Ruth Snyder, a housewife from Queens, conspired with her lover Henry Judd Gray to murder her husband, Albert Snyder, in 1927. Seeking to escape her dull married life, she took out a double-indemnity life insurance policy on her husband, then strangled him with picture wire and chloroform, staging the scene to look like a burglary. Their trial became a media sensation, with newspapers dubbing Ruth the “femme fatale” and large crowds gathering outside the courtroom. Both Snyder and Gray were quick