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10 Rillington Place: The Serial Killer Who Helped Hang an Innocent Man
What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight
In March 1953, a horrifying discovery was made inside an ordinary terraced house in Notting Hill, London.
Hidden behind the kitchen wall of 10 Rillington Place were the bodies of three women.
Another lay beneath the floorboards.
Two more were buried in the garden.
The man responsible was John Reginald Christie. A quiet, unassuming former police reservist who had spent years hiding his crimes in plain sight.
But this wasn’t simply the story of a serial killer.
Three years earlier, a young man named Timothy Evans had been executed for the murder of his thirteen-month-old daughter, Geraldine.
One of the prosecution’s key witnesses?
John Christie.
And when Christie was finally caught, he admitted killing Timothy’s wife, Beryl.
What followed became one of the most controversial miscarriages of justice in British history.
In this episode, we explore Christie’s murders, the lives of his victims, the investigation that failed to uncover his crimes, the trial of Timothy Evans and the extraordinary legal battle that continued long after both men were dead.
A story of murder, deception, hidden evidence and a justice system forced to confront the possibility that it had sent the wrong man to the gallows.
Because sometimes the most dangerous people aren’t hiding in the shadows. They’re living right downstairs.
❤️ DEDICATED TO ANGIE — FLUFF
This episode is dedicated to my late mother-in-law, Angie, affectionately known to us as Fluff.
Angie recommended the Rillington Place case to me, and I wanted to honour her by telling this extraordinary story.
Fluff, this one’s for you. ❤️
⚠️ CONTENT WARNING
This episode contains discussion of murder, strangulation, sexual violence, an attempted abortion allegation, the death of a young child and capital punishment. Listener discretion is advised.
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RESEARCH AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
This episode draws on historical reporting, court records, parliamentary proceedings and the official inquiries into Timothy Evans’s conviction.
The responsibility for Beryl and Geraldine Evans’s deaths remains historically contested. Christie’s confession to killing Beryl and Evans’s posthumous pardon are distinguished from definitive proof of who killed Geraldine.
Music by MUBERT.
What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight
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