About this episode

The episode discusses the murder of Ruth Masters and how new testimony helped convict her killer two decades later.

Two decades after Ruth Masters was brutally murdered while out for a bike ride, the testimony of three prison inmates helps convict the man who did it. Taskrabbit - Get ahead of your to-do list and get $15 off when you go to the Taskrabbit app or Taskrabbit.com and use promo code COLDCASE Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/coldcase for $30 off your first two orders, PLUS an extra 25% off during the end of summer deal! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• murder
• true crime
• justice
• testimony
• cold case

Keywords

• Ruth Masters
• murder
• conviction
• prison inmates
• cold case

Sponsors

Taskrabbit, Thrive Market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A&E, PodcastOne

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