Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri
Jefferson County, Missouri is located just a few miles south of St. Louis. Yet, beneath its sleepy rural small town history lie the stories of over 200 years of murder, mystery, and intrigue. Each Tuesday, at 5:00 pm, Central Time, the Jefferson County Library Genealogy Department will share the details of the more sinister events of the county's history.
Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri
Florence Nightingale Murders: The Bertha Gifford Story- Part Two (1872-1951)
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Mindy Hudson
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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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