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Ruthless : Husband Killer Ruth Snyder
The Roaring Twenties were a time of great change in the United States. The population in the cities grew rapidly, women were gaining more rights, and the widespread of newspapers allowed everyone to read the latest news from every corner of the country. So if a crime occurred somewhere, millions of people would be able to follow the case as it developed. New York was getting pretty crowded as well and it was the place to be if you wanted to make a name for yourself. Probably the most iconic symbol of the Twenties was the flapper girl. They were young women who liked to dress well, dance, and party till the early morning hours. But when a flapper girl from New York murdered her husband in order to collect the insurance money, everyone watched the story unfold. So many intriguing details were uncovered immediately after the crime that the majority of readership simply couldn’t get enough of the juicy details and ended up following the court proceedings until the very end.