Name: Murder mystery: Part 1 of the Creech deadly shooting of 1948
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Description: In 1948, a man from Smithfield shoots his estranged wife in the head. But, how does Hollywood superstar Ava Gardner factor in? Or a former North Carolina governor? Or the Marlboro Man? Or actress Brooke Shields? It's a case with many twists and turns.

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In 1948, a man from Smithfield shoots his estranged wife in the head. But, how does Hollywood superstar Ava Gardner factor in? Or a former North Carolina governor? Or the Marlboro Man? Or actress Brooke Shields? It's a case with many twists and turns.

WE COULD >>> BE SURE TO WATCH THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER TONIGHT AT 7:30. THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT MYSTERIES. A STORY OF GREAT DRAMA AND INTRIGUE. >> A TALE OF THE MURDER OF 1948. >> Reporter: IT'S AN OLD HOUSE AND THE BROCKTON COMMUNITY THAT MOST PEOPLE PASS BY WITHOUT A THOUGHT. IT TELLS A STORY OF MURDER AND MORE. AN ABANDONED HOUSE. THE LIVING ROOM PERHAPS. >> THERE WAS A DOOR RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: THE BACK. >> THAT IS A BLOODSTAIN RIGHT HERE WHERE SHE LAID. >> Reporter: 1948, JAMES CREECH KILLS HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. >> HE SAID I AM NOT GOING TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. MADDIE, ARE YOU STAYING HOME? >> Reporter: THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE INSIDE, INCLUDING CHILDREN. JAMES CREECH BURST THROUGH THE DOOR WITH A GUN. >> EVERYONE SCATTERED. >> EVERYONE STARTED GOING TOWARD THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: HE COME IN RIGHT HERE. THEY WERE ON THE BACKSIDE HOLDING THE DOOR. HE SHOT THROUGH THE DOOR. IT HIT MADDIE IN THE BACK. >> Reporter: HE HAD SHOT HIS WIFE, BUT IT WASN'T OVER. THE OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN BLOCKING THE DOOR, THIS IS THE ACTUAL DOOR. >> THEY WERE SCARED FOR THE LIFE. >> Reporter: CREECH CALLED OUT FOR THEM. THEN HE WENT BACK INSIDE. >> THAT'S WHEN HE SHOT MADDIE IN THE HEAD AT POINT-BLANK RANGE, THE SECOND SHOT. >> THE WAY UNDERSTAND, HE SHOT THE BACK OF HER HEAD OFF. >> Reporter: HOW DOES THE ACTRESS, AVA GARDNER, FACTOR INTO THIS? >> THE MURDER TOOK PLACE AT HER SISTER'S HOME. SEVERAL OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE PRESENT. >> Reporter: YOUR GRANDMOTHER, ELSIE MAE, WAS AVA GARDNER'S SISTER. >> CORRECT. MY GRANDMOTHER, THEY HAD THEIR BACKS TO THE DOOR, TRYING TO KEEP HIM FROM ENTERING. J MELVILLE, FORMER GOVERNOR, WAS THE LEAD DEFENSE. >> Reporter: PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN THE CASE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT AVA GARDNER WOULD BE AT THE TRIAL. >> SIX MONTHS OF THE DAY FROM THE MURDER, HE WAS EXECUTED IN THE GAS CHAMBER. >> Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT JAMES CREECH'S SON. >> HE WAS THE MARLBORO MAN AND ALL THE TV ADS AND TELEVISION AS YOU SEE FROM THE LATE 60s. >> Reporter: THE MARLBORO MAN, WHO WAS A BOY AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS. >> HE SAID, ONE DAY, I AM GOING TO WRITE ABOUT MY FATHER, AND IT IS GOING TO BE DOMINATE. >> Reporter: JAMES CREECH III DID RIGHT A SCREENPLAY. >> THE WHOLE STORY HAS SOME INTERESTING TWISTS. >> Reporter: IT'S QUITE A STORY. IT WOULD MAKE AN INTERESTING SCREENPLAY PROBABLY. JAMES CREECH WAS THE FIRST PERSON EXECUTED IN NORTH CAROLINA WHO HAD GONE TO COLLEGE. HE CAME FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY. WAS HE REALLY EXECUTED? TOMORROW NIGHT, PART TWO.

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Murder mystery: Part 1 of the Creech deadly shooting of 1948

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