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Gold Digger Killer



Gold Digger Killer

Multimillionaire, Steven Beard fell for the younger, attractive waitress who worked at his country club.   Soon he and Celeste were married. When Steve calls 911 and is discovered in his bedroom shot in the stomach, suspicion falls on Celeste’s friend, Tracey.  Months later Tracey implicates Celeste.

We will be going over the movie made about this case and then the true story behind it.

The movie is Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer. It’s a 2021 Lifetime Movie, Starring Julie Bentz, Eli Gabay and Roan Curtis.  It can be found on Lifetime and is available to rent on Amazon Prime.

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Sources for this episode:

Man is fatally shot while sleeping, at the request of his wife – Horror History .net

Betrayed By Her Own Children – CBS News

Twins, Lesbian Lover Unravel Texas Murder – ABC News (go.com)

Celeste Beard – Wikipedia

Celeste Beard | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers


The Last Hangman



The Last Hangman

Today’s case and movie is The Last Hangman which is based on the life and career of Albert Pierrepoint, who was one of the head executioners in the UK between 1931 and 1956.  It is estimated he executed between 435 and 600 people, 200 of these were war criminals right after WWII.

We will cover the movie, the real story of Pierrepoint, and some of the infamous murderers that he executed.

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Sources for this episode:

Josef Kramer – Wikipedia

Josef Kramer | Nazi commander | Britannica

Pictures that changed the World – Dr Fritz Klein in a mass grave | Belfast Child (belfastchildis.com)

Beast of Belsen and his lover in Nuremberg exhibit | UK news | The Guardian

A Soho Stabbing | True Crime Library

Waddingham, Dorothea (1899–1936) | Encyclopedia.com

Albert Pierrepoint – Wikipedia

ExecutedToday.com » 1945: The Belsen war criminals

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9045279/British-hangman-sent-Beasts-Belsen-hell.html

17 October 1941 – Antonio Mancini | Execution of the day (wordpress.com)


The Exception, Not the Rule



The Exception, Not the Rule

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast

The Based on a True Story movie we are exploring today is In Plain Sight, and the case is the murders committed by the man said to be Scotland’s first serial killer, Peter Manuel.  We also have a side case about the last woman to be hung in Scotland in 1923.  It’s a crazy story. They are both are.

 

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Sources for the episode:

Peter Manuel – Wikipedia

In Plain Sight (British TV series) – Wikipedia

Revealed: Sex secrets of Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel – Daily Record

The Beast of Birkenshaw: The Brutal Crimes of Peter Manuel (the-line-up.com)

Bid to exhume bodies of killers executed at Barlinnie Prison – BBC News

s://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-W1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5913,3877922&dq=susan-newell+murder&hl=enhttp

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Peter Manuel, Scotland’s Most Notorious Serial Killer (wgbh.org)

Who was Peter Manuel, when was the serial killer hanged and why was he nicknamed the Beast of Birkenshaw? (thesun.co.uk)

Peter Manuel – Scotland’s most notorious serial killer – THE SCOTS LAW BLOG

BBC Scotland – BBC Scotland – Why the gruesome murders and disputed sentence of serial killer Peter Manuel still fascinate us 60 years on

Crimes that shocked Scotland: The serial killer who was rumbled by cops after spending his victims’ cash in the boozer – Daily Record

Susan Newell – Wikipedia

The chilling story of child killer Susan Newell – the last woman hanged in Scotland – Glasgow Live