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The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd (1992)

par Jana Bommersbach

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If history is right, a 26 year-old beauty named Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best girlfriends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she hacked up their bodies, stuffed the pieces into a trunk, and took them by train to Los Angeles as her baggage. If history is right, she was sentenced to die but "cheated the gallows" by acting insane. She spent nearly 40 years in Arizona's insane asylum-flummoxing officials by escaping six times. If history is right, she only got her freedom at age 66-after serving more time than any other convicted murderer in the history of the nationâ??because Arizona was finally tired of punishing her. But if history is wrong, Winnie Ruth Judd's life was squandered in a horrible miscarriage of justice. Award-winning journalist Jana Bommersbach reinvestigates the twisted, bizarre murder case that has captivated the nation for decades. She not only uncovers evidence long hidden, but gets Winnie Ruth Judd to break her life-long silence and finally speak. In telling the story of this American crime legend, Bommersbach also tells the story of Phoenix, Arizona-a backwater town that would become a major American city-and the story of a unique moment in American history filled with social taboos.But most of all, she tells the story of a woman with the courage to survive.… (plus d'informations)

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This was not riveting. At times it seem repetitive. It was well researched and she uncovered some facts that might not have come to light. It would probably be more interesting to someone familiar with the case. ( )
  dara85 | Nov 8, 2023 |
This fascinating story tells of Winnie Ruth Judd, 26-years-old in 1931, and of the aftermath of the murder of her two best friends one Saturday night. Two days later, she and two heavy, leaking trunks boarded a train for Los Angeles. She disappeared, but when her trunks were examined, the bodies of her best friends, one cut into four pieces, were discovered inside.

Winnie turned herself in days later, and then began forty years of sensational news, trials, appeals, insane asylums, escapes and possibly some VERY gross miscarriages of justice.

Bommersbach is an Arizona journalist and first began digging into Judd's story for an article. However, the more she dug, the more she found that pointed to a coverup - transcripts and evidence that was never mentioned during trial, for example.

Having lived in AZ all my life, I found this so interesting! Some of the names mentioned rang bells, but I had never heard Judd's name before, so this was eye-opening, to say the least.

Recommended - I read it for a book group, and we had a great time discussing the circumstances, the ridiculous (and often false) news coverage and all the conspiracies... ( )
  kayceel | Jun 3, 2010 |
I read this book because it was chosen for the 2010 onebook arizona book. I enjoyed reading it, not so much for the mystery, but more for the history of Phoenix in the 30's. The book kept my interest and the last chapter brings up quite a bit of interesting perspectives on the incident that rocked the nation. ( )
  MolTom | Feb 25, 2010 |
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If history is right, a 26 year-old beauty named Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best girlfriends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she hacked up their bodies, stuffed the pieces into a trunk, and took them by train to Los Angeles as her baggage. If history is right, she was sentenced to die but "cheated the gallows" by acting insane. She spent nearly 40 years in Arizona's insane asylum-flummoxing officials by escaping six times. If history is right, she only got her freedom at age 66-after serving more time than any other convicted murderer in the history of the nationâ??because Arizona was finally tired of punishing her. But if history is wrong, Winnie Ruth Judd's life was squandered in a horrible miscarriage of justice. Award-winning journalist Jana Bommersbach reinvestigates the twisted, bizarre murder case that has captivated the nation for decades. She not only uncovers evidence long hidden, but gets Winnie Ruth Judd to break her life-long silence and finally speak. In telling the story of this American crime legend, Bommersbach also tells the story of Phoenix, Arizona-a backwater town that would become a major American city-and the story of a unique moment in American history filled with social taboos.But most of all, she tells the story of a woman with the courage to survive.

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