Episode 130: The Murder Planned In The Psychiatric Ward (Case of Celeste Beard)
The two women met in the psychiatric ward and instantly sparks were flying.
Their hair was wild, they were heavily drugged up but they knew that it was only a matter of time before they had s*x.
They were so different but it worked. One woman - the wife of a millionaire. The other woman - was struggling with life and addiction.
But they just knew that they would be together. They just didn’t know it would be in jail… for murder.
Book Rec: “She Wanted It All” - by Kathryn Casey (an amazing deep dive on this case I was hooked).
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “She Wanted It All” - by Kathryn Casey
Book: “The Celeste Beard Johnson Story” - by Nancy Hall & W.R. Mesiano
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1175149.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1258722.html
Show: “Celeste Beard” - Women Behind Bars
Show: “Celeste Beard” - by Snapped
Show: “Fatal Fortune” - by Vengeance: Killer Millionaires
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped-behind-bars/crime-news/celeste-beard-johnson-speaks-out-about-murder-conviction
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/beard-celeste-photos.htm
DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.