178: The Trunk Murderess, Winnie Ruth Judd | USA

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 10 April 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On an October night in 1931, a baggage handler on the Golden State Limited from Phoenix to Los Angeles noticed a bad smell protruding from two black trunks, with blood seeping from the bottom. At first, he assumed that someone was transporting deer meat interstate, but he was mistaken… The black travel trunks contained something far more sinister. And the elegant female passenger in the brown dress suit who had brought the trunks onto the train had a lot to answer for…

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1:13.4	Phoenix Union Station was busy with passengers from all walks of life on Monday, the 18th
1:17.6	of October, 1931.
1:19.8	Porter scurried along, making sure that baggage was loaded into wagons, family and friends
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