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Episode 135 Part 1: At 3am on October 2, 1999, 74 year old Texas millionaire, Steven Beard called 911. Panicked and bewildered, he said “My guts blew out of my stomach!” He didn’t know what happened, just that he was literally holding his intestines with his hands. Paramedics thought maybe he had a recent surgery and stitches busted. Until one of them saw a shotgun shell on the floor.

Thus began the infamous case of Celeste Beard. Gold digger? Loving mother? Was she a victim or a murderer? Who is the real Celeste Beard?

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Episode 136 Part 2:

The Conclusion to The Infamous Case of Celest Beard.

 

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Written, hosted and produced by Erica Kelley

Researched by Haley Gray and Erica Kelley

Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner

Original Music by Rob Harrison of Gamma Radio

Edited & Mixed by Erica Kelley

Sources:

  1. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1175149.html

  2. https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131984&page=1

  3. https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=05144897

  4. https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1752939/ex-parte-beard/?q=celeste%20beard%20johnson&type=o&order_by=score%20desc&stat_Precedential=on

  5. https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/true-crime-buzz/first-episode-of-snapped-where-is-celeste-beard-johnson-now

  6. https://people.com/archive/marriage-money-and-murder-vol-60-no-6/

  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20130604102059/http:/www.kens5.com/news/SA-residents-try-and-help-convicted-murderer-bounce-back-into-society-133777138.html

  8. https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2020/26/203841314_a3e28242-f840-4851-9c31-69c71413c45d.jpeg

  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20080719161315/http://www.courttv.com/trials/taped/beard/witnesses_state.html

  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705161747/http://www.courttv.com/trials/taped/beard/witnesses_defense.html

  11. https://www.newspapers.com/image/357089786/?terms=celeste%20beard%20johnson&match=1

  12. https://www.newspapers.com/image/357302406/?terms=celeste%20beard%20johnson&match=1,

  13. https://www.newspapers.com/image/357302428

  14. https://www.oxygen.com/snapped-behind-bars/crime-news/celeste-beard-johnson-speaks-out-about-murder-conviction

  15. https://www.facebook.com/Celeste-Beard-Johnson-Biography-248938579385836/?ref=page_internal

  16. https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-butch

  17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/histrionic-personality-disorder

  18. In 2004, Celeste was featured in the first episode of Snapped. She was featured again in October 2020, still lying, still unrepentant.

  19. Celeste Beard Johnson—48 Hours Hard Evidence: For Love or Money

  20. She Wanted it All: A True Story of Sex, Murder and a Texas Millionaire by Kathryn Casey