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When most people think of exploring the history of London, they think of its iconic buildings, from the British Museum to Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. But there are many fascinating places to discover in London that arent buildings, including monuments, cemeteries, and unexpected and unique historic landmarks that reveal the citys 2,000 years of history. Read on to discover 13 London historical sites that arent buildings.1. HMS BelfastHMS Belfast in the Thames, London. Source: Wikimedia CommonsHMS Belfast, a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, was constructed in 1936 and launched in 1938, becoming the first naval vessel named after Northern Irelands capital. Commissioned shortly before the onset of the Second World War, she initially participated in the British blockade of Germany.Damaged by a German mine in late 1939, the Belfast underwent extensive repairs and re-entered service in 1942 with enhanced capabilities. She played a pivotal role in Arctic convoy operations and supported the Normandy landings during Operation Overlord in 1944. In 1945, she joined the British Pacific Fleet and later saw combat during the Korean War from 1950 to 1952. Following modernization, she undertook further deployments before entering reserve status in 1963.Efforts to preserve the Belfast began in 1967, culminating in the formation of the HMS Belfast Trust, despite governmental reluctance. The Trust successfully secured the vessel, which was moored on the River Thames in 1971 and opened to the public later that year. The ship was integrated into the Imperial War Museum and remains a prominent heritage site. She is supported by public funding and museum-generated income.2. Mary Seacole Memorial StatueStatue of Mary Seacole, Westminster, London. Source: Look Up LondonMary Seacole (1805-1881) was a pioneering Jamaican nurse and entrepreneur renowned for her contributions during the Crimean War. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Scottish father and a Creole mother skilled in herbal medicine, Seacole later established the British Hotel near the front lines, offering food and care to convalescent officers. Though she missed early battles due to financial interests in London, she later assisted wounded soldiers directly on the battlefield.Seacoles 1857 memoir, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, details her wartime experiences and culinary services and was the first British autobiography by a Black woman. Despite being overlooked for decades, Seacole was posthumously honored with the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1990, which sparked debate over her legacy relative to Florence Nightingale.In 2016, a memorial statue of Mary Seacole was unveiled in the gardens of St. Thomass Hospital by Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE, who is a Trinidadian-British actress, presenter, and politician. The bronze work, created by artist Martin Jennings, was the result of 12 years of campaigning by the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal. It was the first statue in the UK erected to commemorate a named black woman.3. Tower BridgeTower Bridge with a RAF pilot flying through, 1968. Source: Tower BridgeTower Bridge emerged as a solution to the City of London Corporations challenge of constructing a crossing downstream from London Bridge without impeding river traffic. In response, a committee was formed in 1876, initiating a public design competition that attracted a number of submissions. The selected design, proposed in 1884 by city architect Sir Horace Jones and engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry, led to the construction of Tower Bridge beginning in 1886.Completed in 1894, the bridge required eight years, five contractors, and the daily labor of over 400 workers. Its steel framework, supported by riverbed-anchored piers, was clad in Cornish granite and Portland stone for durability and aesthetic appeal. Tower Bridge was the most advanced bascule bridge of its time, powered by steam-driven hydraulics and massive accumulators enabling rapid lifting. Since 1976, it has operated on oil and electricity.Throughout its history, Tower Bridge has witnessed notable events, including wartime damage, daring stunts, royal celebrations, and a prominent role in the 2012 London Olympics. Celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2019, Tower Bridge remains a symbol of Victorian engineering and a major cultural landmark.4. Cross Bones GraveyardCross Bones Graveyard Plaque to commemorate those buried at the site, decorated with tokens, Union Street, London. Source: Cross Bones GalleryCross Bones, a disused post-medieval burial ground located on Redcross Way in Southwark, London, is historically associated with marginalized populations. Initially established in the 17th century as a cemetery for single women, many of whom were sex workers known as Winchester Geese, it later became a paupers graveyard until its closure in 1853.The site lies within the Liberty of the Clink, an area