Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Last night in Colorado, a judge ordered James Holmes, the man suspected of killing 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. to stand trial. All this week , prosecution witnesses testified that Holmes spent weeks planning the attack at a late night showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." Many described an intensely gruesome scene.
Among those watching this testimony this week are a number of folks who support James Holmes, including a young woman named Misty Benjamin, who is so smitten with the suspected killer she carries a photo of him in her wallet.
Reporter Christine Pelisek wrote about her for the Daily Beast. She joins the show to tell us about women she met who have an obsession with James Holmes.