The Infamous Acid Bath Murders
The Story of John George Haigh The man who almost committed the perfect murders Well quite unusually for me this is a solved crime case but nevertheless has some great history and bearing in mind my investigations into religious cults, this one is very relevant. John George Haigh was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1909 and was brought up in West Riding, Yorkshire. Now interestingly his parents and family were dedicated, fervent members of The Plymouth Brethren church but more of that later. In 1945 Haigh began a killing spree that ended in him being famously known as "The Acid Bath Murderer", although he did not actually kill using the acid baths. Although Haigh was convicted of killing six victims, it is widely believed that actually, he was more likely to have been responsible for a total of nine murders over a span of four years. John George Haigh was not only a killer but also a fraudster on quite a large scale, he would either shot or battered his victims t...