A woman calls 911 to report that her husband has been kidnapped by aliens. She is calm. She is detailed. She describes the spacecraft, the beings, and the bright light that took him. The dispatcher asks if she has been drinking. She says no. The dispatcher sends an officer. The officer finds the husband in the basement. He is not kidnapped. He is dead. The wife is arrested. She continues to insist that aliens did it.

In this episode, I examine the most bizarre case ever handled by a suburban police department. The wife had a history of mental illness. She had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She had stopped taking her medication. She believed her husband was an alien sent to spy on her. She killed him with a kitchen knife while he slept. She then called 911 to report the alien abduction.

The interrogation footage is disturbing and surreal. The wife describes the murder with clinical detachment. She shows no emotion. She seems confused as to why she is being arrested. The detective tries to reason with her. She does not respond to reason. She is not lying. She believes what she is saying. The court found her not guilty by reason of insanity. She was committed to a state psychiatric hospital. She will remain there until she is deemed no longer a danger to herself or others. The husband's family was devastated. They lost their son to a woman they had welcomed into their home.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the most bizarre case is not about evil. It is about a mind that has lost its grip on reality.

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