(Court TV) — Throughout her four-month murder trial, Susan Polk, acting as her own lawyer, had a lot to say on a number of topics, often to the irritation of the judge, the prosecutor and her own sons.

Susan Polk on her health...

"I'm very sick today, and I'm not making it up. I have a very bad sore throat."
— March 9, 2006

"I'm sick and I think I'm getting bronchitis."
— March 14, 2006

"I need more time. I use the weekend to catch up on my sleep."
— June 9, 2006

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... her family life ...

"Are you aware your brother Eli scored 10,000 on Tetris when he was three years old?"
— March 22, 2006

Gabriel Polk

"Gabriel, didn't you put all the yarmulkes in the BBQ and light them on fire?"
— March 22, 2006

"Felix demanded subservience like a God-man. We walked on eggshells around him."
— April 26, 2006

"That knife was everyone's favorite."
— May 24, 2006

... psychics, spy novels and Edgar Cayce ...

"Do you believe in psychic phenomena?"
— March 29, 2006

"Do you really believe spy novels are so divorced from reality?"
— March 24, 2006

"It's not just the stuff of 'Ghostbusters' ... have you ever heard of Edgar Cayce?"
— March 24, 2006

"You heard that in my opening statements that I do believe in fairies?"
— June 7, 2006

"Have you ever heard the story of Pinocchio?"
— May 9, 2006

... Susan Polk ...

"Either I'm crazy or it happened. And I'm not crazy, so I can rule that out."
— May 17, 2006

"I don't snap. I'm not a snapper. I'm not somebody who snaps."
— June 2, 2006

"I don't hate Jewish people. My kids are half-Jewish."
— May 17, 2006

"I served my country. For over 25 years I provided information [while] in trances to help thwart terrorist attacks here and abroad."
— April 24, 2006

"Is it possible that I am psychic? You might as well ask if the existence of God has any basis in reality or is a delusion."
— June 12, 2006