The Dumb Bell Trial of the Century
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
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In the video today, we're looking at one of the first so-called "trial of the century" cases, nicknamed "the dumbbell murder case" owing to the complete ineptitude of the two individuals in the scheme.
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Your Beard is getting thicker Simone
I've grown to enjoy with amusement the awkward transitions for the sake of commerce. Adultery, murder, and Square Space.
An interesting case. I have to wonder how much of all of the 'accepted' versions of things just came down to Ruth's gender in an effort to save face of a man. From the sounds of it she was severely abused. And whether it was her or Grey (or both) that planned everything, I still wonder if she got a fair hearing or not.
Like the chair Mr.Whistler
"Hell hath no fury and all that..." Delivered the way it was, I think that may be the most British sounding thing my American ears have ever heard and I've been around quite a few people from all over the U.K. You should be proud of that and I would keep that soundbite handy if I were you. Because isolated, it will be even funnier.
I couldn’t stop laughing at a woman getting a job at “Motorboating Magazine”
They have fetish magazines for everything......
I was going to post a comment asking if Vince Vaughn renewed his subscription. Good thing I didn't do that. Wouldn't want people to call my maturity into question.
lol, I stopped the video right after he said that and scrolled down to the comments .. yup, not disappointed.
She was probably a secretary. There weren’t many job options for women back then.
The middle schooler in me giggled her head off at that one 😂
Thumbs up to the busiest narrator on RUclips.
I can’t imagine how this effected Lorraine. Not only was she orphaned but she also had to deal with the stigma of a mother who had been executed
I wonder what happened to her, and to the Grey family.
I've often wondered what happened to little Lorraine and to little Jane Gray, with Lorraine having an even worse situation since she had a murdered Dad and an executed Mom. Maternal grandma got custody of Lorraine. Ruth wrote, "If I had my life to live over again, I'd be what I hope my child will be, a good girl really making the fear of God a guide to a straight life." Before being executed, Ruth wrote a letter she put in a sealed envelope and asked it be given to Lorraine when she reached an age of understanding.
"Two unknown italian assailants"
Hahaha, that must be the pre-war version of "some puerto rican guy"
That is 100% accurate. First it was Africans, then Irish, then Italians, then Mexicans, and now it's Muslims and of course the Jews were always in the mix. People really are terrible to each other.
LMAO, I loved that episode.
Interesting fact, I was pulling up old flooring in a town house years ago, built during the 19th century. Between the layers was newspaper, which is nothing new. One of the articles was titled “What’s the definition of Dago?”
Yeah, it pretty much was. Italians were looked upon as anarchists.
@@acetate909 actually, now it's the Russians
@@redram5150 That slur is just so dumb..
It comes from Diego. A Spanish name, but was used nearly exclusively against Italians.
Gray should have been acquitted, I mean the guy golfed, bridged and motored for god's sake.
Cops = "Do you recognize these initials?"
Ruth = "Oh, did Judd confess?"
Cops = "(God, she's stupid) "No, he said you did it."
Ruth = "That lying bastard!"
🤣 I thought that part was so funny!
The Lingerie salesman didn't give the police the slip!!!
"Why murder him instead of divorce him?" Interesting question, but what I want answered most is... why did the husband stay after all these failed murder attempts? They can't all have been that sneaky or subtle that he didn't notice!
I don't think divorces were that common until the 80s
They didn't have Tinder back then. Back in those days it was take what you can get or marry your cousin
Lenny naw. Even in the 60’s, divorce was pretty common. I was born in 60. When I met my husbands parents for the first time, I was a bit surprised they were his original parents lol.
When a woman cares for her man enough to want him dead, well, you keep a woman like that.
Far better than a woman who doesn't care at all.
LOL I was wondering about that myself. He couldn't have been very smart if he stuck around after all those "accidents"!
The chair is EPIC!!!!! That Alistair McCookie m’n’f’n Monsterpiece Theatre style chair rules, now you only need a hashpipe
If the Three Stooges did a 'perfect crime' movie, this'd be it...
This made me laugh out loud
in the most real interpretation possible
Not just exhaling from my nose 😂😂😂😂
You owe me a coke and a keyboard 😂
WHY SOITENLY! NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK!!!!!😆
The Corset salesman didn't give the police the slip!!!
"...her husband, apparently 'the bravest man in the world'...". That's hilarious!!! 😜
That electric chair photo is freaky af.
Picture of death by electric chair was shocking.
Ironic pun.
@rwsthedemonking your grammar is the most demonic thing about you
That would be the opposite of ironic
Positively Shocking...
Gotta love how the media instantly assumed the woman was the only truly guilty person.
