The Offbeat

John George Haigh Disclaimer : readers discretion advised. This post includes discussion of violence, sexual assault and murder that some people may find offensive. John George Haigh Friendship is something very dear to our hearts, a friend someone we trust with all our secrets. But picture being in a condition were none of this holds true. A friend who befriended you just to cheat on you, to fish out money from you and kill you. Here we have a story of a Serial killer who preyed on people, his friends by using their trust just to benefit his luxurious lifestyle. This post we are discussing the gruesome crimes of John George Haigh also known as the acid bath murderer. John George Haigh was an English serial killer who was convicted for the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine between the years 1944 and 1949.This week we will discuss Haigh's hyper religious upbringing, his 10 years as con artist and his plans for what he believed to be the perfect crime. ...

               The Wych Elm tree in the Hagley woods,  inside of which the woman’s body was discovered in 1943                         Source: Birmingham Mail Who put Bella in the witch elm? It’s been 75 years and this mystery still remains unsolved and for our very own crime junkies out there we know how much you guys love an unsolved mystery so we can spend hours trying to solve it and come with our own endings. So here is one for you guys. On a warm summer evening in April 18 th 1943 four young boys named Bob Hart, Tom Willetts, Fred Payne, Bob Farmer were out poaching birds or hunting for rabbits or maybe looking for eggs in the estate of Lord Cobham in Worcestershire, England and trespassing when young Bob farmer came across a tree named the witch elm due to its peculiar appearance. Thinking he hit the jackpot when something white hit the sunlight he reached for it and to his...