Preacher's Girl

The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

By: Jim Schutze

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

An "excellent true-crime study" of a female serial killer given the death penalty for poisoning at least three men between 1973 and 1989 (Publishers Weekly).

Widowed Blanche Taylor Moore was about to lose her second spouse to symptoms that mysteriously mirrored those that killed her first husband—as well as her previous boyfriend. When an investigation reveals arsenic poisoning, the hideous truth about the wife and mother comes to light. Did the abuse Blanche suffered as a child at the hands of her alcoholic father turn her into a murderer she became?

In this riveting true crime account, critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze explores the harrowing motivation and chilling details of the lives, loves, and victims of North Carolina's oldest living inmate on death row.

Contains mature themes.

©1993 Jim Schutze (P)2024 Tantor

Good listen

Very detailed. A little too detailed at times. I wish the epilogue was updated with more current details about Blanche. Why is she still alive after all these years?

Excellent Crime Story

Blanche Taylor Moore was monstrous and this book captures her evil perfectly. She epitomizes people we've known all of our lives: the presentation of one thing with the ability to morph in an instant into what is required for their benefit.

The cruel and stone cold heart hides the soulless being's almost hypnotic ability to appear only what she wanted to reveal. In the wake are families wrecked by her sinister poisonings of their loved ones. Only her own hubris is able to take her down along with the determination of a controversial and often criticized Chief Assistant DA, Janet Branch.

Excellent story and character development including side characters who's brief appearances play important roles. Highly recommend for True Crime readers.

This story is bananas lol

This one was well written. Some books in this genre veer into murder porn territory, while others are so dry they feel like somebody just sat down and started listing facts like a textbook. But this one is that good blend of news article and narrative nonfiction that makes it easy to follow and hard to put down. The story is crazy and stuck with me enough that I'm certain I'll listen to it again down the road. Definitely worth the credit.

Factual but not dry

Fascinating story I’d never heard of. Told fairly neutrally, but the reader gets a full picture of the killer’s evil mind.

Pure evil!

Great true crime story, with excellent narration. This disgusting woman will meet her maker in hell someday.