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May 1, 2022 · Playing Joan Vollmer in movies: from left to right: Judy Davis in Naked Lunch (1991); Courtney Love in Beat (2000) and Amy Adams in On the Road (2012). Photos: Reproduction.
Apr 25, 2022 · After William Burroughs killed his wife Joan Vollmer, he threw away all her possessions. Their son, Bill Jr., never saw a photograph of her. When Bill Jr. was 32, he begged his father to send him a photo but he didn’t.
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Beat Generation ’s intoxicated writer, William Burroughs and his intriguing wife, Joan Vollmer, found themselves too drunk when Burroughs decided to call her to participate in a dangerous game...
Sep 23, 2015 · Law Order. True Crime Scene. Exorcism of God-fearing Joan Vollmer led to her bizarre and violent death in country Victoria. IT was only after Joan Vollmer's awful death at the hands of her husband, friends and an exorcist that the truth emerged of a secret sect, demons and promises of resurrection. Keith Moor. 11 min read.
After serious bouts of addictive highs and destructive lows, an “unwedded” union came between writer William Burroughs and Joan Vollmer.
The film focuses primarily on the last several weeks of writer Joan Vollmer's life in 1951 Mexico City, leading up to her accidental killing by her husband, the writer William S. Burroughs. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000 and was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival .
Sep 28, 2016 · Brutally killed at the hands of her husband and an extreme religious group 23-years ago, Joan Vollmer’s infamous exorcism has left a lasting impact on the regional Victorian town of Antwerp.
