Welcome to the Machine: Machinal Is a Haunting Portrait of Life for Women in the Twenties
Frank Langella in 'King Lear.' (Photo by Johan Persson) Ruth Snyder, whom Wikipedia pithily if reductively identifies as "an American murderess," was electrocuted by the State of New York at Sing Sing Prison on Jan. 12, 1928. You've seen the photo of her final moment: It's the muddy shot secretly captured by a camera strapped to the ankle of a Chicago Tribune photographer and plastered the next morning on the cover o…