The Susan Polk story keeps getting weirder and weirder. →[More:]I don't know if this story has made its way out of the Bay Area. It sure is a doozy.

Susan Polk is on trial for murdering her husband -- which she admits now, but she's claiming self-defense. Her husband, who was 70 when he was stabbed multiple times during a dispute about their impending divorce, was also her therapist. When she was fifteen. They first had sex when she was sixteen.

But anyway...

After falling out with numerous lawyers, she decided to represent herself. As each subsequent day has proven twice over, she is -- in the words of one of her sons (who testified for the prosecution) -- "bonkers." The son's testimony made for a pretty heart-wrenching read. The two argued nonstop during her cross-examination, and she said some pretty ugly things to him. He called her "the embodiment of evil."

Polk and the prosecutor have engaged in numerous shouting matches during the trial. During one, the prosecutor shouted at Polk that she was "incapable of acting like a human being." She responded that he was "acting like a frat boy."

Polk gave her opening defense statement today, during which she revealed that she's psychic, and that her husband (now revealed to be an Israeli double agent!) did nothing to prevent the 9/11 attacks after she predicted them. Stupid husband!

Every new day brings more horrific humor. Just thought y'all should know about it.

The San Francisco Chronicle's coverage has been good (and often deliciously snarky). Wish they'd put together a history of the debacle, though.