Family story/step great-grandma

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Family stories are always one of my favorite things to listen to my parents talk about. It just so happens a lot of my family history is filled with tragedy. My mom's grandpa from her dad was a widower and he remarried a woman who had a couple of dead husbands. It was said they believe she killed my grandpa's brother. My great-grandfather's new wife was quite a bit younger than my great-grandfather. My great-grandfather had money which is why everyone believes she married him. My great uncle was closer in age to the wife and the wife seemed to like him but he wanted nothing to do with her and even made his feelings on her being with his father quite clear. Shortly after this declaration of his hatred towards her he dropped dead out of nowhere. This woman's previous husbands suspiciously ended up dead too. Everyone thought my great-uncle's death was suspicious as he was so young and they wanted his body exhumed to be tested for poison but she threatened my great-grandfather if he were to do that she'd leave. That alone says a lot because if she knew she didn't do anything wrong you'd think she would want her name cleared. My mom said she was actually pretty nice to her and she liked her but didn't trust her when she was a kid. My mom said she and her cousin wouldn't eat any food until her biological granddaughter ate it first because they figured she wouldn't try and kill her. It amuses me to think about my mother and cousin sitting at the dinner suspiciously waiting to make sure the woman's biological children and grandchildren don't drop dead first. They believe that the step-grandma was only a threat if you were married to her and tried to leave or if she found you to be a threat. All of my aunts and uncles said they didn't personally have any issues with her but they were always suspicious of her. My great-grandfather's money didn't go to his children or grandchildren it went to his wife and her biological children and grandchildren. We all figure it was probably for the best that my grandpa didn't inherit anyway because it would have been wasted on booze and other women that weren't my grandma. I always heard my great-grandfather was kind of cold. My mom was burnt really bad as a kid and he would take her to her appointments which was nice of him but my mom says he barely talked to her. My aunt says he used to walk with her to get water and then would make her carry it back while walking behind her telling her to move faster. They all say the possible murderer wife of his was nicer than he was.