E12: Josephine Gray AKA The Black Widow

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In episode 12 we discuss Josephine Gray AKA The Black Widow. She is responsible for the deaths of 2 husbands and 1 boyfriend, and she was rumored to be a voodoo practitioner. This case took place in Baltimore in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Baltimore has a high population of black people but it is also very segregated. We discuss the Black Widow's life (what we could find out anyway), her crimes, the men in her life, and how she got caught. As always we share our take aways and offer up some tips on how NOT to get murdered! STATS DOB 1946 Murders- 3 total, 3/3/74, 11/9/90, 6/21/96 Arrested 12/5/01 Victims: Norman Stribling (husband), William Robert Gray (husband) Clarence Goode(Boyfriend) venue: Montgomery/Baltimore Maryland ending: sentenced to 40 years in prison 12/2/02, resentenced to 40 years in prison in 2006 for insurance fraud. NEW! Support the Show! If you'd like to support the show you can make a donation on the cash app https://cash.app/ where our Cash tag is fruitloopspod or cash.me/$fruitloopspod. There is no minimum or monthly commitment! Your donation will help us pay for things like our web hosting and help keep the lights on so we can bring you more show. Shout out to: Reel Injun film: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/reel-injun/ and the podcast “Yo, is this racist?” (particularly the episode with LeVar Burton as a guest) https://www.earwolf.com/show/yo-is-this-racist/ Footnotes: http://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gray-josephine.htm http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/voodoo-queen/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/03/widow-gets-40-years-for-insurance-fraud/659dc4be-e8f2-4f90-9f46-00d2ac749d4d/?utm_term=.f361c4e60929 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/01/02/whispers-of-witchcraft/8beec4a6-f253-40b6-a2cd-401aec244e2c/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/11/19/woman-once-accused-of-slaying-2-mates-no-longer-faces-trial/f08ecc5f-1858-4a46-9b58-5c2f0a117ba0/?utm_term=.ddda14c7c126 https://www.thehotline.org/ hotline # 1-800-799-7233 News Article about cop found guilty of murder: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-texas-police-officer-roy-oliver-found-guilty-murder-shooting-n904166 News article about Jacksonville Shooting https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/27/us/jacksonville-madden-tournament-shooting/index.html Music Abyss by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen ●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ● Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're going to be. Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, Well, welcome to Fruit Loops episode 12. Thank you so much for listening.
0:57.0	Fruit Loops is a podcast about true crimes committed by people of color and their victims that we don't hear or know much about.
1:04.0	Contrary to popular belief, not all, serial killers are white.
1:08.6	There are many well documented cases of serial killers of color and fruit loops is a podcast all about them.
1:15.0	We will take deep dives into the fascinating lives and crimes of serial colors and true crimes
1:19.8	committed by people of color and their victims that the media and entertainment leave out commonly because the news is racist.
1:28.0	And we are Wendy and Beth. She's Wendy. I'm Beth. We are not journalists, investigators, or psychologists.
1:36.0	Just a couple of gals interested in true crime.
1:39.7	Some of the things that we discuss on this podcast
1:42.4	may be triggering and or disturbing to some listeners.
1:46.0	In this podcast, we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder, and sometimes we use profanity.
1:53.4	Listener, discussion is advised.
1:56.0	Also, the opinions expressed in this podcast are just that, our opinions.
2:01.6	Please send any questions or comments to Fruitloops Pod at gmail.com.
2:08.4	Enter at your own risk.
2:11.8	So before we get into it, we just want to let you know what you'll be hearing and that today's
2:18.3	episode is about Josephine Gray, also known as the Black Widow.
2:23.0	Ooh.
2:25.0	Yeah.
2:26.0	Okay, so how are you, Beth?
2:30.0	I'm okay, I'm, I'm tired.
2:32.0	Ah, I didn't get much sleep last night, so that was a big crab today.
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