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Jan 2021
1h 48m

Betty Lou Beets & Her Husbands’ Buried B...

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
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A good looking, fun loving, hard-living mother of six is accused of murdering not one, but two husbands and attempting to murder a couple more for good measure. Was she a cold-blooded, money hungry black widow? Or an abused woman responding to a lifetime of trauma? Find out today as we explore the infamous Texas black widow, Betty Lou Beets! Find LOVE MURDE ... Show More
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