WEBVTT - Season Four Trailer: By Way of Insanity

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<v Speaker 1>Today, jurors heard more from James Holmes, the man who

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<v Speaker 1>opened far in a Colorado movie theater. Witnesses say Holmes

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<v Speaker 1>fired into the air and then started shooting into the crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>At that moment, I just remember thinking, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to die in here. Me and my kids, we are

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<v Speaker 1>not going to die in here. I need to get

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<v Speaker 1>them out. From James Holmes to Lorraina Bobbitt to John

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<v Speaker 1>Heackley Jr. Some of history's most notorious criminal defendants are

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<v Speaker 1>linked by a common thread, the insanity defense. Lorraina Bobbit

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<v Speaker 1>goes on trial for maliciously wounding her husband and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people are watching. She went to the kitchen,

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<v Speaker 1>she sees a knife, she grabs it. She cuts off

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<v Speaker 1>his penis while he is asleep. The basic dynamic of

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<v Speaker 1>that case for some people is going to be he

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<v Speaker 1>deserved it. He had it coming to him. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>as a matter of law, he didn't have it coming

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<v Speaker 1>to him. Each season on the Thread, we unraveled the

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<v Speaker 1>stories behind some of the most important lives and events

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<v Speaker 1>in history to discover, essentially how one thing leads to another.

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<v Speaker 1>We turned back the clock, one story at a time

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<v Speaker 1>to reveal how various strands get woven together to create

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<v Speaker 1>a historic figure, a big idea, or an unthinkable tragedy.

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<v Speaker 1>He decided that he would assassinate Ronald Reagan when he

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<v Speaker 1>was giving a speech at the Washington Hilton. The defense

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<v Speaker 1>of you was that the President was just a bit

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<v Speaker 1>player in this drama that was being, you know, played

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<v Speaker 1>out in Hinckley's mind. In season four of The Thread,

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<v Speaker 1>we explore some of the most high profile criminal cases

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<v Speaker 1>in history through the lens of the controversial legal defense

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<v Speaker 1>that unites and binds them all not guilty by way

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<v Speaker 1>of insanity. Will journey back in time to witness some

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<v Speaker 1>of the most extraordinary but largely forgot crimes and trials

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<v Speaker 1>in history. Were they bad? Or were they mad? People

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<v Speaker 1>thought that the gunshots were part of the show at first,

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<v Speaker 1>but he said to his attorney's no way, I'm perfectly

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<v Speaker 1>saying I did. I did the act, and in fact

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<v Speaker 1>I should have been given a medal. And he decided

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<v Speaker 1>the only thing that he could do to stop this

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<v Speaker 1>was to shoot the Prime Minister. Yeah. I mean literally,

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<v Speaker 1>if it was an episode of House of Cards, you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't believe it, right, But it really happened. How can

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<v Speaker 1>you ever know what somebody knows right, We couldn't go

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<v Speaker 1>back in time and be there with him, inside his

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<v Speaker 1>brain at the time that he was pulling the trigger.

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