Death Row Granny
What led Velma Barfield to poison?
4.7 (22)
74 mins
Discover the chilling case of Velma Barfield, who poisoned multiple victims in North Carolina during the 1970s. Explore how Barfield used arsenic to kill those close to her, including family members and acquaintances.
Ep 1:
Meet the Death Row Granny
Meet Velma Barfield: churchgoing grandmother, Sunday school teacher, and secret poisoner whose boyfriend collapses after a revival service she never left.
Ep 2:
A Grandmother's Broken Beginning
Trace Velma's brutal Depression-era childhood, an escape through marriage, and the cracks—addiction, grief, and betrayal—that begin splitting her fragile happiness apart.
Discussions (6)
Ogden
Level 2 · 4 mo agoThe claim that her drug addiction complicates her guilt is flawed. A pill habit does not logically entail buying arsenic. There is no valid causal link.
Gray
Level 2 · 4 mo agoPoisoning your boyfriend with ant killer and then just sitting in the pew singing while he pukes in the truck. Thats some dark gossip. Billy graham totally got played by her fake christian act too
Dirk
Level 5 · 4 mo agoTerro did contain arsenic.
