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48 Hours

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Celeste Beard was a divorcee raising two daughters when she met and married Texas millionaire Steven Beard. Five years into their marriage, Steven was murdered in the middle of the night. Police believed Celeste was behind it, even though it was her best friend who pulled the trigger. “48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/4/2004. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A special 48 hours mystery.
0:07.0	I wanted somebody to take care of me, and he wanted someone to take care of.
0:13.0	And so he asked me, you know, to move in, and I was like, okay, you know.
0:19.0	It's a rags to riches story, Texas style.
0:22.6	He pursued you.
0:23.6	Yes, but I led him.
0:24.6	Celeste had a hard life.
0:26.6	She was a waitress, raising twin daughters.
0:29.6	Then she married a millionaire, Stephen Beard.
0:32.6	She loved him.
0:33.6	He loved her.
0:34.6	He said being around me made him young. Celeste learned to live large.
0:39.3	What's the biggest tab you ever ran up in your shopping in a single day, would you guess?
0:45.3	Probably $50,000 in a day.
0:48.3	Then, five years into their marriage, the fairy tale was shattered.
0:52.3	Stephen Beard was shot in his own bed.
0:55.8	It's emergency.
0:56.7	My guts just came out of my stomach.
0:58.8	She immediately started screaming and saying, don't let him die.
1:00.8	Don't let him die.
1:01.6	Please don't let him die.
1:02.6	Peter Van Sant on a crime that didn't quite add up.
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