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🎙 Episode 90: Winnie Ruth Judd — “The Woman in the Brown Suit”
Part 1 of a multi-part series

She was described as frail. Pretty. Melancholic.
 But behind the soft voice and quiet eyes was a woman unraveling—torn between love, illness, and rejection.

In this opening chapter of the Winnie Ruth Judd story, host Sidney Smith takes listeners into 1931 Phoenix, Arizona—where class, power, and gender collided inside a small house on Brill Street.

From whispers behind closed doors to a man who never looked down far enough to see the damage he left behind, this is the slow burn of a crime that hadn't happened yet… but was already leaving bruises.

📍 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
📅 Lead-Up to Crime: Summer–Fall 1931
👥 Central Figures: Winnie Ruth Judd, Agnes Anne LeRoi, Hedvig “Sammy” Samuelson, Jack Halloran
🧠 Themes: Isolation, female rivalry, unchecked privilege, deteriorating mental health
📖 Next Episode: Part 2 – "The Trunks and the Train"

Official Sources Used:
– The Trunk Murderess by Jana Bommersbach
– Arizona State Archives trial transcripts
– Phoenix PD case files
– Historical news coverage (1931–1933)
– Psychiatric and parole documents (AZ Historical Society)

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🎙 Produced in partnership with Sidney Smith Cre8tiv, LLC and the You Hear Good Things podcast network.
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