SOLVED: The Heartbreak Murder 1
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In 1953, 27-year-old nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis began a tempestuous romance with 24-year-old race car driver David Blakely. Two years later, their passionate but toxic relationship set the stage for one of the UK’s most infamous crimes of passion. Murder: True Crime Stories is a Crime House Original. For more, follow us on TikTok and Instagram @crimehouse
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Carter Roy here. |
| 0:04.4 | If you're loving murder, true crime stories, you need to check out Crimes of, the newest show from Crime House. |
| 0:11.7 | Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season, from crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. Their first season is |
| 0:23.3 | Crimes of Infamy, the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains. Crimes of is a |
| 0:32.2 | crimehouse original powered by Pave Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or find them on YouTube at Crimehouse Studios. |
| 0:41.0 | New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House. |
| 1:01.6 | There's something about a crime of passion that draws us in. |
| 1:06.3 | Whether it's love, jealousy, even rage, we can all relate to a certain degree. |
| 1:12.4 | But while most of us never act on those violent feelings, there are some people out there |
| 1:17.8 | who can't control themselves. |
| 1:20.4 | In the end, they wind up hurting the person they love the most in this world. |
| 1:26.4 | When David Blakely and Ruth Ellis met in 1953, |
| 1:31.6 | their hot and heavy romance had the makings of a Shakespearean drama, |
| 1:36.1 | down to the murder and betrayal. |
| 1:39.2 | The difference was this wasn't a work of fiction. |
| 1:43.5 | These were real people whose actions had real consequences. |
| 1:48.0 | And when the dust settled, one of them would be facing execution. People's lives are like a story. |
| 2:07.0 | There's a beginning, a middle, and an end, but you don't always know which part you're on. |
| 2:12.9 | Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon, and we don't always get to know the real ending. |
| 2:19.7 | I'm Carter Roy and this is Murder True Crime Stories, the Crime House original show powered by Pave |
| 2:26.6 | Studios. Every Tuesday, I'll explore the story of a notorious murder or murders. I'll be bringing |
| 2:33.7 | awareness to stories that need to be heard |
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