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September 12, 2021 34 mins
We'd recommend not eating while listening to this episode. This week, Alex & Christie go back down to Georgia to discuss the claimed, "Georgian Black Widow" - aka Janie Lou Gibbs. Why did Janie do what she did? What happened to the ones she loved most? You'll have to tune in to find out! Need a distraction? We got you.  As discussed in episode 62 about the 215 bodies of Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation children recently found in Kamloops (and counting found in other provinces/locations),  please check out: https://truenorthaid.ca/how-to-help-first-nations/. If you have any additional resources you'd like to share, please email: weirddistractionspodcast@outlook.com. Listener discretion is advised. Shout out to our Patrons Tom, Angela & Bailey! Thank you for supporting Weird Distractions on Patreon. You can also support the show if you please on Patreon, where you can get bonus content each more! We're also on Buy Me a Coffee. You can also find us on Redbubble for some Weird Distractions merch. If you want to provide feedback or even your own weird story to be read on air in an upcoming Listener Distractions episode - please email: weirddistractionspodcast@outlook.com. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, please consider rating & reviewing! It's the best way to support the show (for free). Thanks for listening! Resources: Find a Grave website – “Ephraim Joseph Hickox” – created by Henry Pollard – July 14th, 2013  Find a Grave website – “Janie Lou Hickox Gibbs” – created by H.C. – Maine – October 24th, 2010  US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare – National Center for Health Statistics – DHHS Publication Number 811007  Fort Lauderdale News – “Neighbours Stunned by Kindly Widow’s Slay Arrest” – no author listed – December 27th, 1967  The Greenville News – “Workers Exhume Three Bodies; Test of Arsenic” – no author listed – December 28th, 1967 Mayo Clinic Website – “Parkinson’s disease” – by Mayo Clinic Staff  Killer Cloud website  Serial Killer Calendar website  Thought Co website – “Her Method of Murder was Poison, and No Child was Safe, Janie Lou Gibbs” – by Charles Montaldo – Updated May 30th, 2019  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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