historically exempt from City of London jurisdiction and known for illicit activities. Here, one could find all manner of unlicensed enterprises such as brothels, theaters, and animal baiting. To preserve the site for the outcast dead, a group formed in 1996 called Friends of Cross Bones. Despite a bid from Transport for London for the site, Friends of Cross Bones eventually won a 30-year lease of the site in 2019. It is currently open to the public as a commemoration of ostracized people.Excavations conducted by the Museum of London Archaeology Service between 1991 and 1998 revealed densely packed graves, with evidence of widespread disease. A 1992 dig uncovered 148 burials, predominantly perinatal and female, suggesting up to 15,000 individuals may be interred there. In 2022, a significant Roman archaeological site, including a mausoleum and mosaic, was discovered adjacent to Cross Bones.5. St Dunstan-in-the-East Church GardensSt Dunstan in the East, London. Source: Secret LondonSt Dunstan-in-the-East, a Church of England parish church located between London Bridge and the Tower of London, was originally constructed around 1100 CE. Over the centuries, it underwent several modifications. Severely damaged during the Great Fire of London in 1666, the church was partially restored rather than rebuilt. Between 1695 and 1701, Sir Christopher Wren designed a Gothic-style steeple featuring a needle spire. By 1817, structural instability necessitated a complete reconstruction, led by architect David Laing with assistance from William Tite. The new design, in the Perpendicular Gothic style, retained Wrens tower and was completed in 1821. The building, made of Portland stone, accommodated up to 700 worshipers.During the Blitz of 1941, the church sustained extensive damage, leaving only the tower and portions of the walls intact. In 1971, the City of London Corporation transformed the ruins into a public garden by planting grass and other plants as well as installing a fountain. Now part of the Benefice of All Hallows by the Tower, the site hosts occasional services and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1950.6. Aldgate PumpAldgate Pump, Leadenhall Street, London. Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe Aldgate Pump, historically situated near Aldgate in London, has drawn water from subterranean streams since at least the 13th century. Referenced by John Stow in 1598, Charles Dickens in 1860, and likely used by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, it became a prominent local landmark.A pump structure was installed in the 16th century, with the current version dating to the late 18th century and relocated in 1876. It marked the symbolic start of the East End and featured in Cockney rhyming slang. In the 19th century, the pumps water, praised for its taste, was found to contain high levels of contaminants, likely due to seepage from overcrowded graveyards. Despite health concerns, some residents continued to consume it. The pump was eventually connected to a cleaner water supply and remains a historic, albeit neglected, feature of the city.7. Cleopatras NeedleCleopatras Needle, Embankment, London. Source: London MuseumCleopatras Needle in London is an ancient Egyptian obelisk originally erected in Heliopolis during the New Kingdom period. It bears inscriptions from Pharaohs Thutmose III and Ramesses II and was relocated to Alexandria by the Roman prefect Publius Rubrius Barbarus. Although commonly associated with Cleopatra VII, this attribution is a later Western invention. The obelisk remained in Alexandria for nearly two millennia before its re-erection in London in 1878.Presented to Britain by Muhammad Ali Pasha, its transportation was delayed due to financial constraints. Renewed interest in the mid-19th century, particularly following the Great Exhibition, led to further proposals. In 1867, inspired by Pariss Place de la Concorde, James Edward Alexander initiated a campaign to bring the monument to London.With support from Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, who financed the project, the obelisk was transported in 1877, nearly 60 years after it had been presented to Britain, and installed on the Victoria Embankment in Westminster. During a German air raid in 1917, the monument sustained damage, still visible today on the adjacent sphinx. Restoration efforts were undertaken in 2005. The London Needle remains a prominent historical artifact, symbolizing Britains 19th-century engagement with Egyptology.8. Giro the Nazi DogGiro the dogs grave, outside the former German Embassy. Source: Wikimedia CommonsLocated near The Mall, the ceremonial road between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square in London, the tombstone of Giro, a pet terrier, constitutes Britains only known memorial linked to the Nazi regime. Giro belonged to Leopold von Hoesch, the German ambassador to the United Kingdom, who arrived in London in 1932, representing the Weimar Republic.Following the 1933 Enabling Act, both Hoesch and Giro became representatives of the Third Reich, likely by circumstance rather than