The Gold Digger is in BIG Trouble // The Celeste Beard Murder Story
6/17/20268 min
Celeste Beard Johnson is a Texas woman convicted of orchestrating the 1999 murder of her wealthy, 74-year-old multimillionaire husband, Steven Beard. After marrying Steven in 1995, Celeste embraced a lavish lifestyle, but the marriage grew strained as he threatened to curtail her extravagant spending. While receiving treatment at a psychiatric facility, Celeste met Tracey Tarlton, whom she allegedly manipulated into murdering Steven.
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First 90 secondsRay William Johnson· Host0:00
So this gold digger is in big trouble. Now, the woman's name is Celeste, and Celeste is 32 when the story starts, and she's living in Austin, Texas. Now, Celeste really wants to live a luxurious life. Like, she wants lots of jewelry and expensive cars and nice houses and all that stuff. Problem is, she can't afford all that because she works as a waitress at a local country club, so she doesn't have a lot of money, and she needs to find a rich man who can give her all that. And in 1993, she finally finds one because one day she's at work and Celeste notices a customer. This guy, Beard. And Beard, he's around 69 years old, and he's very rich. He used to own a local TV station, so he's worth between 10 and 15 million dollars. Not only that, but his wife just passed away from cancer two weeks before, so he's single. And so one day he's at the country club and he meets Celeste, and he thinks Celeste is fine, and she thinks he is rich. And even though he's 37 years older than her, they hit it off and they start dating, and pretty quickly they get married. And this marriage is great for her. I mean, Beard gives her everything she wants: lots of jewelry, multiple high-end vehicles, a million dollar house to live in, and a second lake house. He takes her on expensive vacations around the world. He gives her an allowance of $35,000 a month