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Ruth Snyder
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- An infamous Long Island, New York, murder case from 1927 is reputed to be the inspiration for James M. Cain's works of crime fiction The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) and Double Indemnity (first published in serialized form in 1936). [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Snyder, Ruth]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Ruth_Snyder
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