On this episode of MurdHer we explore the unsettling story of Patricia Allanson Taylor - a woman whose charm and grace masked a darker truth. She seemed to have it all after getting married and buying the home of her dreams.. Unfortunately it was never enough for Patricia.

What starts out as a seemingly ordinary life takes so many twists and turns that you might experience whiplash! Patricia’s story challenges our assumptions about appearances - and how far someone will go when the stakes are everything.

SOURCES:

Everything She Ever Wanted - Anne Rule

https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/allanson-patricia.htm

https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/ALLANSON_Patricia_Vann_Taylor

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