The Poughkeepsie Tapes

360 00:29:40,113 --> 00:29:41,701 Do you mind putting this stuff in the sink? 361 00:29:41,781 --> 00:29:43,453 I just wanna pee and brush my teeth. 362 00:29:43,533 --> 00:29:44,663 No, it's fine. 363 00:29:44,743 --> 00:29:46,453 Thank you. 364 00:31:06,950 --> 00:31:09,664 This weekend ends in tragedy for one family. 365 00:31:09,744 --> 00:31:12,041 Victoria and James Dempsey returned home... 366 00:31:12,121 --> 00:31:13,877 after leaving their 19-year-old daughter, 367 00:31:13,957 --> 00:31:16,546 Cheryl Dempsey, home alone for the weekend. 368 00:31:16,626 --> 00:31:18,923 Now when they returned they found Cheryl missing, 369 00:31:19,003 --> 00:31:23,303 and her boyfriend, Tim Surrey, brutally murdered. 370 00:31:23,383 --> 00:31:27,849 I remember maybe three days before Cheryl's abduction... 371 00:31:27,929 --> 00:31:32,312 she asked me, do you ever feel like someone's watching you? 372 00:31:32,392 --> 00:31:34,105 I said not really. 373 00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:36,107 And she told me, sometimes I feel like... 374 00:31:36,187 --> 00:31:39,402 maybe someone's following me around. 375 00:31:39,482 --> 00:31:41,571 I said, you know, you're probably just being paranoid. 376 00:31:41,651 --> 00:31:43,736 And she said, yeah, maybe. 377 00:31:44,654 --> 00:31:47,573 You know, hindsight's 20/20. 378 00:31:51,411 --> 00:31:53,416 What's happening? 379 00:31:53,496 --> 00:31:54,372 Where am I? 380 00:31:58,918 --> 00:32:00,298 Stay away from me! 381 00:32:00,378 --> 00:32:01,170 Stay away! 382 00:32:02,171 --> 00:32:04,923 Why are you doing this to me? 383 00:32:09,053 --> 00:32:12,101 Please don't hurt me. 384 00:32:12,181 --> 00:32:14,187 I'll do whatever you want. 385 00:32:14,267 --> 00:32:15,475 I know you will. 386 00:32:16,352 --> 00:32:17,145 Shut up! 387 00:32:21,316 --> 00:32:23,196 What is your name? 388 00:32:23,276 --> 00:32:24,364 Cheryl Dempsey. 389 00:32:24,444 --> 00:32:25,236 Wrong! 390 00:32:28,364 --> 00:32:29,908 Your name is slave. 391 00:32:34,412 --> 00:32:35,872 What is your name? 392 00:32:37,123 --> 00:32:38,290 Cheryl. 393 00:32:41,711 --> 00:32:43,421 Your name is slave! 394 00:32:47,050 --> 00:32:48,221 What is your name? 395 00:32:48,301 --> 00:32:49,305 My name is slave! 396 00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:50,431 What is your name? 397 00:32:50,511 --> 00:32:51,933 Slave! 398 00:32:52,013 --> 00:32:53,560 What is your name? 399 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:54,432 Slave! 400 00:33:00,355 --> 00:33:01,438 Good. 401 00:33:15,745 --> 00:33:19,085 Because of the gruesome condition of Tim's body, 402 00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:21,462 we had very little hope of finding Cheryl alive. 403 00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:24,591 His head had been crushed in, kind of like this. 404 00:33:24,671 --> 00:33:29,554 And he had been cut from his anus up to his throat, 405 00:33:29,634 --> 00:33:32,307 and his intestines had been pulled out... 406 00:33:32,387 --> 00:33:35,935 and strewn around like they were Christmas tree lights. 407 00:33:36,015 --> 00:33:39,105 And his genitals had been removed and they were placed... 408 00:33:39,185 --> 00:33:42,817 in the sock drawer in the master bedroom. 409 00:33:42,897 --> 00:33:44,235 Our basic thinking was that the killer... 410 00:33:44,315 --> 00:33:47,655 had lost all control of his faculties, 411 00:33:47,735 --> 00:33:50,742 and again, judging from the condition of the body, 412 00:33:50,822 --> 00:33:54,245 that he had probably killed her here, 413 00:33:54,325 --> 00:33:58,207 and then probably dumped her body in the woods. 414 00:33:58,287 --> 00:33:59,709 We took one look at the scene and wrote it off... 415 00:33:59,789 --> 00:34:02,253 as the work of a disorganized killer. 416 00:34:02,333 --> 00:34:04,464 The truth we later learned from the Poughkeepsie tapes... 417 00:34:04,544 --> 00:34:06,883 was that this killer had carefully crafted... 418 00:34:06,963 --> 00:34:08,927 the murder site to mislead us. 419 00:34:09,007 --> 00:34:10,133 And it worked. 420 00:34:11,801 --> 00:34:14,599 Funny thing is, to be able to murder and mutilate a body... 421 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:18,978 in such a way and to maintain composure while doing so, 422 00:34:19,058 --> 00:34:22,106 coupled with his bizarre sense of theatricality, 423 00:34:22,186 --> 00:34:26,235 you know, the masks and costumes and whatnot, 424 00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:30,031 shows that this man is extremely mentally ill. 425 00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:31,991 Comedia del arte is a form of theater... 426 00:34:32,071 --> 00:34:34,744 that dates back to 16th century Italy. 427 00:34:34,824 --> 00:34:36,537 They actually had to pass a law prohibiting... 428 00:34:36,617 --> 00:34:39,248 carrying weapons while wearing a mask, 429 00:34:39,328 --> 00:34:42,085 because people stopped being re...