He Kept Her Prisoner

In the 1940s everyone was on the move in America, which made it very easy for someone with evil intent to hide in plain sight—just as it is often the case in today’s world. Beatrice was a lonely, single woman who had few friends since she moved to a new job and location. She seemed to be easy prey for Gerald, a man with a dark, hidden past. When they first met, Gerald turned on the charm and Beatrice believed his every word. Only after they married did she begin to suspect that Gerald’s past held more terrible secrets than she could have possibly imagined. Would she remain his victim, or would she have the courage to finally bring his killing spree to an end? Read “He Kept Her Prisoner” and see if the tiny hairs on the back of your neck don’t tingle as you find out what happens to Beatrice for yourself!

Originally published in the November 1949 issue of True Romance Magazine, the most successful women’s magazine of its day and the precursor to today’s People Magazine, He Kept Her Prisoner is a story that definitely resonates in today’s world in which serial killers are clear threats to single women everywhere. The end of the ‘40s in America was a boom period in our economy, not to mention we had become a super power in the world at large. America was in transition in so many ways, as described in more detail on www.trulovestories.com.