Barbara Stager, a North Carolina mother-of-two, served as a secretary at Duke University and an ad salesperson for a radio station prior to being found guilty in the death of her second husband, Russ Stager, while being named a suspect in the killing of her first husband, Larry Ford.
Both husbands died under similar circumstances and she explained to authorities how the gun accidentally went off both times. The deaths occurred years apart. Barbara, an ambitious writer, was accused of killing her husbands Russ and Larry to inherit their estates and claim their life insurance policies.
An upcoming episode of Black Widow Murders on Oxygen is scheduled to revisit the scheming murderer’s case who was viewed as the ideal wife and mother ahead of the murder conviction. The preview for the episode reads:
“A voice from beyond the grave helps investigators solve a crime after a Sunday School teacher loses two husbands in a row under suspicious circumstances.”
The episode, titled Barbara Stager, will air this Sunday, October 30, 2022.
Russ and Barbara Stager married after the latter’s first husband’s suspicious death
Russ and Barbara Stager married in 1979 after her first husband Larry Ford’s gun accidentally went off while he was cleaning it. The couple, along with two of Barbara’s sons, started a new life as a spendthrift pair, and lived a lavish life using money she acquired through a mini ponzi scheme,…
