Desperate Bride: Toni Jo Henry

About this episode

The episode explores the life of Toni Jo Henry, a woman from 1940s Louisiana who turned to crime to help her imprisoned husband.

Life was hard for Toni Jo Henry in 1940s Louisiana. She was in the forced-to-grow-up-too-fast, creepy-men-all-around, dead mom, and alcoholic father club. So when she finally met a man who loved her for who she was, she was all in. But then her new husband was thrown behind bars, and Toni Jo decided that she needed to get him money for an appeal, and to get money she needed to rob a bank, and to rob a bank she needed to hijack a car…and suddenly she was on the long, dank rode to the electric chair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• true crime
• history
• society
• personal struggle
• crime
• justice

Keywords

• Toni Jo Henry
• Louisiana
• 1940s
• bank robbery
• electric chair
• true crime
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Louisiana

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