Chilling words Nancy Brophy wrote in her essay ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ before killing chef spouse

AN author who published an essay titled "How to Murder Your Husband" outlined several ways of getting away with it before killing her own spouse.

Romance novelist Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 71, was convicted in the 2018 shooting death of her chef husband of 26 years Dan Brophy in Portland, Oregon.

Prosecutors said in her trial that Nancy was motivated by greed and a $1.4million insurance policy.

Deputy District Attorney Shawn Overstreet told jurors she “executed what she perhaps believed to be the perfect plan."

Police said Nancy followed her husband to work at a culinary school and shot him twice - first in the back, then once in the chest at close range as he was on the floor.

Years before her second-degree murder conviction, Nancy wrote the notorious blog post that details the pros and cons of killing an evil husband.

“As a romantic suspense writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about murder and, consequently, about police procedure. After all, if the murder is supposed to set me free, I certainly don’t want to spend any time in jail," Nancy wrote in the since-deleted blog post, according to .

"And let me say clearly for the record, I don’t like jumpsuits and orange isn’t my color."

Nancy reportedly added: “Divorce is expensive, and do you really want to split your possessions?”

The blog post also included possible motives for murder, including financial, “lying, cheating bastard” and abuser.

The author also outlined several methods, writing that knives were “personal and close up. Blood everywhere,” and poison, “considered a woman’s weapon” was too easy to trace.

Additionally, Nancy explained that guns were “loud, messy, require some skill."

The judge in Nancy's trial, however, ruled the essay could not be admitted as evidence because it was written years before as part of a writing seminar, reported.