This story is one of Alabama’s most infamous and jaw-dropping true crime stories. It’s the tale of a charming Southern belle turned cold-blooded killer: Audrey Marie Hilley.

Born and raised in Anniston, Alabama, Hilley seemed to have it all - beauty, charm, and a picture-perfect family. But beneath that polished exterior lurked greed, deceit, and a taste for poison. What started as a husband’s mysterious illness spiraled into a string of crimes involving arsenic, insurance money, and one of the most bizarre fugitive stories you’ll ever hear.

Before it was over, two people were dead, one barely survived, and Hilley herself faked her own death, took on a new identity, and vanished for years, only to return home in one of the strangest endings in Alabama true crime history.

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