0:00. On April 19, 1989, the couple were married and honeymooned over a long weekend in New Jersey. 0:56. The story of The Black Widow, Blanche Taylor Moore. A couple months after she quit, Blanche had Ray Reid over on New Year's Eve and served him some of her homemade potato soup. Prosecutor Janet Branch ripped into Blanche Moore time and again, making dramatic and emotionally wrought statements to the jury. The police were suddenly struck by a smell escaping from the trunk of his car. One of his more brutal cases was when he broke into a 5-year-old girl's home, raped, and strangled her. Although Harvey Robinson is known for being a young serial killer, Craig Price from Rhode Island was even younger. The nurse testified that Blanche often brought Reid food from home such as iced tea, frozen yogurt, milkshakes, and soups. Many knew 57-year-old Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore as a middle-aged churchgoer with a grandmotherly appearance and a cool demeanor - the last person you'd suspect of being a serial killer. He was charged with 48 murders but was able to avoid the death sentence with a plea bargain. APRIL 19: Richardson is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon in the death of Mark Gilbert Jr. APRIL 22: Richardson is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon, felony robbery and two counts of felony concealment/tampering with a corpse in the death of James Goolsby. During his confession, he explained how he strangled each of his victims to death and disposed of their bodies in lakes or near railroad tracks, according to Charlotte Magazine. In the mid-'80s the tropical utopia was gripped with fear when five bodies were found near water. The story of Polly Bartlett dates all the way back to 1868 and is surrounded by local lore. Several weeks later, he was at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. APRIL 13: Richardson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Hemphill. Other killers are so famous they are known all over the country, like Ted Bundy, the BTK Killer, and John Wayne Gacy. Who is the most famous black serial killer? Between the years of 1992 and 1994, the City of Charlotte was home to a man who would become the city's most prolific serial killer. Clifford Olson. One woman he brutally raped and murdered when she was vacuuming her car. Eventually, he escalated to killing them and cutting their heads off. He confessed to several other murders just before dying in prison, according to the Star Tribune. William Devin Howell can best be described as a drifter. According to court records, Blanche sought and got permission from Dr. Hamilton to bring Reid food from home. [4], In 1986, Reid developed what was initially diagnosed as a case of shingles. Wallace even attended some of their funerals. However, they never got a chance to arrest and charge him for his crimes. The Green River in Washington state became notorious because of the number of bodies that were found there in the '90s. ", During the capital sentencing phase, the jury found as aggravating circumstances that Blanche Moore was motivated to kill for financial gain and that Reid's murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.". The results came back on March 13, showing Moore had 20 times the lethal dose of arsenic in his system the most arsenic found in a living patient in the hospital's history. He was eventually murdered in prison. Nineteen-year-old Barnanbet confessed to killing 17 people with an axe on behalf of the Church of Sacrifice. In October 1976, Thomas Warren Whisenhant abducted Cheryl Lynn Payton from the convenience store where she worked. Other killers are so famous they are known all over the country, like Ted Bundy, the BTK Killer, and John Wayne Gacy. And the plane crashed in North Carolina. There, he grew to hate his mother and women as a whole. Dennis Lynn Rader is better known by his other name: the "BTK Killer." ", According to court records, Dr. Guinn noted that on June 24, 1986, the arsenic in Reid's hair sample was "roughly 70 times the normal level.". So who is North Carolina's most notorious serial killer? What his wife didn't know was that Herb also cruised gay bars at night, picking up young men. [1] Early life [ edit] A few days later, Whisenhant returned to her body and mutilated it. "She said to me, the end has to come. Quincy Jovan Allen (born November 7, 1979) [1] is an American serial killer who killed four people between July and August in a crime spree in 2002. We'll deal with it," defense attorney David Tamer said afterward. Blanche Taylor Moore now passes the time in a cell in Raleigh. "it would be unbearable to stay" here any longer. Before she could stand trial for her crimes, she was shot to death reportedly by