Mommy Deadliest

By: Michael Benson

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Synopsis: The true crime story of a New York mother who killed and a daughter who wouldn&’t die, from the author of A Killer&’s Touch and Watch Mommy Die.Anti-Freeze For A HusbandIt looked like a suicide. A man&’s corpse on the bathroom floor—next to a half-empty glass of anti-freeze. But fingerprints on the glass belonged to the deceased&’s wife, Stacey Castor. And a turkey baster in the garbage had police wondering if she force-fed the toxic fluid down her husband&’s throat.Pills For A DaughterIn desperation, Stacey concocted a devious plan. She mixed a deadly cocktail of vodka and pills, then served it to her twenty-year-old daughter Ashley. The authorities would find Ashley with a suicide note, confessing to the anti-freeze murder. But Stacey&’s plan backfired—because Ashley refused to die . . .A Killer For A MotherCharged with murdering her second husband—and attempting to kill her oldest daughter—Stacey Castor sparked a media frenzy. But when police dug up her first husband&’s grave—and found anti-freeze in his body, too—this New York housewife earned a nickname that would follow her all the way to prison. They called her &“The Black Widow.&” And with good reason.The story that inspired the Lifetime film, Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story, starring Nia Vardalos.Case Featured On 20/20Includes Sixteen Pages of Shocking Photos