Tag: black widow

• On This Day in 1947 – Louise Peete, the ‘Belle of Bienville.’

  

  A free chapter from my forthcoming book ‘Murders, Mysteries and Misdemeanors in Southern California.’ “I’m ready. I’ve been ready for a long time.” – Louise Peete minutes before she died.    Bienville Parish is in north-western Louisiana and its county seat is familiar from previous chapters, Arcadia. Bienville was the site of the ambush that…

  CrimeScribe

  April 11, 2021

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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