Ruth Ellis - The Last Woman to be Hanged. (True Crimes Book 2) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

On Wednesday, 13 July 1955, at Holloway Prison in London, Ruth Ellis became the eighteenth and last woman to be hanged in Britain during the twentieth century. She was executed for the murder of David Blakely. Ruth, aged twenty-eight, had formed a passionate and tempestuous relationship with Blakely after they met in a London nightclub which she managed. She soon suspected that Blakely, a violent and heavy drinker, was having an affair with another woman. Ruth travelled to the Magdala Tavern, a public house in Hampstead where she knew Blakely was drinking, and waited outside until he left. Pulling a revolver from her handbag, Ruth fired. Her first shot missed him. The second shot knocked him to the ground, after which Ruth fired the four remaining bullets. The crime, Ruth’s trial and its aftermath gripped the public’s attention, fuelled by widespread coverage in the press. The story appealed to the British public on a number of levels. Firstly, the turbulent story of the relationship between a beautiful nightclub hostess and a playboy racing car driver fuelled by lust, obsession, jealousy and violence. Secondly, the middle class cad from a wealthy background and the poor, down-trodden working class girl, with two children to support, and surviving on the fringes of prostitution. Thirdly, the travesty of one of the shortest murder trials in English legal history. Finally, the wave of public revulsion following Ruth’s execution, which led to, the growth, ultimately successful, of the movement for the abolition of capital punishment. This 6,300 word study provides a comprehensive account of Ruth Ellis, her life, crime and punishment. The following aspects are studied: • Ruth’s Background. • Ruth and Maurice Conley. • Ruth and George Ellis. • Ruth and Desmond Cussen. • Ruth and David Blakely. • The Shooting of David Blakely. • The Police Investigation. • The Trial. • The Condemned Suite at Holloway Prison. • The Execution. • The Public Reaction. • The Last Appeal. True Crimes Series by Andrew Alexander Levi Bellfield – The Bus Stop Stalker David Berkowitz – The Son of Sam Ted Bundy – The College Girl Killer Buono and Bianchi – The Hillside Stranglers John Christie – The 10 Rillington Place Murders Dale Cregan – The Gangland Killer Jeffrey Dahmer – The Milwaukee Cannibal Joanna Dennehy – The ‘Man-Woman’ Murderer Ruth Ellis – The Last Woman to be Hanged Kenneth Erskine – The Stockwell Strangler Stephen Griffiths – The Crossbow Cannibal John Haigh – The Acid Bath Murders Brady and Hindley – The Moors Murderers Colin Ireland – The Gay Slayer Donald Neilson – The Black Panther Dennis Nilsen – The Muswell Hill Murderer Harold Shipman – Doctor Death George Joseph Smith – Brides in the Bath Peter Sutcliffe – The Yorkshire Ripper Johann ‘Jack’ Unterweger – International Serial Killer Fred and Rose West – The House of Horrors Steve Wight – The Suffolk Strangler Aileen Wuornos – The Hitchhiker From Hell Australian Serial Killers Criminals Who Kill Female Serial Killers Lesbian Serial Killers Spree Killers Whole Life Sentences World’s Worse Serial Killers