Winnie Ruth Judd, known as the trunk murderess died at the age of 93 in Arizona. She was in prison most of her life for one of the craziest crimes of the century and one she claimed self defense on. The entire murder and bizarre aftermath is fascinating. I mean, who the hell does this shit? The sick Pic below is of the contents of the trunks.

In 1931 with the great depression in full swing a sensational story was needed, and Winnie gave it to them by getting caught with trunks full of cut up dead bodies.

Mrs. Judd, 26, a doctors wife, arrived in Los Angeles with trunks that seemed to be dripping blood. When asked to open them by police, she stated she did not have a key and left the scene. Winnie Judd was tracked down and the trunks were opened. The trunks of course, contained cut up dead bodies.

then a 26-year-old secretary at a Phoenix medical clinic and the wife of a doctor, arrived at

Inside the large trunk, police found the body of Agnes Anne LeRoi, 32. In the smaller trunks was the body of Hedvig Samuelson, 24. The body was cut up so it would fit into the trunk. There was also a fourth part found later.

Seems the women shared a residence, got in an argument and were fatally shot. Mrs. Judd cut up the body to fit in the trunk and took it with her. To this day, no one is really clear what they were arguing about.

“Four days after the bodies were discovered, Mrs. Judd was arrested in Los Angeles. She quickly became an object of curiosity. When she was returned to Phoenix for trial, thousands lined the streets for a glimpse, and the owner of the home where the murders occurred sold 10-cent tickets for tours.”

Winnie Judd always maintained that the women attacked her and she shot them in self defense, the prosecution asserted that she shot the women while they slept out of jealousy. She was found guilty and received the death penalty, death by hanging. Thousands of people wrote in to save her including Eleanor Roosevelt.

She escaped six times after that and stayed out for seven years at one time under an assumed name. In 1971, she was judged to be sane and released. She died at the age of 93

What a crazy life!