her family?
Well, in any missing person investigation, you know, we approach it in a several prong manner.
Could they be missing on their own accord and don't want to be found? Or is there foul play?
And we haven't uncovered any information that would lead credence to her trying to disappear
in any fashion whatsoever. A few months after Susan disappeared, Jim Harrison failed a polygraph.
However, he claims that the test was flawed and continues to insist that he had nothing to do
with his wife's disappearance. I love Susan, and I really do pray to God that she's alive and well.
And I pray to God that you all can help find her, and please do your best to help find her.
There's no indications of what we may consider a stranger type of killer. So we feel that what happened to Susan
was committed by someone close to her, that there had been some type of a dispute, and someone
lost control and circumstances took a tragic twist. I have dreams of walking down the street with her
or just running into her somewhere, and all this time she's been gone, finally getting
a chance to be with her again. And I know it's just a dream. I know that there's not a chance that she's
ever gonna come back. But I just-- I miss her so much, and I at least get to see her, you know,
in these dreams and get to be with her. But-- but there's no doubt in my mind that she'll never, ever be able to be with me again.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Update. Two years after Susan Harrison disappeared, her skeletal remains were found by hikers in a remote area
about 60 miles from her home. Dental records and two sapphire earrings confirmed her identity.
The state medical examiner ruled that she had been murdered, probably on the day that she disappeared.
A reward is being offered in this case. And if you have any information about the murder
of Susan Harrison, please log on to our website at Unsolved.com. Next, the story of stolen Nazi treasure--
legend or a lost fortune worth more than $50 million? Germany, 1945. The final days of the Nazi empire.
The end of the war in Europe was near. As the Allies advance into Germany, they discover treasures that had been stolen by the Nazis.
In the months following the German surrender, billions of dollars in riches were uncovered, including
these gold bars found in an abandoned salt mine by US soldiers. But there could be even more.
Ever since the end of World War II, rumors of hidden Nazi treasure have captivated fortune hunters.
One of the most persistent stories points to a lake in Austria called Lunersee. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The man searching for this treasure
is Dr. Edward Greger. After the war, he served with the US Army in Austria and heard this story about a buried Nazi treasure.
It started at the concentration camp of Dachau, gold and treasure that was accumulated
from the prisoners they had brought in there who were executed and cremated. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Greger
heard about the buried fortune from Dr. Wilhelm Gross, a medical doctor who treated
imprisoned Nazi war criminals. DR. EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER): According to Dr. Gross,
the commandant of Dachau and three of his assistants loaded the treasure into four boxes,
which were probably ammunition boxes, according to the size. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): These boxes were filled with jewelry,
rare stamps, and gold bars processed from the gold fillings of concentration camp victims.
Dr. Gross' informant claimed to be one of four SS officers who smuggled this treasure out of Dachau.
Their destination was a pristine Austrian lake on the Swiss border called the Lunersee.
Allied armies had not yet reached this isolated region, and the men believed that their treasure would be safe.
According to Dr. Gross, after several days, the men finally arrived at the Lunersee.
The officers buried the treasure exactly halfway between a small hut and a brook across the lake.
They said their farewells and went their separate ways, planning one day to return.
DR. EDWARD GREGER (VOICEOVER): Three of them left and headed into Switzerland. The fourth person went back down into the valley
to return to his family. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): According to Dr. Gross, this fourth officer was captured and, while awaiting execution,
revealed his secret. The officer's three other companions were never seen again.
In 1956, a dam was built on the Lunersee that submerged the treasure location under 75 feet of water.
34 years later, a severe drought brought the lake level to an all-time low. It's not getting any stronger as we're--
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Armed with information from Dr. Gross' personal papers, Edward
Greger went to the Lunersee. DR. EDWARD GREGER: Well, it's already off the meter, though,
so it's as strong as it can be. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): He pinpointed the apparent location of the treasure
by using a map given to him by Dr. Gross. However, after a careful search, Dr. Greger
was unable to find it. Does the Lunersee treasure really exist? Or did Dr. Gross simply make up the story?
A war crimes trial in 1946 produced testimony suggesting the treasure is real. I have discovered some evidence in the archives,
specifically an interrogation statement from a gentleman by the name of Josef Jarolin.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Josef Jarolin was on trial for war crimes he committed at Dachau.
According to his court testimony and statements from four other sources, the commandant of Dachau
took part in a conspiracy to smuggle a treasure from inside the camp. Camp commandant was Wilhelm Weiter.
ROBERT W. KESTING: One witness said that he saw Weiter have the trucks loaded, being loaded with valuables
out of the cache storage areas. According to some other testimony, Weiter was seen leaving the camp in those vehicles.
Later on, he was also seen by other SS personnel heading towards the Swiss border.
Jarolin testified that other camp personnel had assisted in burying this treasure and that approximately 5 million
in gold Reichsmarks was taken in valuables. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Josef Jarolin
was hanged before revealing any more secrets about the treasure. Dr. Greger believes that Jarolin was one of the four men
who buried the treasure at Lunersee, and perhaps he was Dr. Gross' mysterious informant.
If the treasure is real, it remains hidden beneath the waters of Lunersee. In 2003, Dr. Greger returned to the Austrian lake
