Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century
Haigh the Acid Bath Murderer
S1 • E20 Mar 15, 1994 30m
In 1949 John George Haigh escorted Mrs Olivia Durand-Deacon down to his factory in Crawley, where he shot her in the head and then heaved her into a previously-prepared vat of acid. Charged with murder, he said he had also disposed of seven other victims the same way - including his parents - and often enjoyed drinking their blood….
