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Velma Barfield: Death Row's First Female Historical True Crime
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- True Crime
This episode dives into the chilling story of Velma Barfield, the first woman executed in the U.S. after the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. From her seemingly ordinary life as a churchgoer and caregiver to her shocking crimes of poisoning loved ones, Velma's tale is one of deceit, addiction, and murder.
Source Materials
https://medium.com/murder-mystery-and-mayhem-in-the-old-north-state/velma-barfield-the-death-row-granny-fe8a913d9437
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/velma_barfield/10.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/11/02/woman-executed-for-murder/ec892226-c727-4194-87fa-b13bcf8f349e/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/velma-barfield
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/death-row-granny-who-first-31445901
https://torontosun.com/news/crime/crime-hunter-killer-granny-velma-barfield-had-a-penchant-for-poison
This episode dives into the chilling story of Velma Barfield, the first woman executed in the U.S. after the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. From her seemingly ordinary life as a churchgoer and caregiver to her shocking crimes of poisoning loved ones, Velma's tale is one of deceit, addiction, and murder.
Source Materials
https://medium.com/murder-mystery-and-mayhem-in-the-old-north-state/velma-barfield-the-death-row-granny-fe8a913d9437
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/velma_barfield/10.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/11/02/woman-executed-for-murder/ec892226-c727-4194-87fa-b13bcf8f349e/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/velma-barfield
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/death-row-granny-who-first-31445901
https://torontosun.com/news/crime/crime-hunter-killer-granny-velma-barfield-had-a-penchant-for-poison
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