intent. Giro died in 1934 after chewing through an electrical cable in the garden of the German Embassy at 9 Carlton House Terrace. Hoesch, evidently affected by the loss, arranged a formal burial for the dog. The tombstone, relocated in the 1960s due to construction, remains visible today.Hoesch was a respected diplomat among British elites, known for his charm, fluency in English, and efforts to keep the Anglo-German relationship alive. Upon his death in 1936, he was honored with a British-organized funeral procession that passed Buckingham Palace and continued to Dover, where his body was transported to Germany aboard HMS Scout. Notably, no Nazi officials attended his funeral in Germany, suggesting that both Hoesch and Giro were held in higher regard in Britain than in their homeland.9. Nelsons ColumnNelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London. Source: Wikimedia CommonsHoratio Nelson (1758-1805) was a distinguished Royal Navy officer whose strategic acumen and innovative tactics secured pivotal British victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Widely regarded as one of historys greatest naval commanders, Vice-Admiral Nelsons career was marked by both personal bravery and professional brilliance. Born into a moderately affluent Norfolk family, Nelson entered naval service and rapidly ascended the ranks, gaining command by age 20.Despite intermittent illness and unemployment following the American War of Independence, he returned to prominence during the French Revolutionary Wars, notably in the Mediterranean. He was wounded in Corsica, losing sight in one eye, and later lost his right arm at the failed assault on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797.Nelson achieved major victories at the Battles of Cape St Vincent (1797), the Nile (1798), and Copenhagen (1801). In 1805, while commanding the blockade of Cdiz, he led the British fleet to a decisive triumph at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was fatally shot. Nelsons body was returned to England and honored with a state funeral, cementing his legacy as a national hero and symbol of British naval supremacy.Nelsons Column, located in Trafalgar Square, London, commemorates Vice-Admiral Nelsons victory and death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Designed by William Railton and constructed between 1840 and 1843, the Corinthian column is made of Dartmoor granite and topped with a sandstone statue of Nelson, measuring 170 feet tall. The pedestal features four bronze relief panels cast from captured French guns, depicting Nelsons major naval engagements, and four additional bronze lions were later added to the base.10. Roman WallsSection of Londons Roman Wall, Tower Hill, London. Source: English HeritageThe London Wall, originally constructed by the Romans around 200 CE to defend the port town of Londinium, significantly influenced the urban development of the City of London. Initially, Roman London was protected by the Cripplegate Fort (c. 120-150 CE), which was later integrated into the city-wide fortifications, shaping the north-western boundary of the wall.Following the end of Roman rule in Britain (c. 410 CE), the wall deteriorated, but was restored during the late Anglo-Saxon period, likely under Alfred the Great after 886. It continued to be maintained throughout the Medieval era and defined the citys boundaries until urban expansion in the later Middle Ages blurred its perimeter. From the 18th century, much of the wall and its gates were demolished to accommodate increasing traffic. Post-World War II conservation efforts have preserved remaining sections as scheduled monuments.The Tower Hill section of the London Wall, rising 10.7 meters, exemplifies both the Medieval height and Roman origins of the wall and is typically cited as the best place to visit the wall today.11. Edith Cavell MemorialEdith Cavell Memorial, St Martins Place, London. Source: Wikimedia CommonsIn 1896, Edith Cavell (1865-1915) had only been a nurse for a handful of months when she began working in the London Hospital. She gained recognition during the 1897 Maidstone typhoid epidemic, receiving the Maidstone Medal. At the outbreak of World War I, Cavell returned to Brussels, where she had worked various jobs previously, yet this time, she directed a Red Cross hospital treating soldiers of all nationalities.Following the German occupation, Edith Cavell not only treated wounded soldiers of all nationalities at her Brussels clinic, but also played a pivotal role in an underground network that facilitated the escape of over 200 Allied troops to neutral Holland. She collaborated with Belgian resistance figures and helped to organize safe houses, guides, and routes. Cavell personally sheltered soldiers, provided them with civilian clothing, and coordinated their passage across borders.Her efforts were driven by humanitarian conviction rather than political allegiance, and she maintained secrecy even from her nursing staff to protect them. Despite the grave risks, she believed that aiding stranded soldiers was a moral imperative equal to medical