Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén — Season 1, Episode 18: The Trunk Murderess Whose Gruesome Crime Captivated a Nation
Talk • 29 min • 1 season, 16 episodes
Episode synopsis
26-year-old "trunk murderess" Winnie Ruth Judd killed her two best friends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she stuffed both of them into trunks and loaded them on a train to Los Angeles. What the press assumed was a simple case of jealousy only got messier with each new version of the story Winnie told.
About Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Welcome to your weekly journey into the darkest corners of human nature. Join Harvey Guillén every Monday as he explores crimes that seized the public’s attention, from jaw-dropping heists and devastating cons to serial murders and deadly rivalries. Each episode unfolds a single case, examining not just the events themselves, but what continues to linger beneath the surface.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Talhotblond: A Catfish Tale
- E2Chippendales : Club Owner's Paranoia Spirals Into Murder
- E3Diamond Wheezers : Aging Thieves Plan One FInal Heist
- E4The Church Lady Murder : Imaginary Love Triangle Ends in Tragedy
- E5The Fortune Teller's Fortune : Psychic's Scam Rakes in Millions
- E6Chloe Ayling : Kidnapping Victim or Fame Hungry Model?
- E7The Cheerleader Murder : A 1980's High School Clique Turns Deadly
- E8Dalia Dippolito : A Black Widdow , a Murder Plot , and a Web of Lies
- E9Buried Alive : The FBI's "Most Bizarre" Kidnapping Ever
- E10Teresita Basa : The Victim Who Solved Her Own Murder
- E11The Stalker on Silent Mode : Killer Sends Threathening Texts For Years
- E12The Dog Lady , The Killer She Loved , and Their Prison Break