Alfred Arthur Rouse - who attempted to fake his own death–world history and facts
Alfred Arthur Rouse - who attempted to fake his own death–world history and facts. Alfred Arthur Rouse (6 April 1894 – 10 March 1931) was a British murderer, known as the Blazing Car Murderer, who was convicted and subsequently hanged at Bedford Gaol for the November 1930 murder of an unknown man in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire. Rouse's crime became known as the "Blazing Car Murder" due to the fact Rouse, seeking to fabricate his own death, burned to death an unknown hitchhiker whom he had rendered unconscious inside his car. 36 year old Rouse made legal history by being convicted of murder even though no one knew who the victim was. He had suffered a head and other injuries during the First World War, causing a personality disorder which left him with an enormous sexual appetite. He had girlfriends all over the country and had fathered several children with them. It is thought that to avoid paying child support he intended to fake his own death. By 1930 he was work...