144: Sheila Bellush

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Sheila Blackthorne Bellush endured ten years of her life with a very sadistic man. She actually divorced him four years into their marriage, but he kept terrorizing her for years. When she finally escaped him and moved out of state with her new husband and children, Allen Blackthorne was enraged. She was no longer under his thumb. So she had to die.

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- US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
- Canada: visit this website: https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/here-s-who-to-contact-if-you-need-help-dealing-with-domestic-violence-in-canada-1.5188182
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0:43.8	Southern Fried True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners,
0:48.0	and there may also be some explicit language used.
0:51.2	Listener discussion is advised.
0:53.2	We know that the most dangerous time for victims of domestic violence is when they leave their abuser.
1:01.1	In today's episode, Sheila Beleish had been divorced from her abusive ex-husband for almost 10 years.
1:08.8	And in those 10 years, his obsessive hatred and harassment of her never stopped.
1:15.4	Like Sheila, Alan Blackthorn had remarried and had two other children,
1:20.7	and yet he could never let her go.
1:23.2	As his uncle later explained, Alan does not lose.
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