Barbara Stager

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]

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

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. Greenya, John (31 July 1994). "DOUBLE INDEMNITY". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. "North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina". state. 1 January 1991. p. 299. 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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