Apparently desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Great Depression brought that out in a lot of people, including two cousins who came up with the perfect insurance scam. They'd sell insurance to women who were mad at their husbands, name themselves as beneficiaries, convince the women to kill their husbands, and split the profits.



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Sources:

Philadelphia Poison Ring - Absolute Crime

Philadelphia Poison Ring (en-academic.com)

Morris Bolber - Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers