Episode 65 2ndCast- ‘Female of the Species’- Pt.3 Death Sentence- The True Story of Velma Barfield’s Life, Crimes and Execution by Jerry Bledsoe
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06/22/23 • 70 min
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Pt 3: What happens when you are on Death Row? How does the appeal process work? What is the human toll? Is it justice? We will follow Velma’s loved ones as they struggle with new revelations and hear from the families of the victims as human endurance is tested. Jill walks you through Velma Barfield’s maze of appeals, arguments for a new trial, and the final emotional outcome. And Jill tells you what she thinks of Velma Barfield, the Death Row Granny (of course she does!)
Sources, show notes, photographs, recipe and drink information are found on Jill’s blog: www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2023.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
"Trust your gut!"
Pt 3: What happens when you are on Death Row? How does the appeal process work? What is the human toll? Is it justice? We will follow Velma’s loved ones as they struggle with new revelations and hear from the families of the victims as human endurance is tested. Jill walks you through Velma Barfield’s maze of appeals, arguments for a new trial, and the final emotional outcome. And Jill tells you what she thinks of Velma Barfield, the Death Row Granny (of course she does!)
Sources, show notes, photographs, recipe and drink information are found on Jill’s blog: www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2023.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
"Trust your gut!"
Previous Episode
Episode 64: ‘Poisoning the waterhole’ – Pt.2 Death Sentence- The True Story of Velma Barfield’s Life, Crimes and Execution by Jerry Bledsoe
In Part 2, on trial for premeditated murder, Velma Barfield’s attorney, Bob Jacobson has an uphill battle—she confessed to poisoning Stuart Taylor- and 3 other people. With the defense team facing the “World’s most deadly prosecutor” Joe Freeman Britt, only Velma could explain herself.
Was she too impaired from her drug abuse to understand what she was doing? Would she sway the jurors? Could this risky decision save her life? Or was she a cold-calculating serial killer as the Prosecution presents?
Sources, photographs, recipes and wine pairings are found on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2023.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
Next Episode
Episode 66 “Coin in a wishing well” – Pt 1 Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore: A cry from the well by Clay Bryant
Part 1: Back in 1970, the beaten body of a young wife and mother was lifted from an old well just outside Hogansville, Georgia. The victim, Gwendolyn Moore, had long been married to her violent and abusive husband, Marshall Moore. Yet, mysteriously, this homicide investigation went cold the day Gwendolyn died, with Hogansville Chief of Police, Buddy Bryant, haunted by the case for decades. 32 years later, Buddy Bryant’s son, Clay Bryant, following in his father’s steps, would delve into a new investigation. Would the cold case thaw?
Sources, snack recipe, wine recommendation and show notes are found on Jill’s blog www.murdershelfbookclub.com, July 2023.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
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