Has your significant other ever handed you a drink and, for a moment, you thought "What if they're trying to kill me?" I hope not! Others haven't been as lucky - join Melanie as she takes you through the case of Velma Barfield, a serial killer with a drug addiction who poisoned her victims to cover her tracks. There may even be a Cary Grant reference - okay, there definitely is!

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RESOURCES

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

https://medium.com/murder-mystery-and-mayhem-in-the-old-north-state/velma-barfield-the-death-row-granny-fe8a913d9437

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

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

https://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/women-on-death-row-the-crimes-of-velma-barfield-92b850bf2591

https://www.ncpedia.org/barfield-margie-velma

https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-serial-killer-velma-margie-barfield-973180

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