‘TIL DEATH DO US…’
Patrick Gallagher
True Crime
In August 1945, Gladys Lincoln of Sacramento contacted prosperous Dr.
W. D. Broadhurst of Caldwell, Idaho, and rekindled a romance from
twenty years earlier. After many passionate letter exchanges and
several sexually-charged meetings, they were married in Reno, Nevada on
May 20, 1946. After a passion-filled three-day weekend together, the
doctor returned to his home in Idaho, and Gladys returned to Sacramento …
and to her husband, Leslie Lincoln! But Gladys was much more than a
bigamist.
Gladys needed something even she didn’t understand. She married her
first husband when she was 20, and her second husband only 14 months
later. The second marriage lasted only two years, the third less than
16 months. Leslie Lincoln was her fifth, and Dr. Broadhurst became her
sixth. But what desperate need drove her to go from marriage to
marriage?
Then what dark mindset moved her and her young cowboy chauffeur to
commit murder? Find out in ‘TIL DEATH DO US …’ the gripping new true
crime from WildBlue Press author Patrick Gallagher whose grandfather was
Gladys’ lead defense attorney during her sensational trial.
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One movie that had a powerful impact on Gladys was “Leave Her to Heaven,” starring Gene Tierney as Ellen Berent who meets the novelist Richard Harlan, played by Cornel Wilde, on a train. The stunningly beautiful but psychotically jealous Ellen ultimately proposes marriage to Richard. As her jealousy causes the marriage to disintegrate, Ellen turns to murder and finally creates the ultimate revenge scenario.
At one point, Ellen is reading over Richard’s shoulder as he writes his novel, as he types, “’Will you marry me?’ he said.”
Ellen reacts, “Oh, no!”
Richard: “No what?”
Ellen: “Good grief! ‘Will you marry me?’ In the first place, men never propose. They think they do, but it’s really the woman.”
Richard: “Who told you that, Ripley?”
Ellen: “And when men do propose, they never say, ‘Will you marry me?’”
After some more discussion, Ellen asks, “How did you propose to me?”
Richard: “Uh. . . . . .”
Ellen: “You didn’t, I proposed to you.” (Then she grabs his face and pulls it to her and gives him a huge kiss) …. “Remember?”
Patrick Gallagher had no such ambition. However, some stories grip us by
the collar and demand they be told to the world, and this is what
Patrick has been challenged to do. He has been a “jack of all trades,
master of one,” the “one” being a U.S. Customs Broker and logistics
specialist. But over the curse of a lifetime Patrick has worked as a
farm laborer, forest fire fighter, process server, retail store manager,
preacher, ware-houseman and dishwasher. However, founding and managing a
business in international logistics was the career he loved.
Now retired, Patrick and his wife enjoy their four children and
twelve grandchildren, and their home at the foot of the Rocky Mountains
in Denver, Colorado.
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