Fatal Friends and Lousy Lovers: The Murders of Ruby Joyner and Halima Jones

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

When two well-respected socialites, professional women and good friends disappear on a shopping trip, police race to get answers before it's too late.

Sources:

Ruby's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155598929/ruby-joyner

Halima's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128183470/halima-r-jones

Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/the-real-murders-of-atlanta/lewis-ruby-joyner-halima-jones-murder-victims

Someone They Knew: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16588958/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1007682073/?match=1&terms=%22halima%20jones%22%20obituary

The Atlanta Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/979287693/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

The Times-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/966599082/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

Sun-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/808558755/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

American Justice: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4670038/

The Atlanta Constitution: https://www.newspapers.com/image/403655879/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/11/22/Man-sought-in-death-of-wife-her-friend/9129817016400/

Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/the-real-murders-of-atlanta/lewis-ruby-joyner-halima-jones-murder-victims

UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/02/02/Atlanta-double-slay-suspect-extradited/1096823237200/

The Atlanta Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/979154163/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

The Times-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/966620229/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/12/01/Atlanta-double-slay-suspect-arraigned/6173817794000/

The Atlanta Constitution: https://www.newspapers.com/image/403046446/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22

The Atlanta Constitution: https://www.newspapers.com/image/402956952/?match=1&terms=%22lewis%20joyner%22%20parole

The Atlanta Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/979153864/?match=1&terms=%22ruby%20joyner%22%20%22halima%20jones%22

The Atlanta Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/979945861/?match=1&terms=%22lewis%20joyner%22%20trial

The Atlanta Constitution: https://www.newspapers.com/image/403024982/?match=1&terms=%22lewis%20joyner%22%20trial

The Atlanta Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/979967296/?match=1&terms=%22jeffrey%20lester%22%20%22lewis%20joyner%22

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0:00.0	All right, Jesse, last time I was in the host chair, but I'm very excited to be back listening
0:05.3	this time.
0:06.5	What do you have for us this week?
0:08.0	When two well-respected socialites, professional women, and good friends disappear on a shopping
0:13.6	trip, police race to get answers before it's too late.
0:18.2	I'm Andy Cassette, and I'm Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. Hi, Andy.
0:47.6	Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about good friends, bad ends, and love
0:53.8	fatally wrong. You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder, a podcast about good friends, bad ends, and love gone fatally wrong.
0:55.2	You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder Pod and on Facebook by searching
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1:23.6	Well, we've got a lot going on. We can sometimes miss a DM or an email.
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