Tea Time Crimes
The Granite Woman and the Putty Man
Episode Summary
When 19-year-old Ruth Brown meets Albert Snyder, she falls head over heels in love. Twelve years her senior, Albert is able to give Ruth the life she has always wanted. But it’s not long before the marriage turns sour and Ruth finds herself looking to other men for love…and murder.
Episode Notes
When 19-year-old Ruth Brown meets Albert Snyder, she falls head over heels in love. Twelve years her senior, Albert is able to give Ruth the life she has always wanted. But it’s not long before the marriage turns sour and Ruth finds herself looking to other men for love…and murder.
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Theme Music by Brad Frank
Source Notes:
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/ruth-snyder
- https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/snyder-ruth.htm
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/ruth-snyder-judd-gray-trial-1927
- https://headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/ruth-snyder-housewife-murderer/
- https://time.com/3808808/first-photo-electric-chair-execution/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1927/09/07/archives/grandmother-gets-lorraine-snyder-court-awards-guardianship-of.html
- https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-murder-that-inspired-double-indemnity-1bf9f76efff0
- https://www.history.com/news/double-indemnity-1920s-murder-crime-tabloids
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/04/27/104071656.html?pageNumber=16
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAizazVd9o
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zezVrDmk6Mg
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