Ruth Ellis was born in Rhyl, Whales, in the fall on 1926. She spent most of her childhood moving around the UK due of to her father’s work, but the family ultimately settled in London. Ruth started working as a young teenager and soon got involved in London’s party scene, and it is there that she met her future husband, the man she would later kill, and the other man who would help her do it.
Sources for this episode include:
- https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/ruth-ellis
- https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/ruth-ellis-executed
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/12/ruth-ellis-files-bbc-documentary-murder-case-cant-let-go
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- The Birth Chart for the United Kingdom
October 9th, 1926
Rhyl, Whales, United Kingdom