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This Is Monsters

The Serial Leech : Celeste Beard Part 02

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Season 20 : Killed For Money

Knowing that it was only a matter of time before Steve divorced her and left her with nothing, Celeste came up with a plan to make sure he died before that could ever happen.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the second part of a two-part episode.

0:04.0

If you haven't watched her listen to the first part, you should go back and check it out.

0:08.5

There's a link in the description.

0:11.9

Celeste Beard was on her fourth husband, a wealthy retired television executive named Stephen Beard.

0:18.5

It was clear that her goal was to marry him, expecting him to die sooner

0:22.8

than later, and leave her a rich woman. Of course, she couldn't wait to spend his money, and after a

0:28.8

number of spending indiscretions, Steve started talking to his lawyer about divorce. Now, the way

0:35.3

their marriage had been set up, if the couple divorced, Celeste would walk away with

0:39.5

nothing. So, as an immediate distraction from divorce, Celeste held a gun to her own head and threatened

0:46.1

suicide. The plan worked, and soon Steve was more concerned with getting his wife the help

0:52.1

she so clearly needed than kicking her to the curb.

0:55.5

The part of Stephen that cared about Celeste more than he cared about money was what would

1:00.0

ultimately get him killed. This is Monsters. After Celeste held a gun to her head, authorities had taken her for treatment at St. David's Pavilion.

1:35.7

After experiencing auditory hallucinations after having been abused as a child, Tracy Tarleton was also admitted to the same facility.

1:46.5

There was a noticeable contrast between the two patients, though. Tracy needed the help she was receiving and was actively trying to get better.

1:53.4

Celeste didn't seem interested in using the hospital's services as they were intended. In the hospital,

2:00.0

Celeste treated the facility more like a vacation getaway

2:03.0

than a place where she could get mental health treatment. She ordered the staff around and broke the

2:08.4

rules. She refused to eat the hospital food and her family had to bring her every meal.

2:14.9

She was one of the only patients who was paying out of pocket for her stay instead

2:19.0

of it coming from insurance, so she viewed the hospital stay as something she had purchased.

2:25.0

St. David's wasn't a long-term treatment facility, though. It was an emergency hospital where the

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