Steven Beard lost his wife of 45 years when he was 68. As to not be alone he married the 30 year old waitress at his country club. He let her spend his millions and thought everything was fine. Except it wasn’t, and Steven woke up one day with his insides on the outsides….

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03:25 - Start of case

03:58 - Celeste Johnson

06:29 - Meet Steven Beard

08:10 - Celeste and Steven

11:05 - Marriage Downfall

16:11 - Tracey Tarlton

19:38 - Murder plot

24:54 - Arrest

28:02 - Turn on Celest

29:10 - Arrest and Trial

35:16 - Conviction

38:09 - Updates

41:08 - Wrap Up

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Logo by Stephanie Solheim from Grow With Meerkat (And my mom)

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SOURCES:

https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/beard-celeste.htm 

http://crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/celeste_beard/10.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeste_Beard 

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

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

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

https://www.distractify.com/p/celeste-beard-daughters-now