John George Haigh's Speech

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John George Haigh. No this speech isn’t about the English footballer who died at 101 years old. This is about a man who killed people then disposed of their bodies in barrels of acid. Yes, you heard me right, acid. In the reports it says that Haigh killed 6 people, but he told the police that it was 9. Because we have probably never heard of this man I will inform you about his time before the murders, the actual murders, his last victim, and then finally his trial.
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Before I start getting into the murderers, I am going to give you some information about his life. John George Haigh was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire on July 24th 1909. He had no siblings and was said to be lonely by the ones who knew him. His father built a 10 foot wall around their garden to keep the rest of the world out, so can you blame him for getting lonely? His family was also very religious so references to the Lord wasn’t unusual. He was always being reminded that there was a higher power watching over his …show more content…

So he figured he murder another person to get the money he wanted. His last victim, Olive Durand-Deacon, was a wealthy widow who knew Haigh as an engineer and wanted to meet up to talk about a new idea she had for him. Haigh suggested they meet at Leopold Road workshop. Right as they got there Haigh shot her in the back of the neck, took all of her belongings then put her in the drum. John Haigh was doing great, he hadn’t been caught yet and nobody asked around about the people who had been murdered. But, on of Mrs. Deacons friends noticed she had been gone longer than normal. So they filed a missing person's report. Detectives soon discovered Haigh’s record of theft and fraud and searched the workshop. Police found Haigh’s attaché case containing a dry cleaner’s receipt for Mrs. Durand-Deacon’s coat, and also papers referring to the Hendersons and McSwans. They took him into questioning shortly after discovering these

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