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3. Mai 1981 · Murder in Texas: Directed by William Hale. With Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett, Andy Griffith. Story of Texas heiress Joan Robinson, who married plastic surgeon John Hill. Her father, Ash, is suspicious of Hill, thinking that he married Joan for money, which he used to buy a house and indulges in some odd hobbies. He ...
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- Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett
- William Hale
Plot. Based on the true story of the death of Joan Robinson Hill, this film tells of a plastic surgeon who was suspected of causing the death of his first wife, the daughter of a wealthy member of Houston society.
- Drama
In 1981, the Robinson Hill case was the subject of Murder in Texas, a television film featuring Farrah Fawcett as Robinson Hill. It concurs with Kurth's theory that Hill may have faked his death, suggesting that he arranged for someone else to be killed in his place. [42]
- March 19, 1969 (aged 38), Houston, Texas, U.S.
- American
- National competitor in equestrian events, Death in unexplained circumstances
- February 6, 1931, Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Joan Robinson Hill, Texan Belle
- Dr. John Hill and A Mismatched Marriage
- Affair with Ann Kurth
- Death on Valentine's Day, 1969
- "Murder by Omission"
- Dr. John Hill Gunned Down
- Trial and Aftermath
- Ann Kurth Hill: Prescription Murder
- What Happened to Joan Robinson Hill's Son?
In the late 1950s, Joan Robinson, daughter of Texas oil magnate Ash Robinson, was the belle of every ball in Houston, Texas. She was an excellent equestrian who earned many awards and commendations in the city's exhibition circuit. Joan was a popular society girl and had many connections. She knew everyone worth knowing in Houston during the 1950s ...
John Hill did not have money when he married Joan, but Ash Robinson agreed to pay for the couple's expenses up until John became a doctor. Ash made it possible for the young couple to live in the manner to which his daughter was accustomed. The Hills had a son in 1960, during John's first year of residency. Ash Robinson doted on his grandson the sa...
John answered the doubts of his critics by meeting another woman, Ann Kurth, while out with his son. Ann was a great beauty and a very conniving person to boot. She had her three sons with her when she met John for the first time. An affair began almost instantly, with Ann Kurth's sights seemingly set on imitating, or stealing, the life of Joan Rob...
On Valentine's Day, John gave Ann the works with candy, a bracelet, and wads of cash; his wife received nothing. Now Joan was livid at John for staying out all night, on top of the pain of knowing that he chose someone else. She had taken to sleeping in late, which concerned her maid, as Joan was usually an early riser. It turned out she was ill an...
Joan's death and the controversy stirred up afterward became one of the most salacious scandals in Houston's history. Ash Robinson jumped into action and immediately hired private investigators and his own medical examiner. The team he assembled worked as a veritable vigilante law enforcement agency, collecting its own evidence and even exhuming Jo...
On September 24, 1972, John Hill, now thrice-married and awaiting his second trial for murder, was gunned down by a masked intruder in his River Oaks mansion, the same home in which he'd lived with Joan and his son. At the time of the shooting, his new wife, Connie, and his son were home but left unharmed. Investigators initially thought it looked ...
At the trial for Dr. Hill's murder, Paulus refused to take the stand, but McKittrick testified that Ash Robinson had paid $25,000 to Paulus to find someone to murder Hill. Paulus then allegedly paid Vandiver $5,000 to be the gunman. Prosecutors weren't able to find conclusive evidence to support the claim, however, and never filed criminal charges ...
Ann Kurth Hill went on to write a controversial book, Prescription Murder, in which she reiterated her claims that John confessed to killing Joanand then tried to murder her. One of the most surprising new claims in Kurth's book was that Hill had most likely poisoned his wife with pastries laced with human fecal bacteria. The case was immortalized ...
In 1981, Joan Robinson Hill's son, Ash Robinson's grandson, sold the family home and reconciled with his grandparents. He was reported to have visited with Ash numerous times and looked at pictures of his mother in her champion equestrian days. At the age of 87, Ash Robinson died in 1985 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida.
25. Jan. 2024 · In less than 24 hours, Joan Robinson Hill was dead. John Hill was present in the hospital, and it is said that his cries were so loud that they were heard by patients on another floor. Despite this, he would shortly find himself charged with her murder.
- Orrin Grey
Movie Info. John Hill (Sam Elliott) is a plastic surgeon who may not be what he seems. His first wife, Joan Robinson (Farrah Fawcett), is a socialite who falls ill and dies under suspicious...
- Drama
Murder in Texas. Summaries. Story of Texas heiress Joan Robinson, who married plastic surgeon John Hill. Her father, Ash, is suspicious of Hill, thinking that he married Joan for money, which he used to buy a house and indulges in some odd hobbies. He eventually has an affair with a woman named Ann Kurth.