screen (1944) by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Cain mentioned that his book The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) took inspiration from the crime. Raymond Chandler's 1949 novel The Little Sister alludes to the Ruth Snyder photograph in Chapter 16. Near the end of the 1951 film The Thing from Another World, a reporter named Scotty mentions that Snyder's execution was the first he ever covered. When another character asks Scotty if he was able to get a picture, Scotty answers "No, they didn't allow cameras, but one guy..." The approach of "The Thing" interrupts him, but Scotty seemingly is referring to Howard's photo of Snyder in the electric chair. In the 1954 novel The Bad Seed, author William March based his depiction of Bessie Denker's execution upon that of Ruth Snyder. Guns N' Roses' 1991 album Use Your Illusion features, as part of the enclosed artwork, a photo of the band posing in front of an oversized reproduction of the Daily News headline/photograph announcing Ruth Snyder's execution. Saul Bellow's 1953 novel The Adventures of Augie March alludes to the Ruth Snyder photograph in Chapter 8. The 2001 book Seeds of Evil: The Gray-Snyder Murder Case by Karl Schweizer is an account of the case, and is based on actual court records interspersed with vivid dialogue. The 2011 novel A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion by Ron Hansen is based on the murder case. See also Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters Capital punishment in New York (state) Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in New York References Bibliography Bryson, Bill. (2013). One Summer: America, 1927. New York: Doubleday. . MacKellar, Landis. (2006). The "Double Indemnity" Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, & New York's Crime of the Century. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. . Ramey, Jessie: "The Bloody Blonde and the Marble Woman: Gender and Power in the Case of Ruth Snyder", in: Journal of Social History Vol. 37, No. 3 (Spring, 2004), pp. 625–650 Karl W .Schweizer, Seeds of Evil (Author House, 2001)Novelized account based on rare court records and documents. External links Mug shot of Ruth Snyder (high-resolution) from Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Snyder/Gray murder case details, from The People's Almanac by David Wallechinsky & Irving Wallace 1895 births 1928 deaths 1927 murders in the United States 20th-century executions by New York (state) 20th-century American criminals 20th-century American women Place