ing ▁cust ody ▁of ▁little ▁Paul ▁and ▁learning ▁he ▁wasn ' t ▁a ▁true ▁" S ten beck ". ▁His ▁p lo ys ▁included ▁trying ▁to ▁kill ▁John ▁D ixon ▁by ▁poison ing ▁a ▁jug ▁of ▁water ▁so ▁he ▁wouldn ' t ▁expose ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁bi ological ▁" S ten beck ", ▁h iring ▁a ▁woman ▁named ▁M me . ▁K oster ▁to ▁pose ▁as ▁" S yl via " ▁Barbara ' s ▁house keeper ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁drive ▁Barbara ▁ins ane , ▁and ▁even ▁tried ▁to ▁poison ▁G unn ar ▁numerous ▁times ▁to ▁gain ▁the ▁sole ▁fortune . ▁When ▁all ▁else ▁failed , ▁James ▁turned ▁to ▁attempting ▁to ▁murder ▁G unn ar ▁by ▁throwing ▁him ▁from ▁a ▁cat walk , ▁but ▁Barbara ▁saved ▁G unn ar ▁when ▁she ▁shot ▁James , ▁but ▁he ▁surv ived . ▁He ▁attempted ▁to ▁take ▁Barbara ▁to ▁court ▁for ▁attempted ▁murder ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁gain ▁Paul . ▁ ▁Kar en ▁H aines ▁came ▁into ▁the ▁mix ▁when ▁she ▁discovered ▁the ▁truth ▁about ▁James ▁via ▁the ▁t apes ▁in ▁John ' s ▁safe . ▁However , ▁Barbara ' s ▁court ▁case ▁for ▁attempted ▁murder ▁went ▁over ▁as ▁James ▁planned ▁and ▁he ▁gained ▁Paul ▁and ▁St en beck ▁fortune , ▁but ▁Kar en ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁get ▁her ▁hands ▁on ▁some ▁money , ▁black ma iled ▁James ▁into ▁marry ing ▁her ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁John ▁however ▁soon ▁res ur fac ed ▁alive ▁and ▁test ified ▁to ▁Barbara ' s ▁san ity ▁( after