"One of his excellent qualities was he was a gourmet cook," said Paine. "They went on great adventures together," Black said. He joined the gay men's choir and he became a regular at Pastor Sid Hall's church. Everybody loved Bernie," said Davidson. He and his daughter entered his mother's house, where they found her body in the freezer.[13]. Her granddaughter expressed shock that the release was granted, and claimed that Richard Linklater's 2011 film Bernie had influenced the legal system. "So a lot of death had occurred in our family," he said. "And Mama would tell us what he'd been saying. [36] He currently resides at the Estelle Unit. He did that," Tanner told the court. In the film, Bernie was portrayed as a sweet man who was beloved in the small Texas town of Carthage, while Marjorie was depicted as an abusive villain. She did not deserve to die. Tiede and Nugent visited several countries together, cruising the Nile and the Rhine with Nugent, of course, picking up the tab. 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"Everyone in that courtroom knew that my grandmother was not mean. "She would kinda be called a blue blood," said Davidson. "He's just a super generous sensitive guy, and is everybody's best friend and just very helpful," said Linklater. "This is all public record," said Van Sant. Tiede's attorney is appealing his sentence. HENDERSON Convicted murderer Bernie Tiede is a calculating, money-hungry, cold-blooded killer who set his sights on elderly women, including Marjorie Nugent who he killed in 1996. We just went everywhere. "I was acting in the plays.". He was temporarily released on bail in 2014, pending a resentencing hearing. "She untaped it and raised it up," D.A. She knew that if her grandmother had left the house, she would have put everything she kept in the refrigerator in her freezer, located inside the pantry. You're not going to leave me. He could sing he could preach. What's going through your mind?" Van Sant asked. Longview Bank and Trust replaced Marjorie as trustee of her late husband's fund. Tiede met Nugent at her husbands funeral in 1990, Tiede sang a hymn and escorted Nugent to and from her husbands grave, offering her his coat in the chilly cemetery. It's a murder story based on what happened in the small town of Carthage in East Texas in 1997. "That's enough of that. He could connect, yeah, exactly," Shamburger agreed. So when a grieving, vulnerable widow came to the Hawthorn Funeral Home, Tiede saw an opportunity to do what he did best. "Nine months. In May 2014, Davidson and a visiting Judge Diane DeVasto of Tyler allowed Tiede to be released from prison that month on $10,000 bail, after his attorney, Jodi Cole, had learned that Tiede had been sexually abused as a child for multiple years by an uncle. If anyone asked, Tiede told them theyd just missed Nugent, or that she was taking a nap. Van Sant asked. "He put me up at his apartment at his home.". But he did admit to writing Bernie a letter, sexual in nature. Some folks even suggested Tiede was next door to the angels. Shot Marjorie Nugent dead with a .22 caliber rifle. They say Tiede didn't have a "dissociative episode. Poor Bernie. She opened the door. That same day, Bernie Tiede confessed to Panola County Sheriff Deputies that he murdered Marjorie Nugent back in November of 1996. The town of Carthage, where Marge lived and where Bernie worked at the local funeral home, is in deep East Texas, more than a two-hour drive from Dallas. According to Investigation Discovery (ID), that man Bernhardt (Bernie) Tiede II, a 38-year-old local mortician then leaves to check out a rehearsal of a college theater group. "He was her man servant the guy hired to take care of her every need," Black explained. In March of 1990, while working at the funeral of a man who had passed on, 32-year-old Bernie met the deceased's 81-year-old widow, Marjorie "Marge" Nugent. Spreading an estimated $2 million of Nugents money around town while pretending that she was still alive, Tiede invested in a western wear shop, pledged money to the church for a new wing, and bought cars for at least 10 people. "Let's move now to November 19, 1996. It has also been suggested that Tiede's handwritten confession (a major factor in the murder being considered first-degree) was strongly influenced by the prosecution's threats of leaking private videotapes of Tiede. Bernie Tiede, a former mortician, killed rich Texas millionairess, Marjorie Nugent, and buried her body in her deep freezer 20 years ago. The movie, "Bernie," also featured Matthew McConaughey as Danny Buck Davidson. