In April of 1922, in a small corner of the Bronx in New York. There were curious questions about what might have happened to Mrs. Jennie Becker. A hardworking stay-at-home mother of four who fiercely loved her children. On April 6th, she and her husband, Abraham Becker, had attended a party together. On April 7th, Abraham was telling friends and family that Jennie had left with another man. She left her husband, kids, and life for a mystery man. She was never seen alive again. Was this a love triangle gone wrong, or is there something more sinister about? Let’s go over the case.

When: Sunday, March 20th 1927 Who:  Henry Judd Gray: Suspect Ruth Snider: Victims Wife Albert Snyder: Victim Lorraine Snyder: Daughter, 9 years old.  George Vincent McLaughlin: New York City Police Commissioner More information about the case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Snyder https://www.americanheritage.com/she-had-die#1 https://law.jrank.org/pages/2883/Ruth-Snyder-Judd-Gray-Trial-1927.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vincent_McLaughlin Hello everyone, and welcome to Forgotten True Crime by Okie Investigations, the True Crime Podcast …

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Albert Latham came back from the great war in 1918 as a family hero. He saved his marriage with Gertrude Latham in the process, and they moved to a beautiful home in Binghamton, New York. On March 3rd, 1922, all of that had changed. Albert emerged from his home with a bullet wound to his head and hand, saying his wife tried to kill him. She was now dead…

This story is from the book “Celebrated Criminal Cases of America” by Thomas Duke. It is a work that is in the public domain and is considered to be the first True Crime book of its type. We are presenting the story here below and then we dive further into the story by doing our …

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December 5th 1937, In Pryor Oklahoma.  News travels fast though the little towns in  Oklahoma.   Pryor was no exception, especially when it came to helping your neighbor.  That day many of the residents in Pryor were gathering at the Hubbard farm, to search and see if they could find Ralph.  You see, earlier that …

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