John George Haigh
John George Haigh was a serial killer who admitted to killing eight people in England in the 1940s.
He claimed to have drunk a cup of their blood after killing them and prior to placing the bodies in a container of acid. He believed that if he left no trace of the bodies he could not be convicted. He forged papers allowing him to sell their possessions and collect substantial sums of money. Haigh was nicknamed the Vampire of London and the Acid Bath Murderer. A jury refused to accept his claim of insanity and convicted him of murder. He was sentenced to death and hanged in August, 1949.
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