To Catch a Genius
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Real people. Real crimes. Real life drama. If you just look at this case and you go, "This is a man who killed his wife for money." That doesn't tell you half the story. Paul Curry is a self-centered, devious, evil door. I see him as a cold-blooded killer who's gotten away with it for almost 20 years. This isn't an accident. This isn't an oops. It's not a suicide. It's a homicide. She was being poisoned. She was ingesting something that was making her ill. Is there something weird in her lipstick? Is he putting something in her fingernail polish? She died from a massive nicotine poisoning, catastrophic levels of nicotine in her system. No, she's not a smoker. She doesn't smoke. Nicotine poisoning. How common is that? Nicotine is one of the strongest poison ever. Linda was absolutely fun. We took our high heels out, we dressed up, we fixed our hair and makeup, and we went dancing on the weekends. She was a career woman, was making good money at that time. She did call me and tell me she'd met this guy at work and that he was so, so smart. People describe them as a genius. People describe them as knows everything about everything. This is Jeopardy! He was on Jeopardy? He was, and he won, he won like $26, $27,000 back in the 80s. Linda said, you know, Paul and I are going to go and get married. He ends up getting in the car going to Vegas. He wasn't the most handsome man. He was very short. He didn't have a whole lot to work with. It wasn't looks. It wasn't money. It was the idea that I am with somebody who's so brilliant. They had been married maybe a month, and she called me one night. When she says, you know, Mary Paul wants to take out a million dollar life insurance policy on me. What do you think? Are you crazy? Are you kidding me? Why would you do that? You know what happened to Linda? She starts getting sick. Weak, fatigued, just looking bad. She was so thin. Bunch of doctors had no idea why. He's being a loving husband to his wife. Oh honey, I'm sorry you're so sick. And in the back of his mind, he's got to be thinking, how is she not dead? How much of this nicotine do I got to give her to kill her for crying out loud? Do you have any eyewitnesses ever seen him give her any kind of poison? No. Is there any evidence he obtained nicotine? Direct evidence? No, there's no evidence. This is a hard case, but I have no doubt whatsoever that he did it. And I believe I'm going to be able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. I'm Erin Moriarty. Tonight I'm 48 hours. To catch a genius. She's not going to make it if she stays with him. I said you've got to get away from him. He's trying to kill you. It's obvious. I said leave. Get out of there. Linda, I've got to get you out of the house. To this day, friends like Mary Seabold just get out of that house and Bill Sandretto. I can't believe she wants to stay there. Can't understand why Linda Curry never left her husband Paul. There's no doubt in my mind that she loved him. She died because she loved him.
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A successful wife dead from nicotine poisoning.