Michael Ross

In his own words

Serial killer Michael Ross talks about life on death row

In this image from video taken Dec. 15, 2004, Michael Ross speaks from prison with a psychiatrist during a court-ordered evaluation. Ross's execution would be the first in New England since 1960. Ross is on death row for four murders of Connecticut women in the 1980s and he has confessed to eight murders in New York and Connecticut.

Connecticut serial killer Michael Ross talks about his anxiety, anger and frustration with efforts to block his scheduled execution, during a four-hour taped interview with a court-appointed pyschiatrist, Dr. Michael Norko, who found him mentally competent. The Dec. 15, 2004, interview was later filed with the state Supreme Court in Connecticut by Ross's lawyer, T.R. Paulding. Ross is on death row at the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Conn., pending his execution, which had been set for Wednesday, Jan. 26. However, on Monday, Jan. 24, a federal judge postponed the execution, after another psychiatrist testified Ross may not be competent to decide to end appeals of his death sentence.

Clip 1 (8:12 min.):
Ross talks about life on death row and how the setting of his execution date affected him

Clip 2 (2:26 min):
Ross describes the anxiety, anger and frustration he feels as public defenders try to block his execution

Clip 3 (3:03 min.):
Ross reveals how Thanksgiving -- a day on which parents of one his victims were told of her death -- affects him and the way he tries to cope with such anniversary dates

Clip 4 (2:28 min.):
Ross answers questions about his sleeping habits, which he says have been affected by the fury he feels toward the public defenders

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