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Southern Fried True Crime

46: Patricide, thy name is Marie

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.610.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer
Can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul murder?

These words, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, spurred a confession from a teenage murderess. Sixteen year old Marie Robards, of Fort Worth Texas, poisoned her own father, because she preferred to live with her beloved mother.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/46-patricide-thy-name-is-marie

Suggested *fictional* reading: Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott -- it is a novel based on Marie's case. I enjoyed it so much after researching this episode.

Written, hosted, produced by Erica Kelley
Researched by Erica Kelley
Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner
Original Music by Rob Harrison-Gamma Radio

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0:00.0

So this person has been quite a bit of time in the commission of this monstrous act.

0:11.4

I, y'all, I'm Vincent, host of Gunkhold Podcast, Texas True Crime.

0:16.4

Each week we take a thorough look at lesser known unsolved cases throughout the Lone Star State.

0:22.5

Here, victim stories as told by their loved ones and expert insight from law enforcement and

0:28.8

medical professionals. You know, using a hatchet as an extremely violent and a rageful type of

0:35.7

act. The truth is out there somewhere and you can help us find it. You know, before I die,

0:41.5

I want to never get it. Please join us as we examine forgotten Texas cases.

0:47.2

Subscribe and listen to Gunkhold Podcast Texas True Crime on your favorite pod catcher.

0:59.6

You

1:23.2

Southern fraud True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners.

1:27.6

And there may also be some explicit language used. Listen or discretion is advised.

1:45.2

My fault is past, but oh, what form of prayer can serve my turn? Forgive me, my foul murder.

1:52.5

That cannot be, since I am still possessed of those effects for which I did the murder.

1:59.6

That was a passage from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 3, scene 3. Its Claudius' tormented soliloquy

2:06.7

pondering his possible repentance for the murder of his brother. It's one of the bard's most

2:12.0

famous speeches, and it had an unexpected effect on a 17-year-old high school senior in Fort

2:17.8

Worth, Texas. As her friend was reciting those words, Marie-Roe Bard's turned a wider shade of

2:23.8

pale and began weeping. She had a secret. A secret so dark it had been festering for over a year.

2:31.7

To her friend's astonishment, crying and trembling, Marie-Roe Bard's confessed that she had poisoned

2:37.8

her own father. Welcome to episode 46, Patrick's side. The name is Marie-Roe Bard.

2:47.9

Fort Worth, affectionately known as Caltown, is located in Northern Texas.

2:58.0

Established in 1849, named for General William Jenkins' worth, Camp Worth began as an army outpost,

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