# Reg Christie

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John Christie "Murder at Rillington Place" Ep 055

John Reginald Halliday Christie (8 April 1899 – 15 July 1953), known to his family and friends as Reg Christie, was an English serial killer and alleged necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people—including his wife, Ethel—by strangling them in his flat at …

Rillington Place -Part Two

Three years after the execution of Timothy Evans, the man he accused of murdering his wife and daughter is exposed as Britains worse post-war serial killer. In this episode H. N. Lloyd and Kristof discuss Reg Christie’s crimes and the lives of his victims.

Rillington Place - Part 3

In this episode we close the door on Rillington Place and look out how Reg Christie became a willing pawn in the governments scheme to ensure the continued use of capital punishment.

KATE SUMMERSCALE In Person With Paul

KATE SUMMERSCALE chats to Paul about her new history THE PEEPSHOW, 10 Rillington Place, misogyny & male violence, the cultural and wider societal impact of a notorious murder.THE PEEPSHOW: London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy…

The murders at Rillington Place: postwar London's grisliest crimes

On 24 March 1953, a tenant of 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill made a gruesome discovery. Inside the walls of the downstairs flat, he uncovered the bodies of three women. More were to follow. A nationwide manhunt was launched for the prime suspect, Reg Christie, and the murders quickly became a ca…

THE PEEPSHOW—Kate Summerscale

London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden. But they have already investigated a d…

Kate Summerscale The Peepshow

The real-life stranger-than-fiction story of serial killer Reg Christie rocked London in the 1950s.

#57 - The Other Side of 10 Rillington Place - Part Ten (John Reginald Halliday Christie)

This is the final part of The Other Side of 10 Rillington Place. On Friday 20th March 1953, Reg Christie left 10 Rillington Place forever and entered Rowton House at 1 Calthorpe Street, a lodging house for homeless men, but being a wanted serial-killer, what was his big plan to escape? Date: Frida…

The Murders That Forced Forensics to Evolve: Inside London’s Darkest Cases

Forensic science is now one of the most powerful tools in crime investigation — but its journey began in the shadows of London’s darkest cases. In this episode of Macabre London, we trace the evolution of forensics through the crimes that pushed science to its limits. We begin with the first-ever …