Olga rutterschmidt and helen golay biography

In nature, black widow spiders are known for having a telltale red hourglass shape on their bellies. 

When it comes to the real world and true crime, black widows — everyday shorthand for women who lure men to their deaths, often for financial gain — aren’t so easy to identify. 

That’s one of the intriguing takeaways of “Black Widow Murders,” premiering September 25 on Oxygen, which delves into several shocking homicide cases involving this kind of female killer.

Before the debut of “Black Widow Murders,” we're taking a look at a similar story to the ones featured in the show: The duo of sinister septuagenarians, Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, became infamous for appearing to rescue down-on-their-luck homeless men in Los Angeles before killing them, staging their deaths as hit-and-run accidents, and collecting life insurance policies worth $2.3 million. 

Their deadly explo