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!🏦Tip Jar, to help me keep going, I would greatly appreciate it! =) You can do that here: buymeacoffee.com/historyhearsay Timestamps: 0:00 - Early Life & Marriage 1:24 - 2nd Marriage3:12 - Albert McVicar, Eugene LeDoux & Joseph Heele5:39 - Albert tries to win Emma back 8:50 - The Trunk12:20 - The investigation 17:46 - The Trial 20:10 - The Appeal & Plea21:36 - 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.htmlSupport the show