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William Ruby

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Born

in Southport, The United Kingdom

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http://www.william-ruby.com

Genre

Crime, Fiction, Art

Influences

Truman Capote and Gordon Burn

Member Since

March 2019

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I stumbled into the world of true crime almost by accident. Having left teaching in London I wanted to pursue my passions for writing and photography, initially by diving into a subject that was close to my heart: a notorious murder that took place in my hometown Southport over twenty years ago--its impact on the community I came from, the part played by that community itself. The result was 'A Murderer's Game: The Death of Lynsey Quy', published on Amazon in 2018.

Encouraging sales and interest from the USA caught me by surprise (why would they be interested in little old Southport, I thought?), so my spring/summer 2020 lockdown project became the researching and writing of 'The American Anthology of British Crimes'.

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William Ruby Back in time, to 14th century England during the Black Death. It's too easy to imagine the world has suffered uniquely during C19. It hasn't. Plague i…moreBack in time, to 14th century England during the Black Death. It's too easy to imagine the world has suffered uniquely during C19. It hasn't. Plague in Europe was the ultimate expression of what a pathogen can do to society. I would be fascinated to see how people lived their everyday lives, how they coped and survived.(less)

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William Ruby 'Fall' by John Preston (about the life and times of Robert Maxwell), 'All in it Together' by Alwyn Turner (a short history of Britain in 21st century)…more'Fall' by John Preston (about the life and times of Robert Maxwell), 'All in it Together' by Alwyn Turner (a short history of Britain in 21st century) and 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth' by Julian Sancton (about a disastrous Belgian voyage to the Antactic).(less)

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Britain's Notorious Unsolved Crimes

Unsolved crimes have featured in several recent TV documentaries, not least yet more investigation into the disappearance of London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh in 1986, plus the murder of French resident Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork Ireland in 1997.

These sorts of notorious unsolved crimes continue to fascinate us long after the events, usually combining police failures, wild theories and Read more of this blog post »

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“We do whatever we enjoy doing. Whether it happens to be judged to be good or evil is a matter for others to decide.'-Ian Brady, Moors Murderer.”
― William Ruby, The American Compendium of British Crimes

tags: psychopaths, true-crime-murder

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