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Velma Barfield: Beneath the Bible and the Bottle - The Comprehensive Biography of a Woman Who Killed with Arsenic and a Smile

By John M Woodward
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By John M Woodward
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She Smiled, She Prayed, She Killed, The True Story of Velma Barfield

Velma Barfield, a grandmother cloaked in faith and devotion, hid a deadly secret beneath her gentle exterior. Known as the first woman executed in the United States after the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty, her life is a haunting tapestry of love, loss, addiction, and murder. From her humble beginnings in North Carolina to the kitchens and hospital beds where arsenic silently claimed her victims, Velma's story reve...