The Real Murderer Is Put On Trial
John Christie couldn’t escape the overwhelming evidence that pointed to his guilt as a serial murderer. He was brought to trial and found guilty of murdering his wife. His deviant desires were further exposed when he suggested that he might have engaged in necrophilia with the corpse.
More sordid details emerged about Christie’s troubled life, including his frequent solicitation of prostitutes, raising the possibility that his body count was much higher than initially believed. Following the rejection of his plea of insanity, John Christie was hanged in July 1953 by the same executioner who had carried out Timothy Evans’s death sentence.