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. "Personally, I think he's pure evil," said Shanna Nugent. [6] They married in 1957, and Bernie was born in the next year in Abilene. He was right in Carthage, at home, when the sheriff deputies showed up and brought him in for questioning. "We went to Germany England Scotland and Wales. Van Sant asked Tiede. "I remember right before we shot that scene I went up to Jack Black and I said, 'Have you ever killed anyone in a movie?'" ", "Just park your car, jump over the gate, run," Linklater said. Bernie killed Marge in November of 1996 and spent the next few months on a spending bender, says ID, investing in businesses, buying cars and even planes for people. When he appealed his sentence, the appellate courts ruled that there was sufficient evidence for the jury to have found premeditation, a condition of the charge. Dissociative episode. He started purporting a sweetheart scam on her, Nugent says. While the facts of the case have not been in dispute, Bernie's motivation for murdering Marge (and his subsequent behavior in the months after the crime) has been debated for years. "She's 42 years older than you.". A jury convicted Tiede of first-degree murder, and sentenced him to 50 years in prison. "Yeah, held a special place in the hearts of many people in Carthage, Texas," said Jack Black. "He's back in prison for life. Van Sant asked. "When was the last time you saw your grandmother alive?" "And we went in and there were pictures of Bernie everywhere," said Alexandria Nugent. It's just one of the rules of the game," said Black of the prison visit. Bernie Tiede, a beloved funeral director in Carthage, Texas, was friendly, well-liked, considerate, and helpful. "It's about abusing Marjorie Nugent financially; it's about just cold-blooded murder.". And then I got active in the school here in the drama department," Tiede said. He snaps,' Cole said of the scene in the movie where Tiede shoots Marjorie. And he stayed as long as he could and his body acted in a way to end that abuse," Cole told Van Sant. And the motives of her new companion deeply suspect. I'm mean as an old settin' hen sometimes," she laughed. "It was such a difficult time," said Tiede. He comforted families of the deceased at funerals, staying close to grieving widows, and holding their hands to steady them. "No. probably never would, because there was something about Bernie that made folks wonder back then. Do I regret the fact that I didn't rush down there to stop him from doing this? "I think the fatal mistake my grandmother made is she ended up buying a $30,000 headstone from Bernie Tiede, and from that moment he marked her," said Shanna Nugent. ", "We went to . "And I go, 'What do you mean you don't know who we are?' He was just a loveable guy," Black said. According to the Texas Tribune,. Within months of meeting at her husband's funeral, Tiede was full time at Marjorie Nugent's eye-popping home. Testifying in his defense, Tiede said Someone said I could have dropped her from an airplane into the Gulf of Mexico, but she wouldnt have been found, and I wanted to give her a proper burial. Tiedes trial lasted less than a week before he was found guilty and given a life sentence. No one has ever left me.' At first glance, the tale appears to be one of a cold-blooded killer and a helpless victim, but the real story of Bernie and Marjorie (Marge) Nugent is much more complicated. And I have to stay here unless something changes. And by the time I got out there she had locked the gate on me. And the Nugent women, all busy college students at the time, admit there was a reluctance to reach out to Grandma Marjorie. Jane Starnes and Assistant Attorney General Lisa Tanner weren't buying it. Make sure they're alright. The director and those who loved Bernie argued he had paid his dues with time already served. It doesn't hurt that the story got the Hollywood treatment when Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater made a soapy film (starring Jack Black as Bernie) based on Bernie's version of events in which he, not Margie, was the real victim. [12], In November 1996, Tiede killed Nugent by shooting her in the back four times with a .22 caliber rifle. "She asked me to leave the funeral home," Tiede told Van Sant. When the family got suspicious and told her he was scamming her, "she got really angry. In 1993, Nugent convinced Tiede to work for her full-time, as her business manager. Its scary when a known con man is proven to have done all of this, and people are still willing to believe the con. "I felt sorry for Marjorie, I really did," he said. ", "This case is about abusing elderly, vulnerable people," Tanner said. 7:30. So what was the real truth? In April 2016, after two years of freedom, Bernie Tiede's new sentencing trial began. Rod filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tiede, claiming he had embezzled more than $3 million from his mother.[16]. "He was very successful here at Hawthorn's and as a funeral director overall," said Shamburger. Bernie Tiede wasn't about to be turned away. "I think he's conned Hollywood and the whole judicial system," said Starnes. Nine years after he met Marjorie Nugent at her husband's funeral, Bernie Tiede was sentenced to life in prison. