Ruth Speyer

Murdered

On January 5, 1957, Ruth Speyer and her husband, Bernard, entered Caso's Shoe Store in North Haven, Connecticut, unaware of the imminent danger. Inside, they encountered Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky and his accomplice, Arthur "Meatball" Culombe, who were in the midst of a violent robbery. The store's co-owner, Frank Adinolfi, had already been brutally beaten and left for dead. The Speyers were forced to their knees and fatally shot in the head by Taborsky, marking another tragic event in a series o ...Read More

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