Woman Condemned

R. Barri Flowers is appearing in the True Crime Blog Tour begining July 23rd. Mr. Flowers has a new book coming out during the opening week of the blog tour and we will get to hear the scoop on it. Check here on July 23rd to hear from R. Barri Flowers about his  book Female Crime, Criminals and Cellmates as well as his newest work.  I enjoy Mr. Flowers works because to me they seem to speak on a level everyone can comprehend and yet he is detailing very technical criminology viewpoints. His background and credentials allow me a certain feeling of trust in his works.  Check out his blog for the rest of his schedule.

I am very pleased to announce a True Crime Blog Tour sponsored by The Woman Condemned. I have some of America's most exciting true crime authors and bloggers lined up to participate in a true crime blog tour during the month of July. We get a chance to see into the minds ( and work load) of the participants through guest posts and interviews. Have your read Dane Batty's Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber? I reviewed this book in 2010 and was in awe. I don't think I have ever read a book where we got the actual thoughts and first person accounts from the criminal him self. Dane is also working on a new book we will be getting the low down on! You will be able to catch Dane on the blog tour here, on his blog and on the other participants blogs throughout the tour. Check back every day for more updates on Dane and other participants.  

Bonnie Brown Heady. Wow. Where to begin? She was a short, fat prostitute with short auburn hair and a bubbly, engaging personality. She was attractive despite her weight and 5’1 height and was often complimented on her shapely legs. Her common law husband, Carl Austin Hall was the love of her life and she worried and fussed over him until the day they were executed side by side in Missouri’s gas chamber. She and Carl kidnapped and murdered young Bobby Greanlease from his Catholic school for a ransom. Carl had been dreaming of the crime for years before he’d met Bonnie. In his heart he felt it was the one last crime he would have to pull and he’d be set for life. He had thought about it for so long in fact, he was sure the plan was foolproof. Once he and Bonnie moved in together he enlisted her help. She posed as the boy’s aunt and told the nuns Bobby’s mother was ill and she had been sent to retrieve him. He was released to her with no trouble from six year old Bobby...

The first woman executed in the commonwealth of Virginia was a woman named Virginia Christian in 1912. She was also a child. She was also the only female juvenile executed by electric chair and, to date, the last female executed in the electric chair by the Commonwealth of Virginia until Virginia Lewis a few years ago. The records say she confessed to the murder of her employer, Mrs. Ida Virginia Belote.   Belote frequently mistreated Christian, and in mid- March 1912, an argument ensued between the two in which Belote accused Christian of stealing a locket and a skirt. Belote hit Christian with a cuspidor, commonly called a 'spittoon'. The altercation escalated when Christian and Belote ran for two broom handles Belote used to prop up her bedroom windows. Christian grabbed one of the broom handles and struck Belote on the forehead. In an attempt to stifle Belote’s screams, Christian stuffed a towel down Belote’s throat, and the woman died by suffocation. When Christian left...

Shonda is in Alabama. I hear from her quite often and she is one of my favorite people. She is convicted of murdering her husband. While Shonda could be described as flirtatious and man hungry that hardly makes her a murderess, nor an accomplice. Her man troubles continue to haunt her even while locked away. A few years back she had a pen pal relationship with this turd named Quinn. They wrote for years and he was constantly professing his love. He had issues tho and even so, Shonda cared for him and promised nothing would come between them. Quinn is no prize but she did care for him despite the fact that he was over 40 and still living with his parents and trying to finish college. He has sexual problems as well, telling Shonda that he doesn't know if he's gay or straight or even if hes interested in sex at all. Also he felt that he should continue college indefinitely because he wasn't ready for a job. She finally gave up and last I heard Quinn h...