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Man convicted of murdering companion, stuffing body in freezer", 'mean-bernie-film-features-cooper-grads-unlikely', "Judge Agrees to Release Murderer "Bernie" Backed by Austin Filmmaker", "History of Bernie's secret: Facts of sexual abuse could have been key to defense". "My grandmother was a loving sweet woman," said Jenull. This is really eye-opening, Van Sant remarked. And it's like, 'Mama, are you crazy?! Bernie Tiede was easy to find. Some people are sayin', 'No, put him away for life,'" said actor Jack Black. (File - The Associated Press) Bernhardt Tiede was released. Afterward, he hides her body in a freezer to cover up the crime. When presented with the new evidence, Davidson agreed that, had he known this information in the original trial, he would have sought a lighter sentence. I just can't do this,'" Tiede explained. Doucet has always denied Tiede's allegations. "I don't want him talking about the shooting That's enough," she said. The former Carthage mortician was convicted in 1999 of killing 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy Carthage widow. After high school, Tiede started working in a funeral home, showing a particular talent for makeup and hair. In 1985, the 27-year-old Tiede moved to Carthage, which had a population of just 6,500. "You just have never seen a story like this come across your desk ever. to Egypt. In a blog on his law firm's site, Chad Baruch, an attorney who'd been hired by Marge's family,disputes much of Bernie's story. Family member testifies " On the show, CBS's 48 Hours viewers will learn how the relationship developed between Bernie Tiede and Marjorie Nugent, and how that . "I don't know what happened that morning," Tiede told Van Sant in tears. [19][20] Cole theorized that Tiede shot Nugent while in a brief dissociative episode brought on by her abusive treatment of him,[21] a theory backed by forensic psychiatrist Richard Pesikoff. "In '93, we went there and she opened the door and she hugged me and kissed me like eight times," said Shanna Nugent. "Well Marjorie wasn't a huggy-type person," said Ruth Cockrell, who would come to know as much as anyone in Carthage about the friendship of Bernie and Marjorie. He shoots her again. Because that's what you do when you love someone and you find out that the person that they were in love with shot them four times in the back. Van Sant asked. Black became so intrigued, he agreed to play the lead role -- but not before he and Linklater paid a visit to a Texas maximum security prison to try and understand just who Bernie Tiede really was. Tiede claims her 24/7 demands had turned into an abusive relationship. 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Nevertheless, when Tiede became the constant companion of the meanest woman in Carthage Marjorie Nugent, 40 years his senior it was certainly a surprise. "Bernie's name was top of the list," said Davidson. "Yes, I'm aware of that. Bernie Tiede learned firsthand that the wounded, lonely, and those the dead leave behind, need comforting. The pair grew close and took trips around the world together, with Ms Nugent eventually signing a will, leaving her estimated $10m fortune to her younger companion. He was sentenced to life in prison, but that sentence was overturned in 2014. Van Sant asked. "I think any of us can be difficult. "As I often do with the widows, widowers, check on 'em. When he was just three years old, his mother died in a car accident, with his father unharmed as driver of the vehicle. Bernie Tiede, pictured with Marjorie Nugent, not long before her 1996 murder. Nugent was more than 40 years his senior. Marge M. Nugent, loving mother, devoted wife, and adored grandmother, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2016 surrounded by her family in her Morristown, N.J. home. Bernie Tiede . And that even though he had his own modest home, he felt trapped by Nugent and wanted out. Snapping. "I want the world to know that Bernie Tiede is a good person and that this outcome is unacceptable," she said. They actually disassociate, which is to leave their body," Cole explained. "I think it took them maybe 20 minutes to find him guilty," said Davidson. And another thing, newly widowed 74-year-old Marjorie Nugent was loaded with cash - as much as $6 million. Primo said he worked with Nugent's husband, Rodney Nugent, on business ventures. I don't want you to talk about the shooting," said Cole. "There's members of Marjorie's family that tell a different story," said Black. Bernie: The Truth About Bernie Tiede And Marjorie Nugent's Relationship. During the resentencing trial, Marjorie's granddaughter, Shanna Nugent, spoke directly to Bernie, and stated, You are nothing to me.[27] Shanna and her father, Rod Nugent, both asserted that Marjorie was a kind woman on good terms with her family (in contrast to the portrayal in the film), whom Tiede conned in order to spend her fortune without her knowledge. Marjorie Nugent was a longstanding member of the richest family in Carthage after her husband had made his fortune as an oilman. 