Chasing Catherine Shelton (Part 1) - Encore
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[Music] For years I've been tangled up in a bizarre game of cat and mouse with a woman named Catherine Shelton. Controversy has swirled around me for 25 years. She's a really, really smart woman. She had a touch of genius. Not a touch of evil. Well, I wish I'd always been the perfect lady, but I don't know, I just didn't work out that way. Men just seemed to drop dead all around her. That's a lot of coincidences. I'm almost there. I'm not Luca Bronzy from The Godfather, and I don't war around shooting people. [Music] And a true crime journalist. Back in 2003, I covered the Shelton story for 48 hours. You remember her? Yeah, it's right out there. She tried to kill me. Catherine denies that, and I was hooked. Wow. There was a doctor, an ex-boyfriend, beaten to death in his garage. That was a garage. I think the homicide detectives looked like it was something pretty personal. She says she had nothing to do with it. If he had to have a number one prime suspect, it's Catherine. A man named with Catherine in a lawsuit was found with a bullet in his head. Authorities said he was playing Russian roulette. And the whole Russian roulette thing just doesn't make sense. Playing Russian roulette by yourself. Right. I wouldn't buy that. If you knew the guy, I wouldn't buy it. I'm not a vengeful person. She was a lot of fun when she wasn't trying to kill me. This ex-boyfriend says he's lucky to be alive. I opened the door, and as I slowed down, that bitch shot me. She really shot me. There was a former client. This is where the case kind of goes from bad to weird. He turned up in Catherine's house, dead and naked. His death ruled an accident. I lead a dull wife. The list goes on and on. Probably some people say it's that Catherine, she's done it again. A husband and wife shot up in an ambush. And she screamed, "Shooter, shooter again." I know it was her! Catherine chilted. Not me. I wasn't there. Her husband, Clint, is currently serving a life sentence for that crime.
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A journalist finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with a skilled former attorney dogged by mayhem and suspicions of murder. Why do bad things happen to the men in Catherine Shelton’s life? "48 Hours" contributor Jenna Jackson reports.