Yes. Judd Gray's story made her into a kind of ultimate femme fatale, likening her to a Theda Bara character.
This sounds like the plot of a Coen Brother's movie.
Fun fact: George Wendt, as in Norm from Cheers, had an uncle who took the picture.
Does Simon sleep?
Love the content on all the channels. Thank you everyone who is involved with creating such great videos
No he doesn't sleep. He isn't real
@@brantleyhester6641 He and his beautiful beard _are_ real!
@@calisahardy4845 Yeah and so is Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Haha
@@brantleyhester6641 boo..hiss
@@calisahardy4845 lol
I read about this in the Bill Bryson book 1927: One Summer - well done - very interesting!
Great book 👍
15:09 That segway was smooth, caught me off-guard, well done.
So... She hid the jewerly under the matress......... That was SO DUMB
"Shockingly good." 😂
@Randi Johnson: "I could get the electric chair for a phoney rap, long as she's sitting on my lap, my women
-Aw Heck, by John Prine
Here's a picture of a woman being executed in an electric chair. "Squarespace."
I was just about to say the same thing 😄
Squarespace - Located on Electric Ave. "Alegendly"
I'm always amazed at the stupidity of some criminals. At least I'm smart enough to know I'd get caught.
😳
Why is this the first time I've come across this Simon channel, this video is 9mths old!
Dumb Bell(s) is totally accurate, the Keystone Cops could have solved this case, they deserved each other and their punishments.
Tom Howard, the press photographer who took the photograph of Ruth Snyder's execution, was the grandfather of actor George Wendt, "Norm" out of "Cheers".
You know what else is shockingly good? The way you transition over to your add reads.
Great video!
It sounds as if Jean Guischard dodged a bullet by dying from pneumonia before she married Albert Snyder, poor woman.
Nice chair Simon... pure class
Oh, I knew this would be one of Simon's channels. Dropped by to see if I was right 😆
The real question is, how did Simon get a boo boo on his finger?
Ten Little Canvases oh another one for Today I found out.
It's known commonly as a "wedding ring" usually aquired through means of vaginal influence. Unfortunately it usually causes an infection which leads to personality changes and codependent tendencies
"shocking the nation"
See what you did there sir. Well played.
Very interesting
Using Square Space seems "super easy, barely an inconvenience..."
This episode is “shockingly good”
Such lovely people!
Thank you
shockingly good
Weird to get to see simons fake legs even with camera angles and CGI. They still look like their just stuffed trousers/pants. I bet if he moved we would see stuffing fall out,
In British English, "trousers" and "pants" are two different articles of clothing!
@@robinhays8779 I know. I use trousers but I slashed pants for my North American brethren. How about "his badly stuffed slacks"?
@@TheLoxxxton My apologies, I didn't realize you were British.
@@robinhays8779 do tell.
Should advertise this channel on your other channels, I had forgotten this one existed... thanks mostly to the algorithm
The "shocking" puns...bravo.
This video starts talking about a completely different case, after the commercial. No one else noticed?
Double Indemnity brought me here. I just seen the movie. Did a little research to find out It was loosely based on this case.
A year later....Simon, I still love your beard.😍🙋🏻♀️
Jesus Simon, how many channels do you have?
Simon, you're getting very good with your lead-ins to your sponsors. Let me guess, it was an all-man jury.
Would not an all make jury be more inclined to exonerate the male defendant, or at least hand down a lighter sentence in this case?
@@WeirdOne19142 nah, all male would probably (esp at the time) give the harshest sentences they could to both
@@golddragonette7795 yeah you're probably right about that, actually.
"...not being as good as Julie had been as... well, seemingly everything..." Everything, except recovering from pneumonia. Maybe Julie had died to escape the turd she was affianced to.
I just cant hardly believe stuff that people do!😮
Yep
He named his boat "Not Ruth"? Badass.
If business blaze Simon heard that segway he would've badabumbumtshhhed.
Everywhere I look.... -Simon
Does Simon’s voice get weird at 12:04? Does anybody else hear that?
Paul Kizer I heard it 😂
I was starting to think you'd given up on this channel
Simon cant give up it's not in his programming
@@theangryaustralian7624 The "you" wasn't specific to Simon.
Good ☝ busy Simon😉
Ah, so it was the "Dumbbell" Trial of the Century. I wondered how a clapperless bell or a mute person named Bell came into the story.
You sound a bit congested, are you doing ok?
Simon's reason for starting this channel you ask? He got a new chair.
The lesson, if at first you don't succeed try, try again. 🤣🤣
3:53 - that's not Judd Gray, that's one of her lawyers.
Long Island,last witchcraft trial,Lion Gardiner, Much interesting, Do tell...
