Holiday Crowds Flock To See Ruth Ellis Effigy -- Holiday Crowds view the Effigy of Ruth Ellis, in the Chamber of Horrors at the Waxworks. The Tussaud's -Waxworks in Blackpool has been quick-to cash in on the interest hown in the Ruth Ellis Case. The day after her execution in Holloway Prison the Waxworks was Exhibiting an effigy of the woman and was soon attracting the Holiday Crowds. July 15, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Daily Herald).