# The Gold Digger is in BIG Trouble // The Celeste Beard Murder Story

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/the-gold-digger-is-in-big-trouble-the-celeste-beard-murder-story
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/the-gold-digger-is-in-big-trouble-the-celeste-beard-murder-story.md
Podcast: [Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041)
Published: 2026-06-17T15:24:24+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raywilliamjohnson/episodes/The-Gold-Digger-is-in-BIG-Trouble--The-Celeste-Beard-Murder-Story-e3kttjt
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8806932270.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/episodes/the-gold-digger-is-in-big-trouble-the-celeste-beard-murder-story
Duration seconds: 496

## Resource

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.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/episodes/the-gold-digger-is-in-big-trouble-the-celeste-beard-murder-story/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/the-gold-digger-is-in-big-trouble-the-celeste-beard-murder-story.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.