but was again unable to locate the hidden fortune. If he ever does find the treasure,
he plans to use the proceeds to provide medical care for needy individuals-- a fitting use for wealth stolen under such grim circumstances.
Next, a teenage girl is murdered, and police have the killer's voice on tape. Frederick, Maryland.
Tracey Kirkpatrick was a quiet teenager from a small town. Her passion was writing poetry.
Her and her boyfriend had just recently broke up, and I guess she expressed her feelings through her writing.
She wrote a lot of lonely poems. She was very intelligent. She was a hard worker.
And she loved people, and she loved to be around people, and she loved to have a lot of friends and everything.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): During Tracey's senior year in high school, she worked two part-time jobs, one of them
as a sales clerk in a clothing store. We just got a new shipment in. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): One night,
Tracey was assigned to close the store and add up the day's receipts. 15 minutes before closing time, she was all alone.
It was 8:45 PM. Two hours later, a security guard noticed that the lights were still on in the store.
The front door was unlocked. When the guard called out, there was no response. Hello?
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): He went in to investigate. God almighty. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): In a back storage room,
he found Tracey's lifeless body. The guard immediately called police I'm at the clothing store.
You better send someone down right away, all right? DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): At about that same time,
Tracey's parents were on their way to pick her up. It was nearly 11:00 PM, and she was more than an hour late.
DIANE KIRKPATRICK (VOICEOVER): As soon as I seen it was at the store, I jumped out of the car,
and I went up to the door. And they wasn't-- they didn't want to let us in at first,
because they really didn't know who were. Our daughter Tracey's in there. Our daughter Tracey works here.
All right, hold on. I said, is she all right? Can I see her? And when he shook his head no, I just blocked out everything.
I didn't want to hear the rest of what was going to be said to me. What did someone have against her that they would
do something like that to her? She never did anything to hurt anybody. Detectives were baffled.
They could find no motive for Tracey's murder. And then three months later, they got their first break,
a phone call recorded by a nationwide confession hotline. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): The confession hotline staff sent
the tip to Frederick police. We got a guy who says he's murdered. You better get somebody down here.
The sincerity that I heard in that voice and the knowledge that the person was displaying talking about what he had done
at that point convinced me that I probably was listening to the killer. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Det.
Horner played the tape for his chief. You got the confession tape? Yes, sir. Well, let's listen to it then.
Sure sounds like we have our killer, doesn't it? Sounds very authentic. CPL. BARRY HORNER: They traced the call back
to a supermarket in Walkersville, Maryland, which is seven or eight miles just north of Frederick City.
If it was the killer, he wanted to be caught, and he was seeking help through this hotline.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Two weeks later, Frederick police received another phone call.
This time, it was from a woman named Martha Woodworth. She told the police that she was a psychic
and had been contacted by a young man who identified himself only as Sean. Hello.
My name is Sean, and I have rather an unusual request. Well, I don't usually take cases like that.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Woodworth told police that Sean had contacted her repeatedly.
He was obsessed with finding the person who had murdered Tracey. She asked Sean for more information,
and he eventually sent her some newspaper clippings about the crime. MARTHA WOODWORTH: When I received the envelope
with his handwriting on the outside, I thought, this person has a much stronger involvement than just being
a friend who's interested. I found the handwriting extremely disturbed. So I felt it was my responsibility
to alert the police that I had a potential suspect for them. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Chief Ashton
played the confession tape for Martha to see if she could recognize the voice. MARTHA WOODWORTH: I knew it was Sean.
In fact, my heart dropped. It was very chilling to hear the voice of the person I had been speaking to for months actually
confessing to the crime. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Police followed the return address on Sean's envelope
to Walkersville, Maryland. It was the same town where the call-in confession had come from.
The young man living at the address was not named Sean or Don, though he had sent the clippings.
Good morning. As requested by Frederick City police-- DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Police
still didn't have enough evidence to charge the young man from Walkersville. They asked the local DJ to broadcast the confession tape.
--one year ago today. Authorities encourage you to listen carefully. There's a chance someone may recognize the caller's voice.
MAN (ON RECORDING): Hello. My name is Don. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Three people called
in to say they knew the voice. They all provided the identical name, a name that police
recognized as the young man from Walkersville who had sent the newspaper clippings.
Police searched his home for evidence the next day. Well, unfortunately, the evidence
was examined and reexamined, and we were unable to confirm that he was either at the crime
scene at night or had any particular part in this criminal act. OK, I guess. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): In the end,
the young man pleaded the fifth and refused to answer any questions. There has to be someone that seen something, someone coming
from that store or running from that store or leaving that store or heard something.
And the frustrating part is that, you know, we obviously know somebody killed her,
and we've never been able to nail it down to the suspect that definitely did it.
But I mean that has been our pledge to the community and to the family that, you know,