'I can't get away from this woman.'". So it wasn't long after 27-year-old Bernie Tiede arrived in Carthage back in 1985, that everyone seemed to know him. Bernie Tiede, the mortician who made $24,000 a year, now had access to Marjorie Nugent's 10,000 square foot mansion, her checkbook, and a world of opportunity. On April 22, 2016, following Tiedes re-sentencing trial, the jury imposed a new sentence of 99 years or life for Tiede. Hes presently incarcerated in Huntsville Texas, and not eligible for parole until August 3, 2029, the day after his 71st birthday. "And I ended up attending the trial and started thinkin' maybe there's a movie here," he told Van Sant. A few days later, Tiede checked in on her at her house. He and his daughter accompanied police to Nugents house on August 18, 1997, and found her neatly wrapped in the freezer. Tiede became a preacher and featured soloist in the choir at the First United Methodist Church and worked with the music and theater departments of the local college, often taking on starring roles himself. Gregg County marriage records, book 35, page 229; cf. Alexandria Nugent recalled. "I'm thinkin' you're lying. In 1991, Nugent altered her will, and disinherited her only child, Rod Nugent, leaving her entire $10 million estate to Tiede. And it's hard to be a gay man and being out in a small town," said Tiede. "He was about to be found out," said Starnes. ", Days turned into months, as Bernie Tiede kept his awful secret. In the end, though, Bernie's new defense couldn't save him. "How long did it take this jury to make its decision?" and at Comer's Bar-B-Q "He taught our Sunday School. [11] By 1993, Bernie left his job to work for Nugent full time as her business manager and travel companion. The main characters are Marjorie Nugent, a rich and notoriously mean widow, and her young companion . "Bernie Tiede is what?" As an assistant funeral director at Hawthorn Funeral Home, Tiede soon became a beloved pillar of the Carthage community, and according to Texas Monthly, wore colorful Tommy Hilfiger clothes, when not wearing somber funeral suits, and drove around town in his Lincoln Continental, smiling broadly at everyone. Two dramatic versions of Marjorie Nugent's murder have now been told. And another thing, newly widowed 74-year-old Marjorie Nugent was loaded with cash as much as $6 million. It was really bizarre.. [25], Between the time of his release in 2014 and his resentencing hearing in April 2016, Tiede resided in Austin, Texas, at the garage apartment of filmmaker Richard Linklater, who had offered to assist him; this was a condition of his release. That was not part of the deal. "But I took that really personally, 'cause I don't live in Hollywood. Despite the new evidence, Tiede was sentenced to 99 years to life. I'm just a people person. He stands 5'6." Yet the word for Bernie Tiede is "hovering." He seems to hover above even those taller than him. Trump motion to declare mistrial in E. 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Davidson recounted to the Longview News-Journal, People remember [Tiede] as being real nice and doing nice things, and they'd like my office to go real easy on him. In 1997, after the family filed a missing-persons report on Marjorie, her son broke into her house and found her body. "I think it's the perfect example of a sweetheart scam that I have ever seen," Shanna Nugent said. And you think how could I have saved them," said Shanna Nugent. In 1990 Tiede befriended Nugent at the funeral of her husband, a wealthy oilman and banker. "She was having a great time," he replied. Van Sant asked. And in turn, Tiede gave gifts to the good people of Carthage. "And you know, 'Maybe she's on another trip. "He was kind of the conduit to her generosity, to her better angel," said Linklater. "We believe my grandmother was in love with Bernie and believed that he was in love with her," said Alexandria Nugent. For a time, he was able to fend off those curious about Marge by lying about her travel plans or health, but a search of her home by her son revealed Marge's fate. For the court, it was enough to free Bernie from jail for two years (during which he actually lived with Linklater! "Turns out he was generous with Mrs. Nugent's money," said Davidson. "He could do everything?" I won't leave. Van Sant asked. Everybody knew," said Shanna Nugent. Full Description. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Obituary Marjorie M. Nugent Resident of Morristown, New Jersey and Watch Hill, Rhode Island June 14, 1925June 7, 2016 Marge Nugent, loving mother, devoted wife, and adored grandmother passed away June 7, 2016 surrounded by her family in her Morristown, New Jersey home. "I thought it was greed and betrayal," Davidson said. She recalls spending a week and a half with her grandparents on their farm every year. Not because Danny Buck wants 20. Bernie confessed to police, was tried, and received a 50-year prison term for the murder. Van Sant asked. You see a scene like that in the script and you circle it in the calendar when you're gonna shoot that and you think about it a lot," said Black. "Thoroughly confused," added Susan Jenull. While she was outside, petting her dog, he shot her four times in the back. Until May 2014, he was serving a life sentence. People Are Still Willing to Believe the Con, Young Nev. Man Found Guilty of Raping, Murdering Teen Family Friend: 'She Called Him Her Big Brother', 'Truly Evil': Mich. Man Convicted of Murdering 3, Including Boy, 6, Who Was Excited to Lose First Tooth, 5 Years After Wash. The premise was, The nicest guy in the world is driven to murder by a bitchy woman, says Marjories granddaughter, Shanna Nugent. Danny Buck Davidson said. [26], The resentencing trial began on April 6, 2016. Marge was born on June 14, 1925 in. But in 2014, defense lawyer Jodi Cole, inspired by the 2011 film about his case, Bernie, discovered new evidence. It is unknown what came