Capturing the Friedmans
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1:33:02
After Jesse went to jail
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I know my friends
said to me

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"Don't you feel, like,
terrible being alone

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in such a big house?"
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I said, "No, I feel calm. "
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That's when I really started
becoming a person

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and started to live.
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Elaine divorced him
while he was in prison.

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He settled into life there
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You can't say
it was good in prison

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but it was as good
as it could get for him.

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But of course,
the torment continued

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and got worse because of Jesse.
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My brother never
got over the guilt.

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He had talked about
taking his life

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because he had this insurance
policy he had taken out.

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I think it was $250,000,
1/4 million

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and Jesse was the beneficiary.
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He said, "This is the only thing
I have left to give Jesse

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So he has money
when he gets out

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and he can make some kind of
life for himself

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because I've screwed it up
otherwise for him. "

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By that time, that clause
in the insurance policy

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where suicide was payable
had come into effect.

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And this is
the coroner's report.

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It describes the cause of death
as doxepin intoxication

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which basically means
that Arnold took

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a massive overdose
of antidepressants.

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I took a deep breath
and I said

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"It's over, David.
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He's out of his misery.
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It's over. "
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I thought it was a blessing
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because the guilt
he was carrying

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he was so unhappy.
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He was out
of his misery.

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The rest of the family wasn't
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but he was.
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I found it a blessing.
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Let me entertain you
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Let me make you smile.
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It's unbelievably difficult.
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I have to read
these horrible letters

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about my brother being
almost killed in prison.

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My friends call me,
I'm crying.


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