#GreedIsGood: The Crimes of Alan Hruby

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

I saw a meme one time that said, “It’s funny how sometimes the people you’d take a bullet for are the ones behind the trigger.” Most of the time that’s just a metaphor, a way to describe the way it feels when a loved one betrays you. But not always. Sometimes betrayals come written in blood—and more often than not, from somebody you loved and trusted. You couldn’t find a clearer example of that than this week’s case, a story where two of the most powerful forces in the world—love and greed—clash, and three innocent people end up paying the price.

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Sources:
CNBC's "American Greed," episode "Blood Relatives"
OU Daily: https://www.oudaily.com/news/former-ou-student-alan-hruby-to-serve-three-life-sentences-for-family-murders/article_694a7d1e-e6f6-11e5-9140-5bdaa97cf79f.html
OU Daily: https://www.oudaily.com/news/university-explains-precautions-taken-during-duncan-murders-investigation/article_f6e27d1a-5643-11e4-910c-001a4bcf6878.html
OU Daily: https://www.oudaily.com/news/alan-hruby-gave-a-fake-name-when-he-was-pulled/article_c5de1850-5b02-11e4-b5ea-001a4bcf6878.html
Jim Fisher: https://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-alan-hruby-murder-case-in-cold.html
The Lawton Constitution: https://www.swoknews.com/police-find-pistol-linked-to-hruby-case/article_af4bb9d6-dbd4-5c4f-80fa-ee8b5f5342b9.html

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0:00.0	Hello, campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.7	We're your camp counselors. I'm Katie. And I'm Whitney.
0:08.1	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.
0:12.0	We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:19.2	I saw a meme one time that said, it's funny how sometimes the people you'd take a bullet for
0:24.5	are the ones behind the trigger. Most of the time that's just a metaphor, a way to describe the way it
0:30.0	feels when a loved one betrays you, but not always. Sometimes betrayals come written in blood,
0:35.7	and more often than not, from somebody you loved and trusted.
0:39.7	You couldn't find a clearer example of that than this week's case, a story where two of the most powerful forces in the world, love and greed, clash, and three innocent people end up paying the price.
0:52.6	This is hashtag greed is good, the crimes of Alan Ruby.
1:06.4	So, campers, for this one, we're in the little town of Duncan, Oklahoma, October 13th, 2014.
1:14.0	At about 9 o'clock that morning, a 911 call came into the local dispatch.
1:18.7	I need somebody at Bent Tree, a woman said. She sounded terrified. I think there's been a murder.
1:24.6	The Ruby's, hurry. Breathless from panic, the lady explained that she was the Ruby family's housekeeper,
1:30.8	and she'd just arrived to clean the place.
1:33.3	Mr. and Mrs. Ruby and Catherine Ruby are laying on the floor, she said. I think they're dead.
1:39.2	People all over town had been getting worried about the rubies. They'd been missing appointments
1:43.5	the past few days, and 17-year-old Catherine had missed school two about the rubies, they'd been missing appointments the past few days,
1:44.7	and 17-year-old Catherine had missed school two days in a row, Friday and Monday, without calling.
1:50.9	As investigators arrived at the Ruby's big brick house, they noticed a couple of important things.
1:56.6	First, there was a security camera perched on top of the roof. That meant there might be footage of the killer or killers.
2:03.4	And second, as they approached the door, they detected a familiar smell,
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