Elderly Murderers: Melissa Ann Shepard

from Murder Dictionary · host Brianna Miera

This week we discuss 84 year old Melissa Ann Shepard, who is known as Canada’s Internet Black Widow. She has repeatedly married men for their money, then drugged them, & attempted to murder them. Even though she has been convicted multiple times, she was out violating parole as recently as 2016. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com/ This episode has been edited by Dimitris Kokkos. Contact him at mypodcasthero.com for all of your audio, production, & editing needs. Please rate, review, subscribe & follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter to stay updated on new episodes, true crime tidbits, & the best true crime memes. MURDER DICTIONARY LINKS:Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/murderdictionarypodcast/ Facebook : https://facebook.com/Murder-Dictionary-Podcast-1202280266480382/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/m_d_podcastiTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-dictionary/id1169967004 MELISSA ANN SHEPARD LINKS:https://owlcation.com/humanities/Canadas-Black-Widowhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/internet-black-widow-melissa-ann-shepard-peace-bond-1.3810094http://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/friedrich-melissa.htmhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bd3gd/you-probably-shouldnt-date-this-80-year-old-nova-scotia-woman

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