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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Juddby: Jana Bommersbach  List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $13.22 You Save: $3.73 (22%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 364 EAN: 9781590580646 ISBN: 1590580648 Label: Poisoned Pen Press Manufacturer: Poisoned Pen Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 280 Publication Date: March 30, 2003 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Studio: Poisoned Pen Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 nation--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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - An Interesting ReadI was completely unfamiliar with this case when I read this book. The first section is quite dry with extraneous detail (a common foible of true crime books, I admit) about Phoenix of the 1930's and I almost decided to put it down. I'm glad I didn't. Although the details of the crime itself were interesting, I found the real enjoyment of this book came from following the bizarre course of Ruth Judd's life. I kept turning pages to find out what would happen to her next. About the time she opened ... Read More 
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