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Our True Crime Podcast

Bye Bye Velma: Death Row Granny Day 6: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

Our True Crime Podcast

Flanderson Media, LLC

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.


Day 6! We are halfway there!

​The revival was just getting started when 56-year-old farmer Rowland Stuart Taylor felt a wave of nausea and abdominal discomfort. Thinking it was just something he ate, Stuart fidgeted but wanted to stay for the revival. As the service went on, he began to feel worse and worse. He also didn’t want to disappoint his girlfriend, 45-year-old Velma Barfield, by leaving, so he decided to go out to the truck to lie down for a while.

When the revival ended, Velma returned to the truck and drove them home. She had to stop the vehicle at least once for Stuart to throw up on the side of the road. Assuming he had one of the many strains of influenza, Stuart asked a friend to care for his pigs “just until I get over this flu.” Stuart never got over the flu. He died two days later.

Stuart had not died of natural causes. He’d been murdered by his sweet, unassuming girlfriend, Velma Barfield.

Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Bye Bye Velma: Death Row Granny".

Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com

Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Sentence-Barfields-Crimes-Punishment-ebook/dp/B07W1PVKHX
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=qDS_Pijlzx0&ab_channel=TheCrimeReel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXHn2dqhLzM&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=ofdGA8yudqU&ab_channel=DeathRowExecutions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfieldhttps://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/capital-punishment/biographies/barfield
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/barfield-velma.htm (your one-stop info dump on Velma)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/401327868/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/494467203/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/569891081/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/705107544/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/624508368/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/974782410/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/336246618/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/654819433/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6786695/velma-barfield
https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/capital-punishment/biographies/barfield?fbclid=IwAR0YVx6zQ3G2es76SAetRKpOKosoo8AInhv7hKJutaUEGdZ6jHltvJasj0U

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Edward October, host of October Pod on YouTube.

0:05.0

Hear that jingle, jingle?

0:07.0

It could be Chris Kringle.

0:10.0

Or a home invader looking for an open window, a jilted lover looking for revenge, or a disgruntled

0:16.2

co-worker hoping to spike your eggnog with arsenic.

0:20.4

The girls of our true crime podcast are always on Santa's nice list, but the crimes they discuss are very naughty indeed.

0:29.0

The listener discretion is advised. Hey Jen! Hey Kim, how are you?

0:53.0

Dada da da da da da da da da da.

0:55.6

I need a new song.

0:56.8

You do.

0:57.8

Do da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da.

1:00.2

Lovely, it's day six today.

1:01.9

It is day six.

1:04.0

And as you know we will remind you these episodes are shorter than normal

1:08.0

and since we do 12 real quick, they're not as heavily researched as we normally do and also they might be more common cases because

1:20.7

just a little appetizer for you.

1:22.6

Yeah, it's just a little holiday bonus to let you know that

1:25.6

that get you through the holiday season.

1:27.6

To let you know that we love you and we are we're there for you buddies.

1:32.1

We're there. But buddies. We're there.

1:33.0

But anyway, we hope your holiday season is going well.

1:36.0

And are you ready for this one?

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