Infamous Murders: Victims of Jealousy
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Scarsdale diet millionaire Doctor Herman Tarnower had been in a relationship with headmistress Jean Harris for 14 years. When womaniser Tarnower's attentions strayed, Harris lost control. She took a gun and drove for five hours until she reached his house.
When she arrived they had a furious argument, the gun went off, and Tarnower was killed. His shocked housekeeper called the police who picked up Harris almost immediately.
She was charged with second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm. On 20th February 1981, the jury returned their verdict. Jean Harris was guilty as charged and her sentence was fifteen years.
Former Playboy Playmate of the year, 20-year-old Dorothy Stratten and her husband Paul Snider were found dead on 14th August 1980 at their home in Bel Air.
Snider had met Stratten when she was eighteen, and saw her as his passport to riches. He persuaded her to pose for nude photographs, which he sent to Playboy Magazine, and her career was born.
Stratten and Snider were married but she soon began to spend a lot of time with film director Peter Bogdanovich in New York. Stratten moved into the Plaza Hotel with him and filed for a legal separation with Snider. She arranged to meet him to discuss a financial settlement and told Snider that she was in love with Bogdanovich and that Snider's dream was over. He blasted her with a shotgun, brutally assaulted her after her death, and then shot himself.
In April 1955, Ruth Ellis made her way to the Magdala Tavern in Hampstead, London. Her lover David Blakely soon emerged, laughing and chatting with a friend.
As he fumbled for his car keys Ruth emerged from the shadows and called his name. When he turned around, she shot him five times. She then held the gun to her head and fired. But it jammed. She waited calmly for the police to arrive. She had met 24-year-old Blakely after the failure of her marriage, and they lived together, but were both plagued by jealous quarrels and fears of infidelity.
Ruth fell pregnant but miscarried when Blakely punched her in the stomach, so she decided to finish their affair, for good. Ruth's trial lasted two days; the jury found her guilty and sentenced her to death. On 13th July 1955 Ruth Ellis became the last woman in Britain to be hanged.
When she arrived they had a furious argument, the gun went off, and Tarnower was killed. His shocked housekeeper called the police who picked up Harris almost immediately.
She was charged with second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm. On 20th February 1981, the jury returned their verdict. Jean Harris was guilty as charged and her sentence was fifteen years.
Former Playboy Playmate of the year, 20-year-old Dorothy Stratten and her husband Paul Snider were found dead on 14th August 1980 at their home in Bel Air.
Snider had met Stratten when she was eighteen, and saw her as his passport to riches. He persuaded her to pose for nude photographs, which he sent to Playboy Magazine, and her career was born.
Stratten and Snider were married but she soon began to spend a lot of time with film director Peter Bogdanovich in New York. Stratten moved into the Plaza Hotel with him and filed for a legal separation with Snider. She arranged to meet him to discuss a financial settlement and told Snider that she was in love with Bogdanovich and that Snider's dream was over. He blasted her with a shotgun, brutally assaulted her after her death, and then shot himself.
In April 1955, Ruth Ellis made her way to the Magdala Tavern in Hampstead, London. Her lover David Blakely soon emerged, laughing and chatting with a friend.
As he fumbled for his car keys Ruth emerged from the shadows and called his name. When he turned around, she shot him five times. She then held the gun to her head and fired. But it jammed. She waited calmly for the police to arrive. She had met 24-year-old Blakely after the failure of her marriage, and they lived together, but were both plagued by jealous quarrels and fears of infidelity.
Ruth fell pregnant but miscarried when Blakely punched her in the stomach, so she decided to finish their affair, for good. Ruth's trial lasted two days; the jury found her guilty and sentenced her to death. On 13th July 1955 Ruth Ellis became the last woman in Britain to be hanged.
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