we're not going to give up until we do identify that person. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Update.
The man who called himself Don or Sean has been cleared as a suspect. No one has ever been arrested for Tracey's murder,
and the case remains open and unsolved. If you have any information, please log on to our website
at Unsolved.com. Next, a man dies in a car crash and then comes back from the grave to comfort his grieving wife.
The Cascade Mountain Range, Washington State. John and Patti Eggleston, along with their two young sons,
Johnny and Chris, were packing up after a day of skiing. It was time to make the 70-mile drive back
to their home near Seattle. Everything was calm, routine, normal. Then disaster.
[screeching] The Egglestons' car skidded off the bridge and plunged into the river below, a freefall
of more than 80 feet. It was pitch dark. The car rapidly filled with icy water. Patti Eggleston was badly injured
and could have easily panicked. Instead, she was overcome with calm. I had this feeling come through me
and fill me and fill every pore, every cell of my being with warmth and love. It was pure love, and it was guidance.
And that feeling gave me the knowledge and the strength to do what I needed to do next.
Patti managed to grab her children and get out of the wreck. Only later did Patti realize that her husband, John, had
died immediately upon impact. But Patti believes that during that terrible crash,
John's spirit inspired her to remain calm. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): After a brief stay in the hospital,
Patti returned home and tried to stay strong. She says that when things seemed hardest,
she again felt John's spirit. Initially, it was at night in the bedroom. PATTI EGGLESTON: I was woken up from a sound sleep
with a feeling that John had just been there. I could feel him. I could smell him.
I could feel where he was in the bed. The only sensation I didn't have was visual.
I did not see him. Every other part of it, I felt and experienced. And it was not a dream.
It was too real to be a dream. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Eventually, a Seattle physician named Melvin Morse
heard about Patti's experience. Dr. Morse has documented hundreds of after-death visits
and believes that they are not simply the product of overactive imaginations. I feel that the fact that these experiences are
emotionally dynamic, that they help to heal grief, and that people learn from them are a powerful piece
of circumstantial evidence-- and I grant that it's circumstantial-- but a powerful piece of circumstantial evidence
that that experience is at least as real as any other human experience. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): For Patti, John's presence
became more and more real, until one day she did have a visual encounter. PATTI EGGLESTON: I was sitting in my living room
and had the lights on, and I was sitting on the couch reading a book. I just kind of glanced up, and John was there.
I couldn't touch him, but I could see him. And he started communicating to me. And I say communicating, because he
was not talking with his lips. JOHN (VOICEOVER): I think Johnny's beginning to feel better.
I think so, too. PATTI EGGLESTON (VOICEOVER): But it was a conversation. It was a two-way conversation.
He was talking to me. I was talking to him. I don't know if I can do this alone.
JOHN (VOICEOVER): I'm here to tell you that you can. There's a reason you survived.
Remember to trust, and you'll always know what to do. Thank you. DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Patti says that John's visits
continued for nearly a year. Looking back, I know it was-- he didn't come any more after I had gotten my life together.
I was OK. I was truly OK. Things were still rough. I was still hurting. But I had gained enough strength, personal strength,
that I could go on without him. And he wasn't there anymore. Prior to my research, these experiences have been thought
to simply be grief-induced hallucinations, passive fantasies of the mind struggling
to deal with a terrible loss. The difference is that I'm saying that death-related visions and post-death visitations
are real. They're emotionally dynamic. We can learn things from them, that they're actually
an interaction between the person who has died and the person who is seeing the vision.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Dr. Barry Beyerstein disagrees. DR. BARRY BEYERSTEIN: I believe these people are telling us
some very interesting things. I think they're telling us honest recollections of what it seemed like to them.
And so I'm interested in their experiences. Now, I don't interpret them probably the way they do.
I think these are things that seemed incredibly real to them but probably didn't exist in reality outside the theater
of their own minds. I don't want to be perceived as a nutcase, but it is important.
It's very important for people out there to hear this story if it helps one person.
And I'll share this story, and I'll continue to share it for whoever ever needs to hear it.
DENNIS FARINA (VOICEOVER): Is there any way to explain what happened between John Eggleston and the wife
that he left behind? Can the dead return? Or are after-death visits simply the echo of a strong earthly
love? Perhaps until we receive such a visit ourselves, we can't really say. Several other cases in this program have yet to be solved.
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This, Episode includes: David Lee Kemp, Missing Susan, Nazi War Treasure, Sean Don Con and After Death Visits.

Brief Summary

This episode features murders, a missing person case, a Nazi treasure hunt, and an unsolved murder confession.

Key points

Murder Confession. A man calls a hotline to confess he stabbed a girl to death.
David Lee Kemp's Capture. After years on the run, David Lee Kemp turns himself in.
A Mother's Disappearance. Nick Owsley fears for his mother after she goes missing.
The Search for Lunersee Treasure. Dr. Greger believes a buried treasure exists beneath Lunersee, but can it be found?
Tracey Kirkpatrick's Murder. A quiet teenager is found dead, and detectives struggle to find her killer.
Patti's Near-Death Experience. After a tragic accident, Patti Eggleston feels her husband's spirit guiding her to safety.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I stabbed the girl.

A man confesses to a murder on a hotline.

0:42WatchMar 9, 2017

Tension

75/ 100High tension

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