Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

26-year-old "trunk murderess" Winnie Ruth Judd killed her two best friends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she stuffed both of them into trunks and loaded them on a train to Los Angeles. What the press assumed was a simple case of jealousy only got messier with each new version of the story Winnie told.Sources for this episode include:

The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd by Jana Bommersbach The Arizona Memory Project

“Ruthless: A Long-Lost Confession Letter May Finally Tell the Real Story of Winnie Ruth Judd” by Robrt L. Pela (Phoenix New Times)

“'Trunk Murderess': Shocking new info about notorious Phoenix murders” by Meredith G. White (Arizona Republic) Keep up with Killer Stories! Instagram: @killerstoriespodTikTok: @killerstoriespodX: @killerstorieshq
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When McDonald’s ran its beloved 1990s Monopoly sweepstakes, Jerome "Uncle Jerry" Jacobson had one job: Protect the game pieces. Instead, he used his position as Head of Security to rig the game. For years. To the tune of over $24 million in cash and prizes.

Sources for this episode include:"How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions." by Jeff Maysh The Daily Beast, July 29, 2018.

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When two members of the same family contract a mysterious illness, evidence points toward one lethal commonality: the manipulative matriarch, Audrey Marie Hilley. But once she’s caught, she escapes, evading capture for years by turning her life into a soap opera.

Sources for this episode include:

Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax by Philip E. GinsburgHilley v. StateAP News Archives

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A boisterous entertainer and wannabe opera singer disappears from her London home. Before detectives find human remains in the basement, her mild-mannered husband flees across the Atlantic with his lover, in disguise.Sources for this episode include:

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

Molecules of Murder: Criminal Molecules and Classic Cases by John Emsley

Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold“Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?” (BBC)Keep up with Killer Stories! Instagram: @killerstoriespodTikTok: @killerstoriespodX: @killerstorieshq
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In 1980s Los Angeles, a charismatic prep-school hustler builds the Billionaire Boys Club—part investment syndicate, part illusion—until a high-stakes con, a missing mogul, and a pair of brutal murders expose how greed, privilege, and cocaine turned a fantasy of wealth into a deadly spiral.

Sources for this episode include:

Billionaire Boys Club (HBO)

“The True Story of the Billionaire Boys Club” (Esquire)

“Notorious founder of the Billionaire Boys Club wants parole.” (LA Times)

“Fast Cars, Armani Suits, Pretty Women: How the 'Billionaire Boys Club' Led to Murder” (People)

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