Just before nine, the cell door opened and
a voice warned, ‘It’s time!’
His arms were pinioned.
a voice warned, ‘It’s time!’
His arms were pinioned.
Outside the prison gates a multitude
surged. He smiled. ‘It’s time.
I was born no good.’
surged. He smiled. ‘It’s time.
I was born no good.’
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| John George Haigh, the ‘Acid Bath Murderer’, was hanged at 9am at Wandsworth Prison on August 10th 1949. The Medical Panel of Statutory Inquiry had advised the Home Secretary that Haigh was sane in law and no mitigation outweighed the death sentence. As to religious mania, let us remind ourselves that Haigh was a lapsed member of the Plymouth Brethren, and shares the notoriety of those other evil-doers and ‘Justified Sinners’ of the Elect. . . ‘the wickedest man in the world’ Aleister Crowley and Dr John Bodkin Adams. The Certificate of Death was posted on the prison gate at ten minutes past nine. |
See also:
A Serial Killer Diarist and Unremarked Clues to John George Haigh’s Crimes
https://catherineeisnerfrance.blogspot.com/2014/05/i-am-serial-killer-diarist-unremarked.html?m=0
See also:
A Ready Answer
https://catherineeisnerfrance.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-ready-answer.html
