Velma Barfield
Welcome to episode 18 of Picture The Scene podcast. A true crime podcast hosted by Andrew & Rachael that brings you true crime from all over the world, with an emphasis on the UK & Ireland.
Today's episode sees Rachael tell us all about Velma Barfield, an OAP with a secret.
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Research and Written by:
Haze Selby-Dee - Podcast She Wrote
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCf8ZmTF7BE – ‘Velma’ by Jonathan Bryd
https://allthatsinteresting.com/velma-barfield - Quote from Rev. Billy Graham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield - Overview of case
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/748/844/218588/ - Details of appeals
https://genius.com/Jonathan-byrd-velma-lyrics - Lyrics to ‘Velma’
http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Barfield,%20Velma%20-%202005,%20Fall.pdf – Detailed timeline of events
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/03/us/first-woman-is-executed-in-us-since-1962.html - How the execution was reported at the time
https://allthatsinteresting.com/velma-barfield - Quote from Ronnie
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1620&context=llr - Final Hours: The Execution of Velma Barfield – Account by Richard Burr
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