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  BBC - Crime Case Closed - John Haigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
John George Haigh was born on 24 July 1909 near Wakefield in Yorkshire, he was the only child of a puritan couple John Sr and Emily.
John Haigh Sr, a power station foreman, had a scar on his forehead which he claimed was the branding of the Devil and was caused by a sin he had committed when he was younger.
Haigh was unable to persuade Constance not to go to the police he had to accompany her and profess to be equally worried about Mrs Durand-Deacon.
www.bbc.co.uk /crime/caseclosed/johnhaigh.shtml   (2335 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - John Haigh (The Acid Bath Murderer) Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Haigh’s motivations for his crimes, which involved luring his prey to a fate where their blood was consumed before being dissolved in acid, have never been clearly corroborated.
Haigh saw her only once more; briefly, to lie by telling her that they were never officially wed because he already had a wife at the time.
Haigh had during an early confession not only admitted to many of the deaths, but had also enquired as to what the outcome would be with anyone who was declared insane.
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 John George Haigh (The Acid Bath Murderer). (Page 9)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Haigh believed that without a body, the police could not charge him....so he dissolved her body in a vat of acid.
Haigh reported that his motive was to drink his victims blood before he dissolved their bodies in acid.
Haigh was found guilty after 13 minutes of deliberation and sentenced to death.
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 John George Haigh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
John George Haigh (July 24, 1909 – August 10, 1949) was a serial killer in England in the 1940s.
Haigh was nicknamed "The Vampire of London" and the "Acid Bath Murderer".
It is possible that Haigh had read about the exploits of another Frenchman Georges "Sarret" Sarrejani, the Marseilles lawyer who used similar methods in 1925 to eliminate the bodies of his victims.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_George_Haigh   (368 words)

  
 John George Haigh - Acid Bath Killer
Haigh was ready with a glib answer; he explained that Donald had gone into hiding to avoid being drafted into the army, a not uncommon desire during wartime.
Haigh drained the receptacle through a basement sewer; afterwards, he scraped the sludge from the vat and dumped this onto the dirt of the back yard.
Lane shocked Haigh with her response: "Don't you know where she is? I understood from her that you wanted to take her to your factory." Haigh said that he had not taken the widow with him to his workshop because he was not yet ready to show her his operation.
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 John George Haigh (The Acid Bath Murderer)
John George Haigh methodically planned each of his murders, with all three stages carefully though out to prevent untidy, or messy finishes to his activities.
Unfortunately for Haigh, certain parts of the human body are more resilient to attack than most people realise, either by their very nature (such as teeth and bone) and artificial items (such as dentures) and are usually picked up as trace evidence by forensic experts.
Haigh's false assumption that murder could not be proved without the body was to have lead to his downfall.
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 John George Haigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Once the victims were dead, Haigh claims that he drank a cup of the victims' blood.
Haigh was given the death sentence, and on 10/8/49 he was hanged.
Haigh's original reason for killing his victims was for profit: from the McSwan family, it is estimated that he made about £4000, a lot of money in post-war Britain.
web.ukonline.co.uk /ruth.buddell/haigh.htm   (390 words)

  
 John George Haigh
The case of John George Haigh was one of the post-1945 case which gained a lot of media coverage at the time.
Haigh was regarded as a charmer by the residents of the Kensignton Hotel where he was living in 1949.
Haigh made several trips back to his factory to ensure that the body was being dissolved by the acid.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /acid_bath_case.htm   (372 words)

  
 Serial Killers - Casefiles [Haigh, John George - The Acid Bath Murderer]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Its important to recognise how Haigh was able to repeatedly build up a relationship with his victims, gaining their trust to the extent that when he invited them to view his so called (and often hyped up) "workshop" they would have no apprehension about his intentions, up until Haigh shot them.
John George Haigh ability to "fit-in" with other people helped him to carry out his activities for a very long time before finally being caught, which one could blame upon his upbringing without him being granted the option of living a shy and sheltered life.
In my opinion, it is unusual for Haigh to blame his strict religious upbringing in its entirety (which was believed to be a main component in Haigh's psychological make-up of why he murdered) as the reason why he killed.
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 haigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
John George Haigh, mas conocido como "el vampiro de Londres", nació en el seno de un familia de fuertes convicciones religiosas y muy conservadora en Yorkshire (Inglaterra) en una fecha que no se conoce a ciencia cierta.
Haigh le robo todo lo que llevaba, y a continuación se bebió su sangre y disolvió su cuerpo en ácido sulfúrico, supuestamente creyendo que no hacia nada por lo que después pudiera tener que pagar.
Haigh la engaño para llevarla a su casa en donde le pego un tiro en la nuca, al instante fue a su coche donde tomó un vaso y con un cortaplumas pincho en el cuello de la mujer para llenar el vaso con su sangre.
www.losenigmas.com.ar /losenigmas/haigh.htm   (443 words)