care. Though protected by the Red Cross, Cavell was arrested in August 1915 and confessed under interrogation. Convicted of treason under German military law, she was executed on October 12, 1915 by firing squad.Immediately after Edith Cavells execution, a memorial subscription was launched in the Daily Telegraph. Sculptor Sir George Frampton undertook the commission, completed in five years due to material delays. Assisted by Cavells sister, he designed a granite pylon with symbolic motifs and a marble statue of Cavell in uniform, now located at St Martins Place, Westminster.12. Execution DockProposed site of the Execution Docks, at the rear of the Prospect of Whitby Pub, Brewhouse Lane, London. Source: Google Maps StreetviewLondons maritime prominence once made it a hub for piracy, culminating in the establishment of the Execution Dock in Wapping. Pirates convicted by the Admiralty courts were held at Marshalsea Prison and paraded through London to the dock, led by the Admiralty Marshal bearing a symbolic silver oar. Crowds gathered along the streets and river to witness the executions.Traditionally, condemned individuals were allowed a final quart of ale at the Turks Head Inn, possibly to encourage last confessions. The dock, situated below the low tide line to mark Admiralty jurisdiction, employed a shortened rope for hangings, resulting in slow suffocation, gruesomely dubbed the Marshals Dance. Bodies remained until washed by three tides. Notorious figures like Captain Kidd were tarred and displayed in iron cages along the Thames to deter piracy. Kidds execution in 1701 was notably botched, requiring a second attempt.The final executions at the site occurred in 1830, which oversaw the deaths of George Davis and William Watts for unlawfully seizing a vessel. Though the original gallows are lost, the location is believed to be near the Town of Ramsgate pub, with the other most likely site being the Prospect of Whitby pub, both of which are situated within half a mile of each other. Visitors can access the foreshore via Wapping Old Stairs, offering a tangible connection to this grim chapter of maritime history.13. Highgate CemeteryHighgate Cemetery, Swains Lane, London. Source: Living London HistoryHighgate Cemetery, located in North London and designed by Stephen Geary, is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries established in 1839 to alleviate overcrowded urban graveyards. In addition to its historical and architectural significance, Highgate Cemetery functions as a de facto nature reserve, hosting diverse flora and fauna. Since 1975, it has been managed by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, which acquired full ownership in 1981.Originally consecrated for Anglican and dissenting burials, it quickly became a fashionable site to be laid to rest. Its Gothic architecture and hillside setting contribute to its Grade I designation on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The cemetery comprises two sections, West and East, with approximately 170,000 individuals buried across 53,000 graves. There is an enormous number of famous individuals interned there, including Karl Marx, Malcolm McLaren, Robert Liston, Claudia Jones, Jean Simmons, and George Michael.The cemetery also gained notoriety in the late 1960s and 1970s due to the Highgate Vampire legend. Reports of a spectral figure led to public hysteria, media attention, and a rivalry between self-proclaimed vampire hunters David Farrant and Sean Manchester. The ensuing chaos resulted in grave desecration and legal consequences, including Farrants imprisonment. Although the vampire was never substantiated, the episode remains a curious chapter in Londons modern folklore.

Today I Found Out/YouTubeOh, youre just blowing smoke up my ass, is something you might hear someone say when they think youre just telling them what they want to hear. But in 18th-century England, blowing smoke up your ass was an actual medical procedure, and no, we arent kidding.According to Gizmodo, one of the earliest reports of such a practice took place in England in 1746, when a woman was left unconscious after nearly drowning.Her husband took the suggestion of administering a tobacco enema to revive her, a practice that was rising in popularity at the time as a possible answer to the frequent, local instances of drowning.Left with little choice, the man took a tobacco-filled pipe, inserted the stem into his wifes rectum, and, blew smoke into it. As strange as it may sound today, it reportedly worked: the hot embers of the tobacco leaf jolting the wife back into consciousness, and the practice grew quickly from there.But where did the idea to use tobacco as a form of medicine come from? Native Americans, who used the plant to treat various ailments, invented what we refer to as the tobacco enema. English botanist, physician, and astrologer Nicholas Culpeper borrowed from these practices to treat pain in his native England with methods including enemas to treat inflammation as a result of colic or a hernia.]Years later, English physician Richard Mead would be among the earliest