“The Black Widow” Betty Lou Beets Pt. 2

Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks… The popular schoolyard rhyme has withstood the test of time, despite it getting a few details wrong. Over 130 years later, we still don’t really know who killed Andrew and Abby Borden. Lizzie was acquitted, and yet most peop ...  Show more

For nearly twenty years, a charming con man poses as a globe-trotting CIA operative, seducing women and draining their savings in the name of “classified missions”—until one wife uncovers his lies and helps bring down the man she thought she would share her life with. Sources for ...  Show more

Betty Lou Beets had a rough childhood, married young, and suffered physical abuse from a series of husbands. Husband number 5, Doyle Barker, seemingly vanished. Husband number 6, Jimmy Don Beets, disappeared on supposed fishing trip. It would take a few years but eventually polic ...  Show more

A good looking, fun loving, hard-living mother of six is accused of murdering not one, but two husbands and attempting to murder a couple more for good measure. Was she a cold-blooded, money hungry black widow? Or an abused woman responding to a lifetime of trauma? Find out today ...  Show more

This episode is part of our “Black Widows” series, where we detail how these female criminals lured their prey, and why they chose to kill. Tune every day this month for a new episode! Regular Female Criminals episodes will continue to run every Wednesday. Today, we’re discussing ...  Show more

In March of 2009, Betty Jane McClellan is shot and killed in her Greene County, Pennsylvania trailer during a home-invasion robbery. Her husband, Jake, survives the attack but questions swirl around his possible involvement. With little evidence for the police to build on, the ca ...  Show more