The Most Hated Woman in America Page #7

Oh, f***.

We've got two more days

before the second shipment comes through.

And we have come too far

to let a second-page story get in our way.

Well, thank you for finally

coming in here, Bill. Appreciate it.

When you told me about the dogs,

I knew something wasn't right.

So, why'd it take you so long

to file a report?

It's complicated.

My mother turned my own daughter

against me...

What did the cops say?

They told me they would get back to me

if anything turned up.

Wish I could say I was surprised.

So I sent a sketch artist down to work

with the guy who bought Garth's car.

Should have something soon.

I would love for you to take a look.

Of course.

Oh, this money that's gone missing,

do you have any idea

who could've had access to that?

- Accountants? Lawyers?

- Mmm.

All her finances were done in-house

at American Atheists.

You know...

if somebody did something to them...

it's probably someone from that place.

My mother pissed off a lot of people.

Especially those she was closest to.

Uh, excuse me, uh...

I just want to say American Atheists

has had a wonderful year, and...

that would not be so without all of you.

So, thank you,

and a very happy winter solstice.

Strike up the carols!

Mother loves Christmas.

She really, really does.

Oh, and you in your sweater.

So darling.

- Will you get me a refill, Garthy?

- Of course.

- I'll go check on those cookies.

- Okay.

The membership numbers are down,

but the money is not.

The way Madalyn gets these rich,

dying atheists

to leave her their entire estates...

It's a hell of a way to make a living.

She's not gonna live forever.

And I don't know what she did to Bill,

but if I was him, I would have suffered

through until she kicked the bucket,

and then I would've taken

the whole thing for myself.

I mean, Garth's not gonna

take over. Can you imagine?

"Hello, people,

we need to start fighting

for the freedom of religion."

Not funny, David.

See anybody laughing?

No more for him, huh?

Madalyn, sorry.

I don't wanna hear your excuses.

Right now,

all I want out of you is breathing.

Very little of that.

Come on.

I just had a little bit too much to drink.

Oh, I am assuming

it was the drink talking,

otherwise I would fire your ass.

What?

You wanna get rid of me?

Go ahead.

But I know a lot of secrets

about the American Atheists.

Secrets that might interest

the IRS in particular.

Are you threatening me?

Go, tell the IRS whatever you want.

Scream it from the mountaintops.

You think they're gonna believe

a f***ing felon?

Get out of here.

You're ruining my holiday party.

You really can be pathetic, you know.

You just wanna be the momma I never had,

give us both a second chance.

Well, let me tell you something

about my momma.

I beat the sh*t out of her.

I beat her to a bloody pulp.

You think your son Bill hurt you?

Nah.

Not like I hurt her.

Garth!

David Waters is a convicted felon.

He's a murderer.

And his mother was a goddamn whore.

And she's not the only one

that sucked c*cks for money.

Isn't that right, David?

Isn't that right? You sucked cock...

Don't f*** with me, Madalyn.

Don't f*** with me.

Are you okay?

Son of a b*tch.

Hello, football fans...

We got beer, vodka, cigs.

Finally.

Hope you didn't forget

about me, Danny.

No, I did not.

Oh, hey.

Sorry it ain't a martini.

Oh, it's the good stuff.

Yeah.

My Billy Boy...

he used to mix a mean Manhattan.

Here's to new friends.

You're all right, Danny Fry.

Mmm.

You know, I'm real sorry

we're putting you through all this.

It's not you.

It's David.

I'd watch your ass around him

if I were you.

You know, I trusted him.

Look where it got me.

I'm, uh... heading to Florida next week

for my daughter's fifth birthday.

I'm using my take

to set up her college fund.

Yeah. She's awful sweet.

And lucky to have you for a father.

Thanks.

In the end...

family is all we got.

Hello.

All right, sounds good.

Jack just called.

He has the sketch of the guy

who sold Garth's car.

Who the f*** is that?

Get out!

This is Bob Fry.

Leave a message.

Hey, Bob, it's, uh...

it's Danny.

Um... You know, I was actually just headed

back to Florida just now, but, um...

I've got a couple things

I gotta tie up still here in Texas.

So, uh...

But I'm gonna be sending you a letter.

And if you could just hang onto it for me,

that would be great.

Okay, thanks.

Bye.

Garth?

Yes, Mother?

I know you don't like me very much.

That's not true, Mother.

Well, you call me names behind my back.

You mean like "fat c*nt"?

You call me "fat c*nt"?

Yeah.

Well, you've called me worse.

I suppose.

It doesn't mean anything, you know that.

What about you, Red?

You hate me for taking you

away from your father?

You didn't take me away from him.

I was too hard on him.

I'm too hard on all of you.

You're only hard on us

because you believe we can be great.

I love you two.

Uh-huh.

Everything I've ever done, I...

I've done for you kids.

Bill, too.

What do you say?

When we get out of this,

we take a drive down to Dallas

and visit your father, hmm?

- Are you serious?

- I am.

And if the bastard refuses to see us,

well, I'll just bang down

the goddamn door.

Now, that I'd like to see.

I'm gonna miss you, Red.

Don't call me that.

No.

No! No!

She called herself

the most hated woman in America.

Tonight, the incredible case

of Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

In 1963, Madalyn Murray O'Hair

found the cause

that would make her famous.

And some say, rich.

She filed a lawsuit against

the Baltimore public school board.

The case would go

all the way to the Supreme Court

in a landmark ruling

that banned prayer in schools.

Over the next three decades,

no one person has been thought

a bigger threat to religion.

In 1995, Madalyn was 77 years old,

in failing health,

and likely would've spent

her remaining years in relative obscurity.

Except that, before she could die,

the nation's most famous atheist

suddenly vanished.

Well, the thing that strikes you

is there was no panic

when the Murray O'Hairs disappeared.

There was no real effort to find them.

Uh...

Yet there was over $600,000 missing,

Robin's car was abandoned,

and another was sold

by a mysterious stranger.

Mark Sparrow answered

the ad in the newspaper

and thought he'd found a steal of a deal

since the car was priced

$5,000 below Blue Book value.

But although

Garth Murray's signature appears

- on the title of transfer documents...

- Danny?

Sparrow is certain that the man

who sold him the car was not Garth Murray.

Right before Danny disappeared,

I got a call.

He told me he was sending a letter.

There weren't many details.

But he said he and a guy named Gary Karr

were in on a kidnapping scheme,

brought in by somebody

called David Waters.

David Waters?

Danny said these people they took...

were expecting to come out of it alive.

But he wasn't so sure.

And you told all this to the police?

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