John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer

John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer

John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer was written by and Dr Jonathan Oates. The 240 page book was published by Wharncliffe in 2014 with an ISBN 10 of 1473841232. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer mentions 1 serial killers including John George Haigh. The author Dr Jonathan Oates has 2 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

What motivated John George Haigh to murder at least six people, then dissolve their corpses in concentrated sulphuric acid? How did this intelligent, well-educated man from a loving, strongly religious family of Plymouth Brethren become a fraudster, a thief, then a serial killer? In the latest of his best-selling studies of criminal history, Jonathan Oates reinvestigates this sensational case of the late 1940s. He delves into Haigh's Yorkshire background, his reputation as a loner, a bully and a forger during his years at Wakefield Grammar School, and his growing appetite for the good life which his modest employment in insurance and advertising could not sustain. Then came his move to London and a rapid, apparently remorseless descent into...