proponents of using the herbal enema as a recognized practice and helped bring its use, however short-lived, into mainstream culture.By the late 1700s, blowing smoke had become a regularly applied medical procedure, mostly used to revive people thought to be nearly deceased, usually drowning victims. The process was so common, in fact, that several major waterways kept the instrument, consisting of a bellows and flexible tube, nearby in case of such emergencies.The tobacco smoke was believed to increase the heart rate of the victim and encourage respiratory functions, as well as dry out the insides of the waterlogged individual, making this method of delivery more preferred than breathing air directly into the lungs via the mouth.Wikimedia CommonsA textbook drawing of a tobacco smoke enema device from 1776.Before the implementation of an official instrument, tobacco enemas were typically administered with a standard smoking pipe.This proved to be an impractical solution as the stem of a pipe was much shorter than the tube of the instrument that would come later, making both the spread of diseases such as cholera and the accidental inhalation of the contents of the patients anal cavity an unfortunate yet common possibility.With the tobacco enemas rise in popularity in full swing, London doctors William Hawes and Thomas Cogan together formed The Institution For Affording Immediate Relief To Persons Apparently Dead From Drowning in 1774.The group was later named the much simpler Royal Humane Society, a charitable organization that grants awards for acts of bravery in the saving of human life and, also, for the restoration of life by resuscitation. It is still in operation today and is now sponsored by the Queen of England.Wikimedia CommonsThomas CoganThe practice of awarding life-saving citizens has been a hallmark of the society since its inception. Back then, anyone known to revive a drowning victim was awarded four guineas, equal to around $160 today.Blowing smoke, of course, is no longer in use today. However, the tobacco enema had a good run during the 18th century, and its usage even spread to treat additional ailments such as typhoid, headache, and stomach cramping.But with the 1811 discovery that tobacco is actually toxic to the cardiac system, however, the popularity of the practice of tobacco smoke enemas dwindled quickly from there.For more medical marvels and curiosities like tobacco smoke enemas, check out the most painful medical procedures of medieval times and the hydro-electric belt, which used self-electrocution as a cure for everything from depression to constipation.The post When Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass Was Much More Than Just A Saying appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Ashley Ellerin was found stabbed to death in her Hollywood home in 2001.On the evening of February 21, 2001, Ashton Kutcher was getting ready for a date. That night, he had plans to go out with a 22-year-old woman named Ashley Ellerin. But when he arrived at her Los Angeles home to pick her up, she didnt answer the door.Kutcher peered in the window to see if she was inside and saw what he thought was a red wine stain on the carpet. This didnt surprise him, as he had attended a rowdy party there a few days earlier. When Ellerin failed to appear after several minutes, the young actor assumed hed been stood up.However, Ashton Kutcher later learned that it was not red wine staining Ellerins floor it was blood. The next morning, Ellerins roommate came home to find her body. She had been stabbed 47 times.Investigators later identified her killer as Michael Gargiulo, also known as The Hollywood Ripper and The Boy Next Door Killer. However, Gargiulo wouldnt face justice for his heinous crimes until 2019 nearly two decades after he brutally murdered Ashley Ellerin.Ashley Ellerins Early Life In New JerseyLos Angeles Police DepartmentAshley Ellerin and a friend at a party.Ashley Ellerin was born on July 16, 1978. She grew up in New Jersey after her family moved from California, and although she was the new girl at her school, it did not affect her confidence. According to her childhood friend Carolyn Murnick, who wrote the book The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder about Ellerins death, Ellerin was the kind of girl who looked like she knew how to have fun. I liked Ashley right away for a million unquantifiable reasons that, looking back, I can only describe as chemistry and timing. What else was there, really? she wrote. She had shiny dark hair and a round face, and she didnt rush to try to get in with the popular girls or make too much of the curiosity she aroused by being new at school that year in the fourth grade.But while Ellerin and Murnick became fast friends in childhood, they gradually drifted apart after the Ellerins moved back to California during their sophomore year of high school. Ashley Ellerins Wild Life In Los AngelesLos Angeles Police DepartmentAshley Ellerin with a group of friends.Although Murnick and Ellerin lost contact for several years, they reconnected around 2000. Ellerin was an