John George Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer On the 18 February 1949, 39-year-old John George Haigh had invited 69-year-old Olive Durand-Deacon to his factory in Sussex, which was in fact just a small store room. He had recently become friendly with her, telling her of his ideas to market cosmetics. After driving Mrs Durand-Deacon to the factory he shot her dead with his .38 Webley revolver. He ...

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. The first stage was to isolate the victim from any familiarity around them (escorting to his glamorised workshop , which was nothing more than an adjacent room next to a factory). In all of the ...