Law and Order Depicts Theresa Duncan's Death

But there was a twist – the writer character was murdered instead of committing suicide and the cult harassing her had a leader that isn’t publishing books from the grave. Crazy. Plus on TV – the cult was totally innocent – it was the insane paranoia and hatred AT the cult that lead the husband to murder his wife and throw himself off a building to try and give the cult bad publicity. And it was that same paranoia and hatred that made him confess instead of accepting an impending mistrial.