Paige Guffey
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Just an odd mom obsessed with all things strange, weird, creepy, and true crime. I'm here to share my passion and present to you my research into all things related.
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Black Widow: Betty Lou Beets
Betty Lou Beets would be the second woman sentenced to death in Texas after they reinstated their death penalty. Her crimes? Murdering two of her husbands and burying them in her yard. She would request no final meal and left the world without giving a final statement.
By Paige Guffey7 months ago in Criminal
Annabelle
Hauntings and possessions are terrifying enough on their own without the haunted object being a normal doll. I do not know what it is about haunted dolls that scares me more than the idea of a ghost knocking over objects in a house, but I would rather stay three days and nights in a haunted home than to own a haunted doll. Maybe it is because dolls are supposed to be toys, or maybe it is the fact that my own daughter has several dolls of her own and I would be terrified to wake up in the middle of the night with it looming over me. But that is exactly what happened to Donna after her mother bought her a seemingly normal doll as a birthday gift.
By Paige Guffey7 months ago in Horror
The Man Who Killed Halloween. Top Story - October 2023. Content Warning.
Halloween. A time when children dress up and take to the streets to collect candy from their neighborhoods. Ghouls, ghosts, vampires and witches go door to door and say “Trick-or-Treat!” while holding bags or buckets out awaiting a handful of candy. Most parents don’t think much of the candy their kids get, doing a cursory look over the pieces looking for the obvious signs of tampering. But what happens when parents don’t? Or, what if the tampering isn’t something that jumps out at you right away? What if the person who did the tampering is a child’s own parent? This is exactly what happened in Texas in 1974. Every parent’s worst Halloween nightmare came true.
By Paige Guffey2 years ago in Criminal
Linda Hazzard
In the 1900s, a grandfather clause in Washington law allowed Dr. Hazzard, later known as the Starvation Doctor, to practice a form of alternative medicine that involved extended periods of fasting. For five years, she would essentially starve her patients until they succumbed to death in Olalla, Washington. After their deaths, Dr. Hazzard would recieve large portions or all of their estate, meaning that she financially gained from their deaths.
By Paige Guffey3 years ago in Criminal
Karen Severson and Laura Doyle
For the average teenage girl, life is full of angst, uncontrolled emotions, and raging hormones. It’s normal to be jealous of others and envy what they have. However, for Karen Severson she let that jealousy turn into murder. The object of her jealousy? Her childhood best friend, Michele Missy Avila.
By Paige Guffey4 years ago in Criminal
Andrea Yates
This story is tragic, both for the five children who lost their lives and for the mother who suffered for many years with a severe mental illness. Before going any further, I would like to warn that this story contains talk of suicidal ideation, attempt, and the murder of children.
By Paige Guffey4 years ago in Criminal
Mary Ann Cotton
Mary Ann Cotton had a string of husbands, four to be exact. Three of them died. She is also said to have given birth to thirteen children, only two of which survived her. For years, she flew under the radar until the death of her last husband’s son raised suspicion among the media.
By Paige Guffey4 years ago in Criminal
The Battle in My Mind
I remember sitting anxiously in the doctor’s office wondering if I truly needed to be there. I had considered turning back several times on the drive there and I continued to question it as my two-year-old ran circles around and the baby cried no matter what I did to try and calm her. Was I really depressed? It could just be a change in hormones. Maybe I’m just going crazy. Oh, how I wished that were true. To be honest, I probably should have gone to a doctor several years before.
By Paige Guffey7 years ago in Psyche
