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Bookmark or Share- The True Story Behind The Natural - Mental FlossAt first, 19-year-old Ruth Ann Steinhagen’s obsession with Philadelphia Phillies player Eddie Waitkus was your typical intense teenage infatuation—she had a little shrine to Waitkus in her...
- Ruth Ann Steinhagen, who shot Phillies’ Eddie Waitkus and inspired “The ...She died Dec. 29 at Swedish Covenant Hospital of a subdural hematoma caused by an accidental fall in her longtime home, a Cook County medical examiner spokeswoman said. She was 83. Read the full article here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-spt-0315-steinhagen-eddie-waitkus-20130315,0,83959.story. Originally published: March 18, 2013.
- Woman who shot ballplayer, helped inspire The Natural, diesAfter the headlines faded, Ruth Ann Steinhagen did something else just as surprising: She disappeared into obscurity, living a quiet life unnoticed in Chicago until now, more than a half...
- Ruth Ann Steinhagen - WikipediaRuth Ann Steinhagen (born Ruth Catherine Steinhagen; December 23, 1929 – December 29, 2012) was an American woman who shot and nearly killed Eddie Waitkus, star first baseman of the Philadelphia Phillies, on June 14, 1949, in one of the first instances of what later became known as stalker crimes. [2]
- The Shooting of Eddie Waitkus - Chicago History MuseumOn June 14, 1949, former Chicago Cub Eddie Waitkus was shot at the Edgewater Beach Hotel by 19-year-old Ruth Ann Steinhagen in what is thought to be one of the first recognized cases of criminal stalking in the United States.
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