John George Haigh
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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.