On the surface, Blanche Taylor Moore looked like a model of small-town virtue: a devoted caregiver, a churchgoing woman, a trusted neighbor. But behind that carefully maintained image lay a wild heart with few limits on what it was capable of. Murder certainly wasn’t beyond her, and those closest to her were in the most danger, consuming their own deaths with every bite of Blanche’s carefully prepared dinners. She turned domestic intimacy into a lethal weapon.<br /><br />Sources:<br />Jim Schutze, <i>Preacher’s Girl </i><br />Court papers: <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/supreme-court/1994/556a90-0.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/supreme-court/1994/556a90-0.html</a> <a href="https://abc11.com/post/black-widow-killer-is-north-carolinas-oldest-woman-on-death-row/5137961/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://abc11.com/post/black-widow-killer-is-north-carolinas-oldest-woman-on-death-row/5137961/</a> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-22-vw-1071-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-22-vw-1071-story.html</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/15/us/suspected-of-poisoning-her-mates-woman-is-guilty-in-friend-s-death.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/15/us/suspected-of-poisoning-her-mates-woman-is-guilty-in-friend-s-death.html</a><br /><br />Follow us, campers!<br />Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): <a href="https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire</a><br /><a href="https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/</a><br />Facebook: True Crime Campfire<br />Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en</a><br />Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire<br />Email: [email protected]<br />MERCH! <a href="https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com</a><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support</a>.