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Preacher's Girl

The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

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Preacher's Girl

By: Jim Schutze
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
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An "excellent true-crime study" of a female serial killer given the death penalty for poisoning at least three men between 1973 and 1989 (Publishers Weekly).

Widowed Blanche Taylor Moore was about to lose her second spouse to symptoms that mysteriously mirrored those that killed her first husband—as well as her previous boyfriend. When an investigation reveals arsenic poisoning, the hideous truth about the wife and mother comes to light. Did the abuse Blanche suffered as a child at the hands of her alcoholic father turn her into a murderer she became?

In this riveting true crime account, critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze explores the harrowing motivation and chilling details of the lives, loves, and victims of North Carolina's oldest living inmate on death row.

Contains mature themes.

©1993 Jim Schutze (P)2024 Tantor Historical Murder Serial Killers True Crime Exciting
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Very detailed. A little too detailed at times. I wish the epilogue was updated with more current details about Blanche. Why is she still alive after all these years?

Good listen

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Fascinating story I’d never heard of. Told fairly neutrally, but the reader gets a full picture of the killer’s evil mind.

Factual but not dry

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Great true crime story, with excellent narration. This disgusting woman will meet her maker in hell someday.

Pure evil!

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This one was well written. Some books in this genre veer into murder porn territory, while others are so dry they feel like somebody just sat down and started listing facts like a textbook. But this one is that good blend of news article and narrative nonfiction that makes it easy to follow and hard to put down. The story is crazy and stuck with me enough that I'm certain I'll listen to it again down the road. Definitely worth the credit.

This story is bananas lol

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I knew much of the outcome but really didn't know the story. This book is so well-researched and well-written that I could hardly put it down, plus so well narrated. Excellent start to finish,!

Excellent book, Excellent audiobook!

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This is a true story. Believe there was too much time spent on technicalities of the medical conditions caused by poisoning. It was tedious in those parts. Good book to highlight a criminally psychological condition that on the surface seemed “ just a narcissistic behavior.”

Sinister Black Widow

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I enjoyed what I could hear. It kept stopping. I bet you stopped over a 100 times and I would miss spots because I had to fast for I became so frustrated that I canceled my membership.

Worth listening to

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The story was too focused on past events, and became very dragged out and hard to follow at times.
I think this is probably the first book based on a true crime that I regret purchasing.

Not what I expected

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