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The Green Widow: How Mary Ellen Samuels Hired Hitmen to Cash In on Her Husband's Death
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When Hollywood camera operator Bob Samuels decided to finalize his divorce, his wife Mary Ellen made a different decision — she hired someone to kill him. On this episode of All the Damn Crime, we dig into the 1988 murder-for-hire case that rocked Northridge, California: a scheming widow, a $500,000 insurance payout, a nude photo covered in cash, and a second murder to cover it all up. Mary Ellen Samuels didn't just want her husband dead — she wanted to make sure no one could ever talk. Keywords: Mary Ellen Samuels, Green Widow, Bob Samuels murder, murder for hire California, Los Angeles true crime, hired hitman case.
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