  
 John George Haigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
John George Haigh, mas conocido como "el vampiro de Londres", nacio en el seno de un familia de fuertes convicciones religiosas y muy conservadora en Yorkshire (Inglaterra) en una fecha que no se conoce a ciencia cierta.
Haigh le robo todo lo que llevaba, y a continuacion se bebio su sangre y disolvio su cuerpo en acido sulfurico, supuestamente creyendo que no hacia nada por lo que despues pudiera tener que pagar.
Haigh la engaño para llevarla a su casa en donde le pego un tiro en la nuca, al instante fue a su coche donde cogio un vaso y con un cortaplumas pincho en el cuello de la mujer para llenar el vaso con su sangre.
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 John George Haig
John George Haigh viene dallo Yorkshire, in Inghilterra.
Haigh partecipa quasi divertito, prendendo nota e canzonando tutti i procedimenti, probabilmente non consapevole della grama situazione in cui è venuto a trovarsi.
Sono dodici i dottori che esaminano Haigh in prigione.
www.occhirossi.it /biografie/JohnGeorgeHaigh.htm   (4738 words)

  
 Historical Vampyres :: here mutilation lives, stoning, & the long moan of tortured men.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
It was the dream, Haigh would confess to the police after his arrest, that made him believe he needed blood in order to live.
Victim after victim was killed for blood (and profit, as Haigh tended to commandeer what he could of his victims' wealth) and disposed of in an acid bath.
After an extraordinary amount of time, some of Haigh's victims were missed by their friends and family, and the police began an investigation.
www.freewebs.com /vampiric/johngeorgehaigh.htm   (493 words)

  
 The Ultimate Crime
Haigh had driven to Crawley that morning and emptied the sludge from the tank onto the ground outside the workshop.
Haigh was charged with the murder of Mrs Durand-Deacon on 2nd March and removed to Lewes Prison.
John Horton shared a house at Bradford-on-Avon with his aged father, who was having a relationship with their housekeeper, Charlotte Lindsay.
www.real-crime.co.uk /Murder1/doch.htm   (15367 words)

  
 John George Haigh
When Haigh was arrested on suspicion of murder he told police that he had killed her but they could not prove murder without a body.
Haigh admitted to killing eight people, all of which he disposed of the body by bathing it in acid.
Haigh was tried in July 1949, he was found guilty and executed in Wandsworth Prison on 10 August 1949.
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 John George Haigh
Haigh era uno studente solitario, adorava la musica ed imparò a suonare il pianoforte e l'organo; più tardi entrò a far parte del mondo religioso e cominciò a vivere in due mondi differenti con credenze fondamentalmente avverse.
John Haigh per visitare il suo laboratorio nel Sussex, e George fu l'ultima persona ad aver visto l'anziana signora in vita.
Insospettiti dal comportamento insolito di Haigh, perquisirono l'appartamento, e trovarono degli stivali in gomma, tre contenitori di acido solforico, una pompa, una scatola contenente dei documenti e una calibro 38 usata di recente e diverse tracce di sangue.
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 JOHN GEORGE HAID (1909-1949)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Haigh afirmó haber matado a nueve personas, pero nunca se descubrió nada de tres de ellas.
Respecto a su evaluación psiquiátrica, doce médicos examinaron a Haigh antes y después de su juicio, interesados en su compulsión por matar por sangre.
Haigh escribió su biografía para el periódico que pagó por su defensa, escribió cartas a sus padres y a su prometida.
www.pasarmiedo.com /haigh.php?id=48   (1687 words)

  
 John George Haigh Biography | World of Criminal Justice
John George Haigh was born on July 24, 1909, in Yorkshire, England.
He was dubbed "The Acid Bath Vampire" by the media because Haigh claimed to have drained the bodies of blood, which he allegedly drank, prior to dissolving the bodies.
Haigh presented himself as highly intelligent and clearly understood the trial proceedings.
www.bookrags.com /biography/john-george-haigh-cri   (616 words)

  
 MURDER IN THE UK  - JOHN HAIGH - ACID BATH MURDERER
Haigh meticulously planned each of his murders, with all three stages carefully thought out to prevent untidy, or messy finishes to his gruesome activities.
Unfortunately for Haigh, certain parts of the human body are more resilient to attack than most people realise, either by their very nature (such as teeth and bone) and artificial items (such as false teeth) and are usually picked up as trace evidence by forensic experts.
Though the murders were very important to Haigh, he also saw the need to sustain himself financially, and would thus strip the body of any valuables that he could use himself (things such as jewellery, and ration cards which he later used for himself).
www.murderuk.com /serialkillers/johnhaigh.htm   (397 words)