a friend of one of the victims. On January 18, 1991, the presiding judge concurred with the jury and sentenced Moore to die by lethal injection. He was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes and remains in prison. Take a look at the most famous Canadian serial killers to date. She also testified that though she had heard of Anti-Ant, an ant poison containing arsenic, she had never bought it or asked anyone to do so. One of Moore's attorneys, David Tamer, misappropriated client funds, including hers, and was convicted of embezzlement. She'll likely die from cancer (which she's fought in the past) or natural causes rather than for her crimes. My back all the way down into my groin. [6], During interviews, Moore stated that both her husband and Reid felt depressed and suggested they had probably been taking arsenic themselvessomething investigators found highly improbable. as well as other partner offers and accept our, Connecticut Department of Correction/ AP Images. Julian Andrew Frank in 1960 is charged with blowing up a National Airlines flight from New York to Miami. And a meteorite exploded above the Pacific Ocean. In his confession, Cullen said he believed he was doing the community a service, helping these sick patients relieve their pain. He died of lethal injection in 1992. In Utah, he murdered three women. "Bottom line was, Donald Harvey liked to kill," William Whalen, Harvey's former attorney, wrote in a book. Albert DeSalvo confessed to all 13 murders, but his story didn't fully add up. Black children in the neighborhood were being targeted and murdered one-by-one. But several hospital workers, family members, and visitors testified that they did recall Blanche bringing Reid milkshakes from McDonald's while he was hospitalized in Greensboro. Terry Blair first killed his pregnant girlfriend and mother of his two children in 1982. I dont see myself as a serial killer, but people do. Miraculously, some might say through divine intervention, the pastor survived. He was found guilty of murdering two of his victims. She's maintained her innocence throughout her long incarceration, but the chilling evidence suggests otherwise. She currently resides at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women as prisoner #0288088. She also denied discussing Reid's autopsy with anyone and told the courtroom that she would not have been opposed to an autopsy. Those results had shown an extremely high level of arsenic in Reid's system. Corll was that stranger who would lure children and teenagers into his van with the false promise of candy. [7], In 1993, author Jim Schutze wrote a book about the murders, entitled Preacher's Girl. Simpson, but nothing ever came of it. The prosecution got a boost in the case just days before the trial when Forsyth County Superior Court Judge William Freeman ruled that prosecutors could discuss the poisonings James Taylor, Dwight Moore and Kiser even though the trial was only about the murder of Reid. They nicknamed him "The Green River Killer.". She was born Blanche Kiser in Concord, North Carolina, but spent much of her adult life in Alamance County. She has been at the N.C. Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh since Nov. 16, 1990. He was found guilty of raping and killing four women and was put to death in 1994. There was no sign of forced entry, so police believe each victim let their murderer in voluntarily. of Corrections records, showing current status of Blanche Taylor Moore, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blanche_Taylor_Moore&oldid=1141314706, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 12:28. Some never were found. By 1959, she had been promoted to head cashier (roughly the equivalent of a customer service manager today), the highest job available to a female employee at Kroger. In 1962, she began an affair with Raymond Reid, the store manager. His long and distinguished career ended May 29, 1986. 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Susie Lynchs aunt, Susie Sharp, was the first elected female chief justice of a state supreme court. Charles Edmund Cullen was the "Angel of Death" killer, and he killed upwards of 40 people over his 16-year career as a nurse in New Jersey. I don't have an answer. Just as fast as the killings started, they suddenly stopped. Because of the publicity in the case, many family members never believed that she would get a fair trial. The Greensboro News & Record described the ordeal in a 2015 retrospective on the case: He was near death at a Chapel Hill hospital, hooked to a ventilator, his liver, kidneys and heart failing. She survived the attack. All Rights Reserved. Some papers even described her as more of a cartoon character than a serial killer. He is even said to have worn a mask made from the skin of one of the victims. On May 31, 2003, Rudolph was arrested by police officer J.S. [12] Dwight Moore told Winston-Salem station WXII-TV that he has no objections to his ex-wife seeking to have her death sentence overturned. She pled guilty and said she killed the children she babysat for because she had to satisfy a sudden urge to choke them, according to The New York Times. the oldest person on North Carolinas death row. Starkweather was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death. When 10 women were murdered in the mid-'90s in Charlotte, North Carolina, they all had one thing in common: They all knew Henry Louis Wallace. Thorpe was the first of the Edgecombe County Serial Killer's victims to be found in this location, but not the last. DNA testing confirmed years later that Timothy Wilson Spencer was "The Southside Strangler." Donald Harvey is better known as "The Angel of Death" after he confessed to 57 murders. Blanche preferred to stay closer to home, working in Burlington her entire career, except for a brief stint at a store in Durham. . After pushing her car off the road, he grabbed her and pulled her into a ditch. He died later that day, and court records allege that Richardson had taken Gilberts car, phone and wallet. Eventually, police started showing up at the Baumeister home asking questions about missing boys. The day before Halloween, Price, a redhead, was found dead in the bathtub, and Rogers fled the scene. Harry F. Powers bought a subscription and listed an alias. He drove her to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her in the front seat of his pick-up truck. In the same article, her other daughter, Vanessa Woods, said Reid "was a very good man. In California, he was "Gordon Jensen" where he killed two other women who were mothers of his babies. He'd let them loose in the woods of Anchorage and then he'd hunt them down for mere pleasure. In 2012, reports surfaced that Rogers may be the murderer of Nicole Simpson not O.J. when their vehicle blew up on NC 150 in Summerfield, That story became the basis of the book and TV miniseries Bitter Blood.. He dismembered their bodies and disposed of the pieces all over New York. Blanche Taylor Moore hears the jury's verdict at her murder trial in Winston-Salem. American serial killer H.H. Instead, Reid became deathly ill and was transferred to North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem on June 13. Harvey was convicted of 37 murders and sentenced to multiple life sentences. With some poison, she killed every family member that she disagreed with. He and the other accomplice are now serving their life sentence in prison. Gaskins claimed he killed 200 hitchhikers. Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore (born February 17, 1933) is an American convicted murderer and possible serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina. Blanche Taylor Moore's current prison mugshot. Dwight Moore said in 1994 after a hearing before the State Supreme Court. In 2016, his nine death sentences were upheld in Phoenix. She was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon for the poisoning of Moore. They ended the lives of the five young women within the span of about six months. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Her defense argued before the North Carolina State Supreme Court that Moore had not received a fair trial and that the other deaths should not have been allowed as evidence. Doss was sentenced to life in prison and died in 1965. When Israel Keyes killed himself in prison in 2012, he took a lot of answers with him. Sometimes he let the women go after torturing them. He refused appeal because "it would be unbearable to stay" here any longer. The name makes sense because, at that time, Howell abducted, assaulted, and murdered seven people, according to Oxygen. Dwight Moore, filed for divorce in December of 1990. The Defense Calls Her A Pious Woman Known For Kindnesses", "Woman Poisoned Ex-Boyfriend; Also Charged in Husband's Death", "Blanche Taylor Moore, 11 others on death row file to convert sentences", NC Dept. He recounted how he helped prove the confession letter was a forgery in a piece he wrote for Greensboro.com in December 2015. Between 1962 and 1964, Boston was plagued with a serial killer. "Mom never expected to spend the rest of her life by herself. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. Turns out, Metheny also owned a food stand where he would mix the human flesh from his victims with animal meat and then sell it to his customers, according to The Sun. On Jan. 1, 1986, he rang in the new year with severe nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. He wasn't expected to live.Doctors threw a Hail Mary: They ordered blood tests for herbicide poisoning, because he had used the chemicals before his illness.The results revealed more arsenic than his doctors had ever seen in a living person - 100 times the normal amount.The hospital alerted police, who interviewed him as he lay on what was supposed to be his deathbed. The story goes that Bartlett ran an inn with her family where she is said to have poisoned the guests with arsenic and would then ditch the bodies in a local corral. Bartlett is described as Wyoming's first and worst serial killer. Christine Falling became known as the "Babysitter from Hell" when she choked and killed five children in the early '80s, including an 8-month-old baby. "But yet it all seems to point that way. So although it's hard to choose just one killer that terrorized the state, Robert Hansen seems to leave a really bone-chilling scare. While in Iowa, he lived with his mother who would often beat him. Dr. Garrett had previously testified that Reid had told him on May 30, 1986, that he began vomiting after eating Jell-O the previous night. Rank the Most Wicked 19th Century American Criminals. Henry Louis Wallace is considered the most infamous killer in the history of North Carolina after murdering nearly a dozen women around Charlotte who all shared some connection with the man. He was only found guilty of one murder and was sent to a mental institution. Between May of 1992 and March of 1994, Henry Louis Wallace would take the lives of at least 10 innocent women. North Carolina by that accounting has had 266 victims of serial killers, and if you rank them by a ratio of 100,000 residents, thats 2.46, which ranks North Carolina roughly 34th nationally. That confession letter is one of the many bizarre facets of this grim saga. They called Donald Henry Gaskins "Pee Wee." It was at the grocery store that Blanche Taylor, who was married in 1952 and widowed in 1973, met and later began dating Reid, a divorced store manager. Puzzled physicians initially attributed his Oct. 7, 1986, death to Guillain-Barr syndrome. Moore is awaiting execution in North Carolina for her boyfriend's 1986 arsenic poisoning. Despite killing 11 of her own family members, Nannie Doss never broke a smile and was nicknamed "The Giggly Granny." Kiser Sr., her mother-in-law, Isla Taylor, her first husband, James N. Taylor, and a former co-worker, Joseph Mitchell. Jeffrey Dahmer Between 1988-91, Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 men in Milwaukee, WI before the escape of his would-be 18th victim led to his capture. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. He died in prison in 2014 at 75. Known as the Volga Maniac, this Russian serial killer struck in . . In fact, Gaskins claimed he killed 200 hitchhikers. Police found a strangled woman's body hiding under a pile of clothes. The motive for the murders was never discovered. And he loves her with all his heart," she said, describing Reid as he lay dying in the hospital. For the next two days, he was transferred between Alamance County and North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Inside the trailer, he made a personal torture chamber, fitted with sex toys, handcuffs, whips, and chains. We just - we cannot have one. After a brutal car chase, Kimball was arrested and plead guilty to four charges of second-degree murder. : police, A sweet tradition at First Presbyterian Church, Woman charged for Chewy warehouse bomb threat, Potential for damaging winds as storms roll through, Residents pleading after 105 accidents on 1 NC road, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. As he struggled to make his way into the country music scene, he took a job as a dishwasher at a local fast-food restaurant. Her father died, reportedly of a heart attack, in 1966. It makes sense because "Psycho's" Norman Bates and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" were based on this killer. "The human body taste was very similar to pork. But investigators believe this serial killer murdered at least 11 people around the country. he killed three boys, strangling them and taking bites into each. Gaskins started his criminal patterns young . Doctors Lucas Wong, Jonathan Serody, Mark Murphy, and George Sanders, after discussions with the hospital toxicologist, ordered a toxicology screen to check for herbicide poisoning. It also emerged that doctors at Baptist Hospital, where Reid was admitted in 1986, had ordered a toxicology screen for him. There was no pattern or clear idea as to who would be next. Many knew 57-year-old Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore as a middle-aged churchgoer with a grandmotherly appearance and a cool demeanor - the last person you'd suspect of being a serial killer.