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Betty Neumar

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Murderer (Alleged)

The Resume

    (November 1931-June 13, 2011)
    Born in Ironton, Ohio
    Birth name was Betty Johnson
    Married to Clarence Malone, James Flynn, Richard Sills, Thomas Harold Gentry and John Neumar
    22 years after Gentry's death, was charged with hiring a hit man to kill him (2008)
    Released on $300,000 bail bond
    Subject of the BBC TV documentary 'Black Widow Granny?' (2009)
    Died before being tried

Why she might be annoying:

    Over the years, she used 28 aliases on passports, drivers licenses and credit cards.
    Three of her first four husbands were shot to death: Malone outside his auto shop; Sills an alleged suicide during an argument with her in their bedroom; and Gentry in their home while she was out of town.
    The death of her final husband was initially ruled to be from natural causes, but later investigators noted that his symptoms resembled arsenic poisoning.
    Police also reinvestigated the 1985 death of her oldest son, Gary Flynn, which had been ruled a suicide.
    Relatives of her later husbands said that she was often verbally abusive, especially after a few drinks.
    Her stepdaughter Kathy Neumar said, 'She's gotten away with a lot more than people realize, and she's no sweet old lady to me.'
    Her death left a whole lot of unanswered questions.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Authorities did not reinvestigate the death of husband #2, Richard Sills.
    BBC filmmaker Norman Hull claimed, 'The more I looked into the story, the more it seemed to me to be a matter of assumption, presumption and speculation.'
    The cremated ashes of John Neumar were analyzed for arsenic and the test came back negative.
    Her daughters Peggy and Kelly called her caring and loving, with Peggy saying, 'I think that she was dealt a bad hand.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 109 Votes: 74.31% Annoying