Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

A true-crime study of Blanche Taylor Moore, a female serial killer convicted of poisoning at least three men between 1973 and 1989 and given the death penalty. When Moore's second husband began showing symptoms that matched those that had killed her first husband and a previous boyfriend, an investigation uncovered arsenic poisoning and revealed the truth about the wife and mother. Journalist Jim Schutze examines Moore's life, exploring whether childhood abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father contributed to her crimes. The account details the motivations and circumstances surrounding the murders of North Carolina's oldest living inmate on death row, drawing connections between her past trauma and her criminal actions.