Winnie Ruth Judd's Murders
What secret prompted Judd to murder her friends?
4.4 (28)
59 mins
Explore the shocking case of Winnie Ruth Judd, where a seemingly ordinary woman became the center of one of Arizona’s most infamous murder mysteries. Discover the events that led to the discovery of two bodies inside a trunk and the panic that followed her sudden disappearance.
Ep 1:
The Dripping Trunks of Union Station
Two reeking trunks at LA's Union Station unveil a grisly secret, launching us into preacher's daughter Ruth Judd's tangled path through addiction, illness, and Phoenix's hidden vice-fueled underworld.
Ep 2:
Blood, Betrayal, and the Ironing Board
A jealous scheme over 'Happy Jack' Halloran explodes into gunfire and an ironing-board brawl—then someone performs chillingly precise surgical dismemberment to erase the evidence.
Ep 3:
Manhunt, Surrender, and a Rigged Trial
Ruth flees with a valise of horror, surrenders in a media circus, then faces a trial riddled with vanished evidence, sold crime-scene tickets, and a protected untouchable suspect.
Ep 4:
Escaping the Gallows, Escaping Again
Spared from the noose by a dramatic insanity ruling, Ruth becomes a legendary escape artist, vanishing for years under false identities as a beloved babysitter and maid.
Ep 5:
A Fortune, a Death, and Buried Secrets
Decades later, Ruth wins a stunning legal payout, lives to ninety-three, and leaves behind unanswered questions about who truly helped commit the Trunk Murders.
Discussions (5)
Cyril
Level 10 · 5 mo agoGetting a quarter million dollar settlement for the unpaid labor you did while hiding as a fugitive is the ultimate tax advantaged growth strategy.
Slade
Level 10 · 5 mo agoThat doctor definitely cut those bodies up. A 100 lb girl with tuberculosis is not doing all that.
Andrew
Level 4 · 5 mo agoSo, murder is profitable.
