10 Rillington Place Notting Hill London

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His name was John Christie. Sounds like a friendly bloke from the corner shop, right? Nope. He was a necrophiliac serial killer who, between 1943 and 1953, murdered at least eight women in that tiny flat. He buried them under the floorboards, in the garden, and even in a kitchen alcove. In the kitchen. Think about that next time you’re cooking dinner.

Here’s the kicker: Christie didn’t just kill people. He had a side hustle. He’d pose as a backstreet abortionist—illegal at the time—so he could lure desperate women into his home. He’d promise to “fix things,” then gas them with carbon monoxide. Charming, right? And his wife, Ethel? She either knew nothing or chose to know nothing. We’ll never be sure.

The Real Horror: Tim Evans

But the story gets twisted. In 1949, a young, illiterate van driver named Timothy Evans moved in upstairs. He was a bit slow, a bit gullible. When his baby daughter died, and then his wife Beryl turned up dead, Christie helpfully “discovered” the bodies. Then he convinced Tim to confess—promising to get him off the hook. Tim took the fall. He was hanged for a crime he didn’t commit.

Only later, when Christie himself was caught, did the truth come out: Christie killed them. By then, Tim was already six feet under. The police botched the investigation royally—they ignored a hidden crawlspace full of bodies. Classic British incompetence meets tragic injustice.

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