Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century

John Haigh: The Acid Bath Murderer (1x26)

Air date: Apr 26, 1994

In 1949, John George Haigh escorted Mrs. Olivia Durand-Deacon down to his factory in Crawley, where he shot her in the head and then heaved her into a previously-prepared vat of acid. Charged with murder, he said he had also disposed of seven other victims the same way - including his parents - and often enjoyed drinking their blood…