opera. unfortunately it was my life and wasn t a soap opera for me. it was tv s first blockbuster trial. scandalous and sensational. her sexuality was the star of the pam smart show. the explosion of flashbulbs. it s body heat, it s fatal attraction. pamela smart accused of bewitching a teenage student into murdering her husband. i pulled the trigger. another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing your husband one of those mistakes? no. it s not at all who she was or is. the case some say changed the way americans witnessed justice. i don t know enough will ever be enough for anyone in this case. pamela smart liv. the beautiful, young widow stepped hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela part lived it. the beautiful young widow from her small town into america s most gripping trial. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now you re about to hear the chilling story from th
television s first true crime celebrity. it s like i m frozen forever and my worst mistake. the story begins in the old milltown of dairy, new hampshire. 22-year-old pamela smart had come home late from work to find her 24-year-old husband, gregg, sprawled out on the floor of their home. it s six days before your first anniversary. take us to that night. what happened when you walked in the door? i saw gregg on the ground in front of the entrance. i called for him and he didn t respond. did you try to shake him? no. you re just calling his name? i called his name and i just
you were the biggest show in town. it was. maybe in america. at the time. this story, people couldn t get enough of it. nope. when i look back at the footage, i looked like a baby. you know, i look so young. and i look so afraid. and that s exactly how i felt. before the menendez brothers, before the bobbits or amy fisher or even o.j., pamela smart was television s first true crime celebrity. it s like i m frozen forever in my worst mistake. and i m judged forever by my worst mistake. and people think there s nothing else to me. the story begins in the old mill town of derry, new hampshire. 22-year-old pamela smart had come home late from work to find her 24-year-old husband, gregg,