406: The Murder of Jujube Heiress Ruth Quinn w/ Taylor Kiland

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The small Southern California island of Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired librarian Ruth Quinn was murdered, execution-style, in her cottage. Her death sent a shock wave through the community. The granddaughter of Jujubes and Jujyfruits creator Henry Heide, Ruth was found fully clothed with her shoes on, in her bed, dead from two gunshot wounds. To this day, her murder has never been solved, but whispers about her brother, her son and even a local petty thief still swirl. Author Taylor Baldwin Kiland sifts through the dirt for the facts about Ruth’s life and her untimely end in Coronado. Her book is called "Murder of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Coronado Cold Case". More about the author and her work here: https://taylorkiland.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast.
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0:27.0	That's the Explorers Podcast. Good day all, and welcome to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast.
1:01.8	My guest today I am very excited to announce is Taylor Keeland.
1:06.7	She is a writer and ghost writer who specializes in military nonfiction.
1:13.2	Three of her books are about Vietnam POWs.
1:16.2	Her work has been featured on the New York Times.com website,
1:20.7	The Washington Post.com website, NBC Nightly News, CNN, C-SPAN, and many other media outlets.
1:30.4	She has a new book out called Murder of the Jujubi Candy heiress, a Coronado cold case.
1:39.6	Welcome to the Most Notorious podcast.
1:42.1	It is so great to speak with you.
1:44.6	Well, thank you for having me, Eric.
1:46.9	Absolutely. So this is a book that was a long time coming, right? You've been researching this case for many years.
1:55.2	That is correct. Almost 20 years, to be honest with you.
1:59.9	What was that experience like?
2:02.2	Do you remember when you first decided to write this book?
2:05.2	What has this 20-year process been like?
2:08.8	Well, I do remember exactly where I was when I heard about this case.
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