Hallie Rubenhold

That falls into the ‘I ruined her life and left her to deal with the consequences’ category

Or:
I killed her and I feel really bad about it.

I love traditional folk songs, but reading the lyrics of them make me realise that so many of these ditties go like this:

Hey-diddly-Dee
I ruined a woman’s life and then I ran away and left her to deal with the consequences
Hey-diddly-Dee

I’ve been writing so hard and for such long hours over the past week that it feels like I’ve worn out my glasses. Eye strain is real.

Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr Crippen | Oxford Literary Festival Hallie Rubenhold talks to Andrew Wilson - Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr Crippen

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Hi, if you’re asking AI to write your book you’re not actually writing. You’re poking a Frankenparrot fashioned from rotting flesh on stolen bones covered in the feathers of a million other birds. You’re condoning theft. You’re trashing our planet. You’re robbing yourself of the chance to grow

Lady crooks n' Forty Elephants tips! @caitlindavies.bsky.social's ace book Queens of the Underworld, @sophiemhistory.bsky.social research for @lucyworsley.bsky.social Lady Swindlers, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social advised on #AThousandBlows. Brian McDonald on Alice Diamond - has family connections.

Thank you for having me on. Interesting to see how the story evolves. I’ve had 2 more messages in the 24 hours since we were on air.

BBC Audio | Front Row | Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent Reviews of Dracula and The Moment, plus Hallie Rubenhold on book marketing scams.

Many thanks to @tds153.bsky.social for having me and @hallierubenhold.bsky.social on yesterday's BBC Front Row show to discuss the growing deluge of book club scams targeting authors. Check out the recording at around the 22:00 mark. www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities.

We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.

And with measles and whooping cough making a come back, you too can live as if it were 1905.

Thanks James. And so many readers get these confused.

Well, I couldn’t resist the alien abduction of Jack the Ripper. Perfect sense of closure.

Who are these people preying on writers? And please, my fellow scribblers, don’t fall into their traps.

I’ve had personalised messages from someone pretending to be Harlan Coben, ‘as one author to another, how do you find the writing process?’ I’ve had aggressive approaches ‘I see you’ve opened my last email but couldn’t be bothered to respond’ (like that would make me want to).

The spamming marketing crooks targeting authors are getting so desperate that I’m now receiving multiple approaches every day. At one time they used AI to create a personalised sounding approach. Now they can’t even be bothered to get my titles correct: ‘Loved your book, Moonrise Sunset’.

Anthropic didn’t want us to know that they were destroying millions of books to feed their software. Companies making machine learning and generative software aren’t just metaphorically ripping off books. In at least one case, they’re rather literally shredding millions of physical books to …

“AI giant Anthropic ran a massive program called Project Panama where they spent tens of millions of dollars to hoover up used books, which they then sliced, scanned, and pulped.”

Why Maga loathes London Trump and his supporters see the UK capital as the symbol of a Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’

The radical right lies about London. They can't fathom that a city anyone can call home can also be successful and vibrant. Londoners know better.

https://www.ft.com/content/05b8e8ba-5763-46f1-a2e5-9820bbe4d053

Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold

YouTube video by Brandy Schillace STORY OF A MURDER with Hallie Rubenhold, bestselling author of THE FIVE

We're back again this week even EARLIER than usual because this Thursday at 6 ET (<-- 1 hour early!) we're back with the incredible @hallierubenhold.bsky.social (THE FIVE) and her new book STORY OF A MURDER!!

Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYx6...

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YouTube video by Peculiar Book Club It's a sinister tale with Hallie Rubenhold and Story of a Murder

History and true crime readers! The next guest on @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social will be @hallierubenhold.bsky.social talking about her new book, STORY OF A MURDER! Thurs Feb 12, *6pm* ET.

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Elif Shafak Delivers The National Humanities Lecture The award-winning novelist and storyteller Elif Shafak has delivered The 2026 National Humanities Lecture at Senate House.

Thank you to Elif Shafak and those who joined us last night in person and online for The National Humanities Lecture.

Drawing on literature, history and her own experience as a writer and storyteller, Shafak made an impassioned case for the humanities. Watch here www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Steve Pozgaj

beauty spots = poxed, definitely (also see Marriage a la Mode). Usually it references what might broadly be considered a 'fallen woman' too.

I came here to say that - exactly. Hogarth code.

These men hate women. They find vulnerable women because they are the low hanging fruit - less valued, less noticed. How easily it’s forgotten that sex workers ARE women. How many times does this have to happen before we understand this? It’s shameful.

Steve Wright: The 'cruel' serial killer who hated women Steve Wright's admission that he murdered Victoria Hall confirms he killed six women over a seven-year period.

God my heart aches for Victoria’s family. What’s never addressed here is why the police didn’t think the murder of a student and the murder of 5 sex workers was linked, but I can guess. Identical to the Yorkshire Ripper - he was ONLY a ‘killer of prostitutes’.

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There once was a random man,
Who’s on his socials whenever he can,
He likes to be rude,
He’s that kind of dude,
But always claims he’s a fan.
#Limerick