John Christie: The ‘man next door’ who waged decade of terror against women | Books | Entertainment
John Christie is led into West London Magistrates Court to face a charge of murdering his wife Ethel (Image: Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Known simply as the 10 Rillington Place murders, they sent shockwaves through post-war Britain. Smartly dressed and bespectacled John Christie appeared an unlikely monster yet he killed at least eight people in the 1940s and 1950s, strangling them inside his West London flat then disposing of the bodies in the walls and under the…
