The Dumbbell Murder

About this episode

This episode explores the infamous Dumbbell Murder, a botched crime from the Jazz Age involving a housewife and a corset salesman.

The Snyder-Gray Affair Jump to the AD-FREE Safe House Edition Episode 486 takes us to a Dutch Colonial on 222nd Street in Queens Village, where a housewife, a Methodist corset salesman, and a crooked Prudential agent put together the most famous botched murder of the Jazz Age. Damon Runyon called it the Dumbbell Murder. The electric chair called it Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support . You can pay more if you want to, but rent at the Safe House is still just a buck a week, and you can get access to over 400 ad-free episodes from the dusty vault, Safe House Exclusives, direct access to the Boss, and whatever personal services you require. We invite you to our other PULPULAR MEDIA podcasts: If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES , telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week.

People in this episode

Host: Richard O Jones

Topics covered

• murder
• true crime
• Jazz Age
• historical crime
• Queens Village

Keywords

• Dumbbell Murder
• Snyder-Gray Affair
• true crime
• Jazz Age
• Queens Village
• murder case
• historical crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prudential

Books & works: The Snyder-Gray Affair

Places: Queens Village

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