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Barbara Stager
Born
Barbara Terry[2]
Other namesBarbara Ford
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Conviction(s)First degree murder
Criminal penaltyDeath, commuted to life imprisonment
Details
VictimsRussell Stager
DateFebruary 1, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-02-01)
CountryU.S.
State(s)North Carolina
Location(s)Durham
Weapon.25 caliber pistol[1]

Barbara Stager is an American woman who was convicted in 1989 of murdering her husband, Russell Stager, in 1988. Russell was shot while in bed; Barbara reported the shooting as accidental. Her first husband also died in similar circumstances.[3][4]

In media

"Till Death Do Us Part: The Barbara Stager Story", is an episode of A&E's television series American Justice, which profiled the case.[5][6] Jerry Bledsoe also wrote a book in 1994 about the case, entitled Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder,[7] which was later made into a TV movie in 1998 with the same title starring Jaclyn Smith. A&E's City Confidential presented its perspective on the case in the 2003 episode "Durham: Dangerous Housewife".[8] Investigation Discovery's Deadly Women series portrayed the story in the 2010 "Fortune Hunters" episode[9] and their Scorned: Love Kills revisited the case in its own "'Til Debt Do Us Part," in 2012.[10] The Forensic Files series had an episode "Broken Promises"[11] about this case; Investigation Discovery examined the case a third time in 2015, with an episode entitled "No Accident" in its Fatal Vows series.[12] In 1999, the Discovery Channel's The New Detectives series, Season 4, Episode 6, "Women Who Kill" featured Barbara Stager's crime.[13]

References

  1. ^ "North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina". state. 1 January 1991. p. 299. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ Greenya, John (31 July 1994). "DOUBLE INDEMNITY". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Parole denied for Durham woman who killed husband". WRAL.com. Capitol Broadcasting Company. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ^ Blythe, Anne (September 22, 2017). "She's serving a life sentence for killing her husband. But she goes out to lunch?". Raleigh, NC: The News & Observer (NC). Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Till Death Do Us Part: Barbara Stager Story - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. A&E Television Network. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.<
  6. ^ "American Justice". TVGuide.com. A&E Television Network. 25 August 1999. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. ^ Bledsoe, Jerry (28 July 2015). "Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder". Barnes & Noble. Diversion Publisher. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ^ "City Confidential - Episode Guide". Aetv.com. 2010-08-18. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  9. ^ "Deadly Women (Fortune Hunters) on Investigation Discovery, TV Guide UK". TVGuide.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.<
  10. ^ "Scorned: Love Kills | 'Til Debt Do Us Part". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Forensic Files - Season 5, Ep 14: Broken Promises". FilmRise. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Investigation Discovery GO | Fatal Vows | No Accident". Investigation Discovery GO. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  13. ^ "The New Detectives: Season 4 - Ep 6 "Women Who Kill"". FilmRise. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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