California's First Woman on Death Row: Trunk Murderess Emma Ledoux

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing  the case of Emma LeDoux the "Trunk Murderous" who was the first woman to ever get the death penalty in California!

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Timestamps: 
0:00 - Early Life & Marriage 
1:24 - 2nd Marriage
3:12 - Albert McVicar, Eugene LeDoux & Joseph Heele
5:39 - Albert tries to win Emma back 
8:50 - The Trunk
12:20 - The investigation 
17:46 - The Trial 
20:10 - The Appeal & Plea
21:36 - Parole, 5th Marriage & ANOTHER scam?
23:50 - Outro 

 ► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY,  Based on actual events.

 ►Sources:
This account was written in 1910 - So when there were conflicting details, I went with the ones listed in this article, as other sources were written much later: https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/ccca/emma-ledoux-housewife-prostitute-bigamist-murderess/ 
https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/emma-ledoux-murder-case-trial-death-penalty-13008192.php 
https://hagginmuseum.org/collections/emma-ledoux/ 
https://soundingsmag.net/2020/08/26/little-trunk-of-horrors/
https://kingsriverlife.com/05/04/pretty-as-poison-the-life-crimes-accomplices-of-californias-first-black-widow-part-1/ 
http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2015/09/emma-ledoux-american-black-widow-serial.html

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