“The Black Widow” Betty Lou Beets Pt. 2

In 1972, two young hippies hijack a commercial airplane in a wild attempt to free a famous political activist from jail, setting off one of the strangest, most idealistic crimes of a radical era. Sources for this episode include: The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Gol ...  Show more

In the craggy peaks of Greece, a modern outlaw proves that you can rob a bank, kidnap a billionaire, and still be the most beloved man in the mountains. This is the story of Vassilis Paleokostas: the 'Robin Hood' who treats his hostages like guests and uses a helicopter as his pr ...  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