aspiring fashion designer and worked at a local strip club, though she confessed to Murnick that on occasion, there were arrangements that happened in hotels, too.Murnick also heard stories that Ellerin had been partying often and trying different drugs. Murnick said it was as if they were speaking different languages, with Ellerins being the language of youth, risk, and sexual possibility. It was around this time that Ashley Ellerin started seeing Ashton Kutcher. According to the Los Angeles Times, Kutcher later testified that he first met Ellerin at a friends birthday party. He was dating someone else, but he introduced Ellerin to one of his friends. Neither relationship worked out, though, and eventually, Kutcher and Ellerin made plans to attend a post-Grammys party together. They scheduled the date for Feb. 21, 2001 the night Ashley Ellerin was killed.The Brutal Murder Of Ashley EllerinX/@RollingStoneAshton Kutcher testifying at Michael Gargiulos trial.That fateful night, Ashton Kutcher last talked to Ashley Ellerin at 8:24 p.m. He told her that he was running late, but she assured him it was no problem because she still needed to dry her hair. When Kutcher called Ellerin again around 10 p.m. to let her know he was on his way, he couldnt reach her. He redialed her number multiple times, but she never answered. At 10:45 p.m., he arrived at her house in Hollywood to find the front door locked.I knocked on the door. There was no answer. Knocked again. And once again, no answer, Kutcher later testified in court. At this point I pretty well assumed she had left for the night, and that I was late, and she was upset.Thats when he peered in through the window and saw what he thought was a red wine stain on the carpet.I didnt really think anything of it, he said. Kutcher then left.The next morning, Ellerins roommate, Jennifer Disisto, returned home to find her body lying near the bathroom door. She initially believed that Ellerin was playing some kind of practical joke, so she moved closer and noticed that Ellerin was covered in so much blood that it had matted her hair and stained the carpet red. Disisto called the police immediately, and investigators quickly determined that her death was a homicide. The question remained, though: Who was the killer?Michael Gargiulo, The Hollywood RipperLos Angeles Police DepartmentMichael Gargiulo, the man who killed Ashley Ellerin and two other women.It took police years to track down Ashley Ellerins murderer. In 2008, a man named Michael Gargiulo was arrested after he violently attacked his neighbor, Michelle Murphy. Detectives later connected him to the deaths of Ellerin and two other women.The press gave Gargiulo several nicknames, including The Chiller Killer and The Hollywood Ripper. However, the one that stuck was The Boy Next Door Killer because he lived near his victims, stalked them, and attacked them in their own homes. In fact, Gargiulo had first met Ashley Ellerin when he spotted her trying to fix a flat tire in front of her house. He offered to help her change it and then continued to show up at her apartment to repair other objects. He came by so frequently that Ellerins roommate came to believe he was stalking her. Still, Ellerin was the kind of woman who wanted to see the good in people. According to LA Weekly, her friends described her as an amazing person who would make friends with everyone.Detective Tom Small, who worked on Ellerins case, noted, Probably someone came to the door and the rest is history. She knew the guy, and according to the people who knew her, if she knew you, she would let you in.Gargiulo likely decided to act when he found Ellerin home alone on the night of Feb. 21. Perhaps he made a move and was rejected, or maybe he simply wanted to kill. Regardless of his motive, however, Gargiulo stabbed Ellerin 47 times. The wounds were so severe that she was nearly decapitated. But Gargiulo had managed to get away with the murder at least for a while.Michael Gargiulo, The Boy Next Door Killer, in court. Michael Gargiulo likely carried out his first murder in 1993 before going on to kill Ellerin in 2001. Four years later, he struck again, this time stabbing his neighbor Maria Bruno to death in her home in El Monte. When her body was found, investigators noticed that her breasts had been cut off and the implants removed. Then, in 2008, Gargiulo attacked Murphy in her Santa Monica apartment. She managed to fight him off, and he ran away, leaving a bloody trail behind him.After years of delayed trials, Michael Gargiulo was found guilty of Ashley Ellerins murder in August 2019 and sentenced to death largely thanks to the testimony of none other than Ashton Kutcher.After learning about the murder of Ashley Ellerin, read about the shocking case of Brooke Preston, the woman who was killed by her sleepwalking roommate. Then, go inside the brutal story of Maddie Clifton, the eight-year-old girl who was murdered by her 14-year-old neighbor.The post Ashley Ellerin, The Woman Who Was Murdered By The Hollywood Ripper Just Before Her Date With Ashton Kutcher appeared first on All That's Interesting.