Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri

Florence Nightingale Murders: The Bertha Gifford Story- Part Two (1872-1951)

April 19, 2022 Mindy Hudson Season 1 Episode 15
Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri
Florence Nightingale Murders: The Bertha Gifford Story- Part Two (1872-1951)
Show Notes

Bertha Gifford, the attractive wife of Eugene Gifford, was born and raised in Morse Mill, Jefferson County, Missouri. After the death of her first husband, Henry Graham, she and Eugene married and moved to Catawissa, Franklin County, Missouri where Bertha earned the reputation as an "angel of mercy" tending to sick within the community. Trouble was, many of her patients died agonizing deaths under her care. She earned the reputation of one of Missouri's first female serial killers. But was she a cold-hearted killer or a a victim of her own remedy?

Join us as we explore Part Two of the Bertha GIfford story.

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