first, her horrible attitude or her husband dying. "So what was the attraction?" "And there was the top of Miss Nugent's head. At one point he imagined hitting her over the head with a baseball bat, but couldnt bear the thought of her suffering. "He could connect that quickly," Van Sant commented. "What do you conclude in terms of why this murder occurred?" He was the beloved husband of 33 years to Lisa (Jones) Nugent. Just two hours up the road in Dallas, three proud granddaughters have a very different take on just why Bernie Tiede was befriending Marjorie Nugent. This is a bizarre case where truth really is stranger than fiction. "He could. Ms . "There's this notion out there that you were attracted to Marjorie's money," Van Sant noted. "He was definitely feeling the ecstasy of freedom," said Black. "I don't like the things that she did. Bernie Tiede had preached and comforted and sang his way into this proud small town's everyday life. Nugent hopes beyond anything else that her familys story puts a spotlight on crimes against the elderly. Among the items taken from Tiedes house after his original arrest were four books on childhood sexual abuse. Until finally I said, 'OK, I won't leave you. Nugent says he eventually stole $3.8 million of her money, which Marjorie was oblivious to at the time. No one had anything bad to say about Bernie. "And when you spend time with him you want to hang out with him.". Never. Tiede had met Nugent in 1990 at the funeral of her husband R.L. "When he pointed that gun at Marjorie Nugent's back, that justified the life sentence," Tanner said in her closing. But when Nugent was found dead in a freezer in 1997 and Tiede came under suspicion, the town had trouble believing that their favorite son had committed such a heinous crime. The majestic gates swung open to a kingdom of riches, and Bernie Tiede rolled right in. It was moved to Henderson, Texas, because Tiede still had so many friends and fans in Carthage. And Tiede's uncle, under oath, denied ever having molested Bernie. "And she was kind?" When Marjorie Nugent's husband dies, he is the angel at her shoulder, creating the impression that no client has ever touched him quite so much as she has. Tiede met the wealthy widow, Marjorie Nugent, in March 1990 at her husband's funeral, which Tiede had helped arrange as assistant director at Hawthorn Funeral Home. No exit. "He was on a lot of people's lists to literally sing them to heaven," said Linklater. "Well, I felt like she felt like she could trust me, I guess,"said Tiede. "The child abuse and the abusive relationship," the D.A. No way out. "He's got a warmth. [10] He became a mortician, working in Carthage as assistant director of the Hawthorn Funeral Home. And though this case is the true story behind the 2011 movie Bernie, the real events are more astounding than anything Hollywood could have dreamt up. [4] The elder Tiede had served as a professor of music and choral director at Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio, Texas (19461948), at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas (19481957), at Kilgore College in Kilgore (19571968), and then McMurry College in Abilene, where he served as director of the McMurry Chanters until his death. They made for an interesting pair and had tongues wagging throughout town. ", "I started asking my dad, 'Have you heard from Nanny, I can't get her?'" "People in the community were comin' in and sayin' Bernie was a really good guy, if he killed her he had a reason for doin' it. Castle Rock EntertainmentJack Black as Bernie Tiede in Richard Linklaters 2011 film Bernie. The two eventually became inseparable companions, although she was more than 40 years his senior. "My grandmother believed he loved her.". This is the worst kind of criminal, she says of Tiede. "That's what I sold to the jury.". "The first bullet in her back makes her paralyzed, so she falls straight down onto the concrete. Thats when Marjorie met Tiede, who was working at the funeral home which made the arrangements. And it's like, I don't know. also. Tiede shot Nugent four times in the back and placed her body in a freezer,. "Doing good, doing a lot of good in Carthage," said Ruth Cockrell. "I was so relieved when they came for me and arrested me," he sobbed. pictured above left, with Jack Black) while awaiting a new trial. Nine months," said Ruth Cockrell. Van Sant asked the women. Sixteen years after he shot Marjorie Nugent dead, Bernie Tiede painted a picture for defense attorney Jodi Cole about how he felt that awful morning. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. 1938),[9] who became his stepmother. "I'm just very appreciative of them coming to meet me. Bernhardt Tiede II was born on August 2, 1958, in Abilene, Texas. ", "Was she having a good time," Van Sant asked Hollandsworth. "Twelve when my Uncle began molesting me," said Tiede. The Nugent family thought it was beyond offensive. "That morning I felt like I wasn't a part of the shooting," Tiede said. I always loved her as a sister, actually, even when she did ugly things, and she did.[29] Merrel's son, Joe Rhodes, attested to the movie's accurate portrayal of his aunt.
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