Who is Barbara Graham?

Answer 1

Barbara Graham was a convicted murderess. She was convicted along with three other men of beating an old woman to death with a gun in Burbank Ca. The other two, testified that Barbara did the pistol whipping. But there was much speculation that perhaps Barbara was inocent. Many still believe that the other two men testified against her in hopes that they would avoid the gas chamber. It didn't work out that way. All would face the gas chamber in 1955 at San Quetin prison, with Barbara being the first to go. There have been two movies made about her story, and both movies were called "I want to live". Susan Hayward won an Oscar for her roll as Barbara in 1958. And another made for tv "I want to live" came out in 1983.