May Ruth Snyder (née Brown; March 27, 1895 – January 12, 1928) was an American murderer. Her execution in the electric chair at New York 's Sing Sing Prison in 1928 for the murder of her husband, Albert Snyder, was recorded in a highly publicized photograph.

Aug 17, 2018 · In 1927, Ruth Snyder plotted with her lover, Judd Gray, to murder her husband for his insurance policy. The clumsy murderers were quickly caught when a police detective tricked Ruth into confessing.

Sep 24, 2018 · On March 20, 1927, Ruth Snyder claimed two “giant Italians” had broken into her house in Queens and knocked her unconscious. They tied her up and left her in the hallway, she said.

In one hour and 40 minutes, the jury decided to accept Gray's version: He had struck the first blow with the sash weight, Albert Snyder had groaned and turned, and Ruth Snyder had finished him off with blows of her own, after which they together applied the strangling wire and added chloroform-soaked cotton for good measure.

Dec 5, 2024 · Ruth Snyder’s mugshot as she was being transferred to Sing Sing prison in New York state. Feeling rejected by the man she pledged her life to, Ruth began to seek love and pleasure outside of the marriage. This led her to a traveling corset salesman in Queens, New York by the name of Henry Judd Gray.

On the night of January 12, 1928, Ruth Snyder, a Long Island housewife, was electrocuted at New York's Sing Sing prison for the murder of her husband Albert Snyder. Following her to the death chamber was (Henry) Judd Gray, her lover and accomplice.

In 1925 a woman named Ruth Snyder too up with a salesman—a corset and brassiere salesman to be exact—and together on March 20, 1927, they murdered her husband in his bed. Months later, they were both electrocuted.

Nov 8, 2020 · In 1927, Ruth Snyder and her married lover Judd Gray conspired to murder Ruth's husband to get rid of him and collect $100,000 of insurance.

Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, lovers and murderers, last night paid the penalty of love and murder in the same electric chair with 40 witnesses, including two women.