Episode 249: Velma Barfield

Velma Barfield did not have an easy life. From a young age she was plagued by tragedy. When things started going better for Velma, it usually did not last long. Was she simply unlucky or was there a darkness surrounding her?

Sources for this episode:

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/04/us/burial-service-is-held-for-executed-woman.html

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/capital-punishment/biographies/barfield

https://web.archive.org/web/20090411151404/http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/apps/offender/offend1?DOCNUM=0019092&SENTENCEINFO=yes

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C956964-2%2C00.html

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/velma-barfield/

https://www.doc.state.nc.us/NEWS/1998/9811news/bledsoe.htm

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Barfield,%20Velma%20-%202005,%20Fall.pdf

https://allthatsinteresting.com/velma-barfield

https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/11/02/velma-barfield-serial-killer

https://medium.com/p/534aa8074995

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/barfield029.htm

https://vocal.media/criminal/the-crimes-of-velma-barfield

https://www.grunge.com/913572/what-was-serial-killer-velma-barfields-motive-for-murder/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2009/05/02/death-row-granny/

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/velma_barfield/3.html