Hallie Rubenhold

She then threw herself into charity work and became the treasurer of the Musical Ladies Guild and devoted her life

to fundraising for poor women and children in the music hall and raised an enormous amount of money and to the point where she was actually recognized by the music hall ladies guild and there was a big celebration held in her honor and there were photos of her in the newspaper what do you think she saw in crippin i think she saw

a man who had all the makings of what would be an ideal husband in the Victorian era.

So, you know, Crippen may not be too appealing to women today.

I mean, at least I hope he isn't appealing to women today.

But he was cosmopolitan.

He was educated.

He was a doctor.

Therefore, he would, you know, earn a good salary and a good income.

And for...

Young women who were of the working class or lower middle class, this was a pretty steady man.

And women were looking for steady men because women didn't technically have careers.

They weren't supposed to.

So they saw Crippen as quite a nice looking meal ticket.

Not in the least.

In fact, there were many such combinations.

When they lived on Store Street, there was another couple who they knew who were also similar in their match.

Musical performers could lead completely normal lives.

I mean, they...

often led bohemian lives as well and they were noted for that and people were always rather suspicious of performers and their so-called morality as well and the rackety lives that they led.