Self-confessed Craiglist killer Miranda Barbour: Why I killed

Self-confessed Craigslist killer Miranda Barbour reveals all to Matthew Lysiak

Self-confessed Craiglist killer Miranda Barbour: Why I killed

A FEW weeks ago, Miranda Barbour decided to kill herself. She says she quietly unscrewed the bulb from the socket in her cell in Pennsylvania’s Northumberland County Prison, smashed it on the ground and picked through the shards, searching for a piece sharp enough to slice open her wrists. She was dismayed that none of the pieces would do the job.

She tells Newsweek in an exclusive jailhouse interview that she didn’t want to end it all; she just wanted to hit the reset button. “I believe in reincarnation,” she says. “I wanted a fresh start.”

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