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| − | '''John George Haigh''' (1909-1949) was a British criminal known as the 'Acid bath Killer' | + | '''John George Haigh''' (1909-1949) was a British criminal known as the 'Acid bath Killer'. he was born and brought up in [[Yorkshire]] in a deeply religious family: his parents were devout [[Plymouth Brethren]] and took care to protect their son from worldly evils. As a young adult, he served prison sentences for fraud, and in 1944 graduated to murder, killing one McSwann, a business associate, and dissolving his body in a vat of acid kept at a rented lock-up workshop. He may have killed a second victim later in 1944, before murdering McSwann's parents in 1945, forging a power of attorney and stealing pension and assets. Again, the victims' bodies were destroyed by acid. |
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| + | ==Further information== | ||
| + | http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/906:338/1/John_Haigh_The_Acid_Bath_Murderer_.htm | ||
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| + | [[Category:Serial Killers]] | ||
Revision as of 14:21, March 12, 2008
John George Haigh (1909-1949) was a British criminal known as the 'Acid bath Killer'. he was born and brought up in Yorkshire in a deeply religious family: his parents were devout Plymouth Brethren and took care to protect their son from worldly evils. As a young adult, he served prison sentences for fraud, and in 1944 graduated to murder, killing one McSwann, a business associate, and dissolving his body in a vat of acid kept at a rented lock-up workshop. He may have killed a second victim later in 1944, before murdering McSwann's parents in 1945, forging a power of attorney and stealing pension and assets. Again, the victims' bodies were destroyed by acid.