Mrs. Sherlock Holmes Take On The NYPD - February 13 2026

Morning Cup of Murder

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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February 13th: Ruth Cruger Goes Missing (1917) Sometimes a case is greatly affected by what is going on in the world at the time. On February 13th 1917 a young girl went out to run an errand and never came back home. A case that was incredibly changed and altered by the deep fears and perceptions of the nation's people at the time. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-ruth-cruger-murder, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/934331/figure/fig01, https://nypost.com/2017/01/09/how-the-real-life-mrs-sherlock-holmes-showed-up-the-nypd/, https://www.nytimes.com/1917/06/24/archives/mrs-humiston-the-woman-who-shamed-police-in-the-ruth-cruger-murder.html, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19170623.2.633&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mrs-sherlock-holmes-takes-on-the-nypd-60624549/, https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/09/25/cops-tried-to-pin-blame-on-victim-bungled-investigation-in-1917-manhattan-disappearance/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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