Case 66

The Black Widow

North Carolina residents James Napoleon Taylor and Raymond Reid died 13 years apart from seemingly natural causes, and doctors felt there was nothing suspicious about their deaths.

But when another man was admitted to hospital with an apparent case of food poisoning, it triggered an investigation that would expose a shocking link between all three victims.

CREDITS

 

Casefile Presents

 

EPISODE:

Research & writing – Anna Priestland

Narration – Anonymous Host

 

MUSIC:

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com

Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

 

OTHER:

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

RESOURCES

 

DOCUMENTS:

Female Serial Killers

State v. Moore

Blanche Taylor Moore timeline

Arsenic Deaths: Trail Leads To Preacher’s Wife

Blanche Taylor Moore remains on death row after 25 years

Blanche (Kiser) Taylor Moore

 

BOOKS:

Women and The Death Penalty in the United States 1900–1998 – by Kathleen A O’Shea

Historic Alamance County: An Illustrated History – by William Murray

Killer Church Lady – The true story of Blanche Moore – by Katie Stone

 

ARTICLES:

Burlington History

Montgomery Is Sly And Chilling As Arsenic Killer

Pastor’s Wife: Arsenic and Old Lace?

Blanche Moore can sometimes look through a thin strip of unpainted window and see birds flying past

The Daily Times-News (06 Jun 1958)

The Daily Times-News (05 Jul 1972)

The Daily Times-News (22 Feb 1951)

Asheville Citizen-Times (20 Jul 1989)

Asheville Citizen-Times (12 Jan 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (08 Feb 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (18 Aug 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (06 Nov 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (25 Sep 1997)

Asheville Citizen-Times (16 May 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (18 Jul 1989)

Asheville Citizen-Times (17 Nov 1990)

Woman Poisoned Ex-Boyfriend; Also Charged in Husband’s Death – Los Angeles Times

Asheville Citizen-Times (03 Oct 1989)

Asheville Citizen-Times (16 Aug 1992)

Asheville Citizen-Times (05 Mar 1994)

Asheville Citizen-Times (26 Oct 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (23 Sep 1997)

Asheville Citizen-Times (23 Aug 1989)

 

VIDEOS:

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)

‘Black Widow’s’ Ex-Husband Reacts To Death Row Challenge

A Very Giving Person – The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

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