Born to Kill? (TV Series)

The Briley Brothers (2013)

Christopher Slade: Narrator

Quotes 

• [an elderly woman was shot hanging out her wash] 

  Narrator : When the murder weapon was found in sixteen-year-old Linwood's house, his lack of remorse for the death of the elderly neighbor was shocking.

  Himself - Journalist : His response, according to documents, was, "Well, she was gonna die anyway."

• Narrator : But despite appearances, Linwood and James had taken all their cunning and ruthlessness with them to death row.

  Himself - Author, Life on Death Row in America : Linwood had a kind of magnetism to him. They wanted to please him, even the guards, and then people were scared of James.

• Narrator : Richmond was in the middle of an unprecedented brutal crime spree.

  Himself - Journalist : Oh, they were very out of the ordinary. VERY out of the ordinary. You know, they hadn't seen carnage like this since probably the Civil War.

  Narrator : Robbery, rape, murder - no one seemed safe.

• Himself - Author, Life on Death Row in America : You just start to see these glimmers - like James and Linwood's father would sleep with a lock on his door at night

  Narrator : [on the parents, James Sr and Bertha, protecting themselves from their sons]  He padlocked his own bedroom at night because he feared that they might do something to them. That's very very rare. Most parents feel that they have control over their kids, um - even if their kids are acting out in very aggressive and violent ways - they usually don't feel personally threatened by them. Briley's father did. I think that speaks volumes just to how deviant, uh, the three brothers were.