Ruth is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of York UK where she started work in April 2008.
Her research interests focus on death, celebrity and popular culture and crime. She is a founder of the Death and Culture Network (DaCNet) and editor of Emerald Series in Death and Culture. Ruth is the author of Death, The Dead and Popular Culture (2018).
Michael Jackson is one of the highest-paid dead celebrities, earning more than $825 million in 2016. By comparison, Marilyn Monroe was the highest female earner, with $13 million in 2019.
The mystery of death can be the scariest thing to a child.
