Barbara Graham (June 26, 1923 – June 3, 1955) was an American criminal and convicted murderer. She was executed in the gas chamber on the same day as two convicted accomplices, Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins. Nicknamed "Bloody Babs" by the press, Graham was the third woman in California to die by gas.
Read more about Barbara Graham: Early Life, Murder of Mabel Monohan, Arrest and Conviction, Appeals and Execution, In Popular Culture, Bibliography
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