Wow what a jacked up relationship!!
She REMOVED a jack while he was under the car,
So it was an unjacked up relationship!
@rwsthedemonking some of his behaviour sounds pretty abusive - in the twenties, do you really think people cared about a man abusing his wife? Emotionally and mentally abusive behaviour was largely ignored and coercive control laws are only now coming into force
Are you by any chance the son of John Moschitta Jr.? You remind me of him.
James Bond (Sean Connery), after throwing a plugged-in electric fan into a water-filled bathtub, thus electrocuting the tub's occupant: "Shocking."
Shocking.......Positively Shocking...
@8:42 I think you meant "J G"- in that order...
I swear, killers usually confess without knowing they've confessed.🤣🤦🏻♀️
I like the chair
Hey! How did people keep up with the stock market without computers or electricity
There was electricity in many places. For the stock markets, there were stock ticker machines which printed out the activities on long thin strips of paper called ticker tape. The info was sent via telegraph.
They sometimes used the used ticker tape to throw out of the upper windows on people during parades.
Tickers were used for sports betting too.
@@maryhildreth754 that is very interesting. Thank you. what about before electricity in the 1800s?
@@aaronberta3958 I dont know but I would imagine the investors would have their brokers make the decisions and the brokers would have to be located near the exchange so that they could work in the exchange all day. They probably had some sort of sign to change by hand and had people watching making decisions and relating them to workers on the floor with some type of hand signals like bookies use at the track. I'd like to know the answer now. Maybe Simon can do something about it. I hope he talks about things the stock exchange and gambling have in common too lol
@rwsthedemonking bro what 😂
"...shocking the nation..." ⚡
Motorboating Magazine. Lol
If anyone is curious the skull is a male. Females don't have brow ridges.
Marry me? Nah, I’m going back to Italy. DEAD. Marry me? Ok......... On second thought, I’m going back to Italy.
Some slightly modernised examples of William Congreve's oft-misquoted wisdom:
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
(I can't get RUclips to separate the lines properly. There are four separate pearls of wisdom here.)
Can someone please make a dark comedy about this shit because that would be amazing xD
If you're in a shakey relationship and your value is that of an up-right dog with a paycheck that might not be the time to make yourself worth substantially more if you're under the dirt. It might be wise to put off that decision until a later date.
BONUS
God! This guy Albert! 🤦♂️
Out landish people right?
I think they called it the dumb bell murders Is because of the weights used. Lol
True equality....
A relationship that started with him yelling at her. Sure, what could go wrong?
the man the legend the Judd
15:15 - Mid roll ads
Well. They seem nice.
Wow I really feel for the lil girl, but what on earth made her marry him in the first place, he sure didn't sound like the romantic and wooing type.
This is literally an episode of the podcast. -.-
True :-) More people should go listen there and get to hear Simon's hilarious "team Judd" rant ;-) -Daven
@@HighlightHistory I'd like to hear that! I did a search but couldn't find it.. didn't really know what to search for anyway!
No relation that I know of.
We are a persistent, if occasionally inept, bunch….
Alot of shocking puns
Simon have 4 RUclips channels
Bio, Geo, High Lite History, TIFO, Toptenz and that Politic whatever channel I can't remember the name. I think that's all
Actually, he has eight channels, so far.
Business Blaze! That's my most recent favorite one. The funniest I think.
@@KristopherBel yup business blaze is by FAR his best channel
The guy who took the picture of Ruth Snyder being electrocuted is the great grandpa of...Jason Sudeikis.
The news of the day not vilifying the man and favoring the woman impresses me almost as much as a woman being sentenced equal to the man who committed the crime with her.
Can’t say I’m surprised all sorts of people were trying to get her clemency, and not her co-conspirator.
rwsthedemonking doesn’t change that most people believe women should be punished less than a man for the same crime
@@redram5150 no one believes that..men just use it as an excuse to hate on women..keep spreading false info your awesome at it .
HappyHappy JoyJoy reality disagrees with you. And I’m playing the violin just for you.
The cops got this one right.
Judd was spineless. No woman is worth murdering for.
Judd's such a solid guy. #imwithjudd #freejudd
_"Motorboating Magazine"_ - wow - they have a magazine or a website for _every_ fetish and kink . . .
Simon seemed a bit hoarse in this one
Simon I love you brother but your heart's not in this stuff I need a history Blaze let's make some jokes you are Legend thoroughly entertaining entertain me
Dammit Simon, I don't care if you are the only articulate person here. You have to stop coming in on your days off !
I Find "shockingly good" commet to be of poor taste in the context :(
Like im cool with it, but each one is a different personality and im starting to wonder if the cocaine was actually a joke 😅😅