In 1949, John George Haigh was founded to be a serial killer known as The Acid Bath Murderer and The Vampire Killer. Haigh targeted old rich and retired people. His first family of victims were the McSwans. The McSwans family was rich and Haigh wanted to take their wealth. First Haight killed the son Donald McSwan. Then the following year he killed the parents Mr. and Mrs. WD McSwan. He killed them by bludgeoning them to death. (Beating them with a club) After killing them he forged the McSwans name on some transfer deeds, and he was able to get the McSwans properties and 4,000 pounds. When he lost all of the money at the dog track he decided to begin murdering for profit again.
His second group of victims were the Hendersons who where also rich. Haigh began to be their friends and he gained their trust. Haigh drove Mr. Henderson to his workshop where he shot him. Then he went to Mrs. Henderson and told her that her husband was sick. She went with Haigh to see him at his workshop. Once she got there he killed her in the same manner. After the killing of the McSwans and the Henderson’s, (read full text…)