  
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Haigh had been unable to persuade her not to and had, in the event, gone along and professed to be equally worried about her.
A British slayer, Haigh was born in 1909, subjected by his parents to the strict regimen of the Plymouth Brethren, regarding all forms of amusement as sin.
As a child, Haigh won a choral scholarship to Wakefield Grammer School, requiring his participation as a choir boy in Anglican services held at Wakefield cathedral.
www.crimezzz.net /serialkillers/H/HAIGH_john_george.htm   (2509 words)

  
 Descendants of John Haigh
JOHN HAIGH was born May 16,1817 in Stainland, Yorkshire, England.
JOHN HAIGH was born in 1846 in Stainland, Yorkshire England.
ABIGAIL ALICE HAIGH was born August 18, 1884 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire England.
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 Vampyre Society
Haigh said that he himself would drive her over.
Lambourne thought Haigh had been rather slick in his responses and looked suspicious there as a middle-aged man among all these wealthy older women, so she decided to do a background check.
Haigh had claimed to be the director, which was soon proven to be a fabrication.
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 John George Haigh
SUSSEX, England: John Haigh was so over-confident of his plans that he visited the police station and reported his victim missing.
Haigh was involved in an auto accident which caused his car to turn over after colliding with a truck.
Haigh was hanged at Wandsworth Prison on 6 August, 1949.
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 Famous Vampires - John George Haigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In order to rebel against the strict teachings of his parents and their faith, Haigh joined the Church of England while he was still a boy.
To dispose of the body, Haigh placed it in a tub and proceeded to pour buckets of acid over it.
The words "Acid Bath Vampire" screamed from all the headlines as Haigh was brought to trial.
users.bigpond.net.au /vampires/folklore/famous/haigh.htm   (458 words)

  
 A Is for Acid (2002) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In this TV film scripted by Glenn Chandler, creator of "Taggart", he impersonates a dapper, cheerful, sport car driving type who is also an accomplished pianist called John Haigh who turns out to be a diabolical serial killer who disposes of his victims in acid baths.
In line with his own account, Haigh's Yorkshire Plymouth Brethren parents are depicted as strict and narrow, but not as unloving.
Haigh is also one of those criminals who were bound to be caught sooner or later (his arrest was not a miracle of detection), which makes one ask: did he think he was invincible or did he really want to be caught?
imdb.com /title/tt0327392   (506 words)

  
 A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
It is a seventeenth century English novel by John Cleland, and it is known as Fanny Hill: The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
John Cleland suggests that self-understanding and self-expression may not be as popular, but they are more humane.
John George Haigh, the British vampire who sucked his victims' blood through soda straws and dissolved their drained bodies in acid baths, first had his murder-inciting dreams and vampire-longings from watching the "voluptuous" procedure of -- an Anglican High Church Service!
www.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0383_0413_ZC.html   (4787 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Archive gives insight into killer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Haigh killed at least six people in the 1940s and dissolved the bodies in acid.
In letters written from his cell, Haigh likened himself to Christ and described feeling the urge to laugh when he heard his own death sentence.
Haigh, who was hanged in 1949, claimed to be a vampire but appeared to have killed to fund his gambling habit.
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 Amber HAIGH
Ms Haigh is described as being 160cm, thin build, with brown shoulder-length hair and green/hazel eyes.
A resident of Young, Amber Michelle Haigh, was last seen at Campbelltown railway station in June 2002, although her mother Trish Haigh says she is no longer hopeful of finding her daughter alive.
Police have been told Amber Haigh was dropped off at Campbelltown Railway Station on the night of Friday, June 5, but she has not been seen since.
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 Re: John, George, William, George, Haigh
In Reply to: John, George, William, George, Haigh by Darlene Johnson
My great grandfather, Edwin Haigh, was born in 1863 and I do not have information before that.
The Haigh's you mentioned may be ancestors (Edwin named two of his sons George and John.) It would be great if they were the preceding generations.
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 Albert Pierrepoint References Britain's Bradford execution Somerset Pentonville Irma Grese John George Haigh John ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
» John George Haigh, the Acid-bath murderer executed at Wandsworth on 10 August 1949 despite Mrs Durand-Deacon's gallstones and dentures being the only part of her not dissolved in acid.
It was subsequently discovered that Evans' neighbour John Reginald Christie, a self-confessed necrophiliac, was a multiple murderer, who had an appointment with Albert on 15 July 1953 at Pentonville.
Albert Pierrepoint is often referred to as Britain's last hangman, but this is not true — executions continued until 13 August 1964 when Gwynne Owen Evans was hanged at 8.00 a.m.
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