Killer Wives 2

More Deadly Wives---More Dead Husbands

By: Matthew Kell Taylor

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Till Death Do Us Part

Marriage is often described as a sacred bond, a union built on love, trust, and the promise of forever. It begins with vows whispered under candlelight, hands clasped tightly, hearts full of hope. But behind the doors of some of these picture-perfect homes, darkness festers, jealousy, abuse, betrayal, fear. And sometimes, the end comes not with a divorce, but with a knife, a gun, poison, or the silent slip of a pillow pressed down in the dead of night.

This is not a book about monsters in the shadows or strangers lurking in alleyways. This is a book about wives. Women who once stood at the altar and pledged their devotion, who later killed the men they once promised to love, honor, and cherish.

These stories are real. They are pulled from court transcripts, police files, interviews, and trial footage. Some women snapped after years of torment. Others plotted for months, calculated and cold. Some claimed self-defense, others spun lies that unraveled under scrutiny. A few were never caught, until much later, when the grave gave up its secrets or a conscience cracked under the weight of guilt.

Why would a woman kill her husband?

It’s a question that echoes through the halls of police precincts, courtrooms, and households across the country. In some cases, it’s a matter of survival: women who endured unimaginable abuse, their lives hanging by a thread until they finally struck back. In others, the motive is greed, life insurance payouts, a new lover waiting in the wings, the intoxicating freedom of a fresh start. And then there are those that defy all logic, where the act of murder seems born not of reason, but of rage, obsession, or madness.

The women in these pages come from all walks of life, and their stories unfold in small towns and big cities, from the back roads of the Midwest to the manicured suburbs of California. Each case is a study in motive, method, and consequence. Each one peels back the layers of what it means to be a wife, a victim, a perpetrator, and challenges the stereotypes we hold about women and violence.

This book does not glamorize murder. It does not excuse it. But it does seek to understand it.

We’ll dive into the details, the chilling 911 calls, the conflicting testimonies, the overlooked clues. We’ll hear from detectives who refused to accept the simplest explanation, from jurors who couldn’t sleep for weeks, from neighbors who say they “never saw it coming.” And from the women themselves, those who speak from prison cells, from the witness stand, or through the final letters they left behind.

These are stories of love gone wrong, of desperation turned deadly. They’re brutal, bizarre, heartbreaking, and entirely true.

So lock the doors, settle in, and read on.

Sometimes, the most dangerous person in your life is the one sleeping right beside you.