S4 Ep5: Winnie Ruth Judd: The Trunk Murderess

Published: March 25, 2024, 9 a.m.

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When luggage leaking blood arrived at a Los Angeles train depot in 1931, the woman who\'d traveled with the items feigned ignorance -- and then disappeared, leading to a nationwide manhunt that captivated the nation. Because one of the two victims found inside the Winnie Ruth Judd\'s trunks had been dismembered -- and because both she and the victims were beautiful women -- the case generated hundreds of headlines and a memorable moniker: The Trunk Murderess. But were prosecutors\' theories about the Phoenix, Arizona, deaths really true? Or did Judd take the fall for a well-connected accomplice?
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