Legally Brunette Presents: ‘Til Death Do Us Part: The Root Beer Float Murder
Legally Brunette
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 998 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Marsha Allen concocted a plan to poison her husband alongside her daughter, Ashley Jones, in 2022 using a root beer float and antifreeze…
When the victim, Harold Allen, was pronounced dead, authorities didn’t suspect any foul play. It was only when Marsha’s home was burglarized 9 months later that the truth finally came out.
Why did Marsha and Ashley do it? How many times did they try to poison him before they were successful? Was this Ashley’s first murder?!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.6 | Hi, guys. Welcome to an episode of Till Death, Do Us Part. |
| 0:09.9 | I will be your host today, Emily Simpson, with my co-host. |
| 0:13.9 | Shane. |
| 0:14.8 | And on Till Death, Do Us Part, this is where we discuss murders of husbands murdering their wives or wives murdering their husbands. In lieu of divorce. In lieu of divorce. So this is called the root beer float murder, which I think is so interesting because we did the milkshake murder not too long ago. So now we have moved on to the root beer float murder. I've never had a root beer float. You've never had a root beer float. I never had root beer. Well, you'll never have a root beer float after this. |
| 0:41.2 | With poison in it. Is that what it is? Poison. That I present to you with whipped cream and sprinkle. So, |
| 0:45.2 | all right. So the root beer float murder refers to the murder of Harold Allen by his wife, |
| 0:52.0 | Marcia Allen, and her adult daughter, Ashley Jones. |
| 0:55.8 | A mother-daughter duo? |
| 0:57.8 | Yes, a mother-daughter duo. |
| 1:00.8 | Harold Allen is not the father of Ashley Jones. |
| 1:03.7 | He's the stepfather. |
| 1:05.4 | But, yes. |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah, that's interesting. |
| 1:07.2 | Oh, well, that makes sense. |
| 1:08.6 | That changes everything, Emily. |
| 1:11.2 | They murdered Harold by mixing ethylene glycol. |
| 1:15.2 | They, how old's his daughter? |
| 1:16.6 | No, she's an adult. |
| 1:17.8 | She has, she, she was married before, and we'll get to that, but she. |
| 1:21.7 | Is he still around? |
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