John Reginald Halliday Christie - one of Britain’s worst serial killers.
John Reginald Halliday Christie - one of Britain’s worst serial killers. 55 year old John Christie and his wife, 54 year old Ethel, rented rooms at 10 Rillington Place in the Notting Hill area of London. He was an insignificant man, 5’ 8 1/2” tall, bald and bespectacled, who was nicknamed "Reggie no dick" by local children. He had a criminal record stretching back some years and had served sentences for theft and assault. During World War II he served as a special constable in the War Reserve Police, helping to enforce the blackout. Christie murdered at least seven women whose remains were recovered and could be identified. His known victims were Austrian born 21 year old Ruth Margarete Fuerst on the 24th of August 1943, whom he had consensual sex with and then strangled her and buried her in the garden. Her skull rose to the surface and so Christie picked it up and threw it into a bombed out house. His next victim was 30 year old Muriel Amelia Eady whom he strangled on the...