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Buried Memories

The Bloody Crimes and Execution of the Texas Black Widow

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1985, Gun Barrel City, Texas: Police searching for missing Fire Department captain Jimmy Don Beets dug inside a wishing well in the neatly tended garden of Beets's wife, 48-year-old Betty Lou Beets. Not only did they find his body, but they also found the body of Betty Lou's fourth husband, Doyle Wayne Barker. It wasn't long before investigators unearthed the terrible truth. As Betty Lou's sordid past emerged, so did her chilling trail of marital violence. She shot her second husband, Billy York Lane, in the back. She tried to run over her third husband, Ronnie Threlkeld, with a car. Both survived to tell their horrific stories. But Barker and Beets, spouses four and five, weren't so lucky. After a sensational trial, Betty Lou Beets was sentenced to die by lethal injection. Fifteen years later, on February 24, 2000, she again drew national attention by becoming the second woman to be executed in Texas since the Civil War.

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"One of the most infamous murderers in modern Texas history." ( Dallas Morning News)
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Interesting story about a black widow who bumped off a couple of her hubbies. I enjoyed it. Slow the narration down a tad as he is a bit quick but can’t complain as it was in the plus catalog…

Buried Memories

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I liked it from start to finish Well read and well explained throughout Great read

How callous she was

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I started to believe it was partly down to her medication with alcohol that first turned her into a murderer. But after listening further to this story, I think she thought that she could get away with them by just denying everything and blaming her son. And finding God in prison is so cliché of murderers.

Her nonchalance

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I am surprised that even now I can be amazed by the actions of people. This woman was as cold blooded as it is possible to be and a fitting person for the ultimate penalty. The story was interesting but sloppily written and the narrator was hard to listen too

Astonishing

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Interesting listen, great story, well narrated only negative was it seems a bit drawn out in some parts but it's a well thought out and written book

Great story

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