Serial Killers
The Trunk Murderess Whose Gruesome Crime Captivated a Nation 2026-05-18 03:00:0026-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.
Sources for this episode include:
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd by Jana Bommersbach The Arizona Memory Project
“Ruthless: A Long-Lost Confession Letter May Finally Tell the Real Story of Winnie Ruth Judd” by Robrt L. Pela (Phoenix New Times)
“’Trunk Murderess’: Shocking new info about notorious Phoenix murders” by Meredith G. White (Arizona Republic)
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