Psycho IV: The Beginning

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You're on.

John, sorry to keep you waiting.

- Hello?.

She always knew I'd kill her.

She'd say:

"One of these days,

you're gonna shoot me.

And you know what?.

You're gonna miss."

Her last words were:

"You'll never amount to anything."

She was wrong.

I'm a murderer.

I killed my own mother.

That's something, isn't it?.

- In case you just tuned in,

that was Raymond Linette,

out on parole

after doing 4 years for matricide.

That's murdering your mother.

And matricide is

what we're talking about tonight.

Our guests are Dr. Leo Richmond,

psychiatrist and author

of "The Mother-Killers:

Boys Who Kill Their Mothers."

Dr. Richmond is here to help us

find out what makes them do it.

Mr. George Emeric,

grandfather of the paroled killer,

and of course Raymond himself.

Raymond, you're able to talk about

what made you do what you did.

I've talked about it every day

for 4 years. It's part of therapy

at Sedonia. - There's been

an outcry against such prisons.

That let criminals out too soon?.

- The recidivism rate is almost 60%.

I'm only out because of my grandpa.

Mr. Emeric,

you're Ray's maternal grandfather?.

Yes. - Meaning:

he murdered your daughter. - Yes.

Yet you've made parole possible

by taking him into your home,

where your daughter grew up.

The same room.

Could you tell us what

that feels like to you?.

You must've loved your daughter.

She was a world-class b*tch

who didn't deserve a boy like Raymond.

Marilyn, you're on.

- I'd like to ask Dr. Richmond:

Don't girls ever kill their mothers?.

- The same dynamics don't apply.

You mean they never...

- Not as often as boys.

Maybe girls are too smart

to get caught.

I don't have the statistics

on female matricide.

Boys happen to be

my sphere of expertise.

So how did this become your sphere?.

My first involvement

with a mother-killer was 30 years ago.

A man turned himself into his mother,

out of guilt for having murdered her.

Turned himself into her?. - Dressed

in her clothes, spoke in her voice,

killed as her, all to create

the illusion that she was still alive,

that he had not murdered her.

Matricide is probably

the most unbearable crime of all,

and most unbearable for the son

who commits it.

Raymond Linette has to be home by 10,

a condition of his parole.

Raymond, Mr. Emeric, I want to

thank you for joining us.

Dr. Raymond, you will stay, won't you?.

- Glad to.

Our next caller is from...

No name either, I guess?.

We have to call you something.

You can call me... Ed.

Go ahead, Ed.

I listen to your program every night.

It's one of the pleasures of parole.

Were you in Sedonia too?.

- Someplace like that.

But I never dreamed you'd

do a show so personally relevant.

You have a question for Dr. Richmond?.

- He sure likes hearing himself talk.

Where are you calling from?.

Ed?.

I called because

the focus of your show tonight

is what makes boys

kill their mothers.

But so far, your guests haven't

given us any insight into that.

I thought maybe I could help.

I'm a member of the doctor's...

What did he call it?. "Sphere."

Are you saying

you killed your mother, Ed?.

Oh, I've killed before.

And now I have to do it again.

How old were you

when you killed your mother, Ed?.

I killed some other women too.

The first one

just wanted to have sex with me.

Wanted to have sex with you?.

Is that grounds for murder?.

In my mother's eyes it was.

Sip?.

No thank you.

It's not like I have cooties.

- That's not what I meant.

You look glad to see me.

Anyone would be.

- Come on,

Iet's go watch the fireworks show

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