Active for 6 years
(1944-1949) in United Kingdom

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14. 5 External References
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John George Haigh an English serial killer known as the Acid Bath Murderer for dissolving his victims in sulphuric acid under the belief that he could not be prosecuted for murder if no body was found. He would then forge papers to sell the victims possessions. Confessed nine murders, convicted of six and hanged. Haigh claimed that he had drank the blood of one of his victims.

Profile Completeness: 54%

Books that Mention John George Haigh

Keith Simpson

Forty Years of Murder

Jonathan Oates

John Christie of Rillington Place

Jonathan Oates

John Christie of Rillington Place

Neil Root

Frenzy!

Dr Jonathan Oates

John George Haigh, the Acid-Bath Murderer

Eve Branson

Mum's the Word

William J. Tilstone

Forensic Science

Gordon Lowe

Acid Bath Murders

13 Books that mention Serial Killer
John George Haigh

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
0007291272	Forty Years of Murder	Keith Simpson	John George Haigh	1
178340891x	John Christie of Rillingt...	Jonathan Oates	John George Haigh	2
1845631412	John Christie of Rillingt...	Jonathan Oates	John George Haigh	2
1409052249	Frenzy!	Neil Root	John George Haigh	1
1783462140	John George Haigh, the Ac...	Dr Jonathan Oates	John George Haigh	1
1477245839	Mum's the Word	Eve Branson	John George Haigh	1
1576071944	Forensic Science	3 Total Including William J. Tilstone	John George Haigh	2
075096670x	Acid Bath Murders	Gordon Lowe	John George Haigh	1
109043586x	Serial Killers True Crime...	3 Total Including Dwayne Walker	4 Total Including John Christie	4
1473841232	John George Haigh, the Ac...	Dr Jonathan Oates	John George Haigh	1
0752484354	Sussex Murders	W.H. Johnson	John George Haigh	1
1743772912	A Scandal in Bohemia	Gideon Haigh	John George Haigh	2
1743770413	Stroke of Genius	Gideon Haigh	John George Haigh	2

John George Haigh (; 24 July 1909 – 10 August 1949), commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer. He was convicted for the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. He battered or shot his victims to death and used concentrated sulphuric acid to dispose of their corpses before forging papers so he could sell the victims' possessions and collect substantial sums of money.

External References

1. John Haigh on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 20, 2018.
2. Juan Ignacio Blanco, John George HAIGH on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 20, 2018.
3. Q949380 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 15, 2018.
4. John George Haigh on vampireunderworld.com, Retrieved on Jan 10, 2019.
5. John Haigh on www.serienkillers.de, Retrieved on Feb 17, 2019.

Internal References

John George Haigh is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #14 of 62[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers active in the United Kingdom
2. #14 of 20[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killer Vampires sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #17 of 41[ Page 2 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in July
4. #21 of 46[ Page 2 ] of Leo Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
5. #229 of 651[ Page 16 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
6. #255 of 651[ Page 17 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
7. #329 of 651[ Page 22 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
8. #431 of 651[ Page 29 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness

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Serial Killers Statistics, charts John George Haigh is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Age of Serial Killer by Date, Killers By Astrological Sign, Killers By Birth Month, Mannor of Death, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1944
• 1945
• 1946
• 1947
• 1948
• 1949