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Velma Barfield - First Woman to Die by Lethal Injection

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Velma Barfield - First Woman to Die by Lethal Injection

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The conversation this week explores the chilling story of Velma Barfield, the first woman executed by lethal injection in the United States. Natalia tells us about her early life, troubling marriages, and the mysterious deaths surrounding her before discussing her strange second life behind bars and the famous song named after her.

TW for domestic abuse

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Velma Barfield, serial killer. (2016, November 2). NC DNCR. https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/11/02/velma-barfield-serial-killer

Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, December 3). Velma Barfield. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield

OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT (GPT-5.1) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/

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