Black Widow Granny — Murderer of 5 Husbands, or Victim of Bad Luck?

Betty Neumar’s intriguing story spanning over six decades

Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi
6 min readDec 6, 2020
Betty, with her daughters Peggy and Kelly | Source: Murderpedia

Long before most of us were born, there was potentially a criminal mastermind that knew the true meaning of loving someone to death — literally.

This is a woman who married five different men over the span of several decades, four of who were found shot dead at various points in life, not necessarily when they were still married to her.

The police never really found the common link between the killings or enough evidence to arrest her — and by the time they did charge her with one of the murders, she died of Cancer-related complications.

The story of Betty Neumar is probably crazier than the wildest imaginations of the most brilliant criminal or murder mystery writers.

You couldn’t possibly write a story full of such twists and turns, because truth is often stranger than fiction.

Betty was known by the media by different names including — Black Widow or the Black Widow Granny.

Betty Neumar and Her Five Marriages

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Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi
Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi

Written by Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi

Stay-at-home-dad who "retired" from a 12-year career in finance at the age of 35. Curious thinker with an opinion on nearly everything and is here to share it.

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