The Haunting Tale of 10 Rillington Place: John Christie's Gruesome Murders

[@deewhite4346]

❤ thank you, get excited when a new video come up .this is part of my evening sorted .

[@davidpowell6098]

An excellent presentation. in the 1970's, my Dad and I went to London to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition , as the queue was two miles long, we went to Madame Tussauds, and I remember looking at his wax effigy, and it made my hair stand on end. As part of the display, the boards from the actual kitchen ,and suit the waxwork wore actually came from number 10. as did his glasses. It was an eerie experience for a 10 year old. Apparently, all the figures of people hanged were dressed in the suits that actually belonged to them. They would be allowed to by the condemned.

[@chesspiece81]

I absolutely LOVE seeing a new DiD upload. Of all the people that died in the First World War but this garbage human survived.

[@harryricochet8134]

Hitler: 'Hold my beer'

[@alinapopescu872]

I find myself thinking more of poor Timothy Evans, yet another victim of "justice". I truly hope his name will be cleared before long.

[@lexiburrows8127]

It was horrible, for sure. Poor man and wife and baby. However, one thing which also strikes me is what must have been the feelings of the Jurors when they realised that - due to deception - they had sentenced an innocent man to death?

[@kimmykimak3737]

I agree with you. I feel absolutely horrible for that man and to think that the British justice system won't quash his conviction when it rightfully should be done because of money. What a stupid reason. As for the other person in this story, it is too bad he wasn't caught sooner and discovered the hangman's noose

[@connormclernon26]

@@lexiburrows8127go down, ye murderers, go down to quote the song.

[@simongorton6297]

He was given a royal pardon in 1966

[@Ligerpride]

​@@simongorton6297he was pardoned but not exonerated. I may have my terminology wrong here but there's an odd situation here where he has been officially been absolved of any blame for this crime but on the books at least he has not been declared not guilty. It is deemed an unsuitable use of funds to go through the motions to change this fact although it's fully accepted that he wasn't legally responsible for his wife's death.

[@maneckineckbeard1749]

Oh, bless your heart, DD!! I've not even seen the video yet, but I've been checking to see if there's anything new from you, and today was the day! So excited to see this!❤❤❤

[@JamesWinfield-e3m]

Great movie about this case with the amazing John Hurt as Timothy Evans. Unsurprisingly called "10 Rillington Place"".

[@TimothyWorel-xj9he]

A scene was filmed at Merthyr Vale railway station and the former Merthyr Vale Police Station. The ramp to exit the railway station was there then.

[@HallowedMiscreant]

Exteriors were filmed at the real address. It was knocked down shortly after filming.

[@mchris65]

I can't get through it a second time besides being so horrific, because of Hurt's performance, just too hard to take. Truly one of the greatest actors of all time.

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

So happy to see more DiD in the new year. As always marvelous video with a despicable subject. I've loathed Christie since I've heard of his escapades. Though to be honest I only ever heard of his rather dismal treatment of Timothy & his family. Dismal treatment being a bit of an understatement. Looking forward to more from you my friend, bridge poetry perhaps? No pressure of course. My best to you & yours in this new year.

[@stormbourbon8379]

Oh, lovely! Something to listen to while I concentrate on styling wigs! Many's the time 'im indoors has walked in on me listening to your video about the Yorkshire Ripper while I'm working and said "AGAIN?"

[@wozzer2727]

If ever a man needed a wig it was John Christie.

[@Anna-Jade]

Thank you for uploading this fascinating case. What makes it so terrifying is how ORDINARY Christie was. We imagine 'monsters' to look demonic, but the fact that Christie was so average and non-descript makes us realise that evil comes in many forms. Christie's childhood was terrible.......he was beaten regularly by his sadistic and brutal father, and whilst I am NOT making excuses for what Christie did......I don't think that we can ignore the fact that there is a definite link between childhood abuse and future criminal activity. If we can dare to hope for a world where every child is loved and treated with kindness, I believe that we would see far less of such terrible crimes. I am not saying that every child that suffers abuse will become a maniacal serial killer, but if we look at other examples of this type of thing, such as Fred and Rose West, both of whom had to endure sexual and physical abuse in their childhoods, then it becomes apparent that for SOME children, an abusive childhood leads to horrific crimes in adulthood.

[@DiD86]

Thank you. And yes, you’re quite right.

[@Annie-ez4ol]

Excellent narration; clear and well paced. Many thanks.

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Since you've done railway disasters here on the channel before (Quintinshill), I'd highly suggest the Harrow and Wealdstone accident. TL;DR it happened when an overnight express from Perth crashed into the rear of a local passenger service standing at a platform at the station. The wreckage blocked adjacent lines and was struck within seconds by a double-headed express travelling north. This event began the acceleration of the introduction to the AWS system on BR. Also, one of the engines involved in this crash was LMS Princess Royal No. 46202 (LMS No. 6202) Princess Anne, which had been rebuilt from it's original form of a Steam Turbine design that had been introduced in 1935.

[@roseanne74]

Very interesting you bring this up. The day this was published (18 January) is known as The Day of the Roses in Australia. It’s the anniversary of the 1977 derailment of a loaded passenger train at Granville Station in Sydney and the subsequent collapse of the Bold St overpass onto several of the carriages.

[@MikeSmith-bn1qr]

Awesome video as always brother! Love the channel! Keep em coming!!!

[@DiD86]

Thanks! Will do!

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

Hey I really like your profile picture and if you let me, I would make such an amazing mural out of it! If you don’t mind one of your post could be my inspiring muse for an art project i’m working on for a client. You will totally get paid for it as well as a bonus also get credits

[@deanbuss1678]

Thanks!

[@thunderK5]

I wonder if Albert Pierpoint knew that he'd executed an innocent man, and if so what he thought about it.

[@DiD86]

There’s a few interviews with him out there. I must confess I haven’t watched them but it would be interesting to hear his reaction.

[@David-uf8ex]

Of course he didn’t at the time of hanging

[@ruthsmith1694]

What an evil monster Christie was. This horrible inhumane being committed all these cruel and evil crimes because he lacked any control or emotions. He seemed to be someone who wanted to be imprisoned so that his money problems, debts, and all the rest of his personal problems in life would be gone and that he could have a cushy life in prison or be hanged in a quick way as to be free from living. A cruel, callous and calculating evil monster who thought of no one but himself. The poor lives he took and ruined and also the mis carriage of justice from the police and magistrates for charging, convicting and killing wrongly an innocent man. Shame on those who convicted and sent to death an innocent man.

[@skullcowboy9609]

Another great vid, thank you, sir!

[@DiD86]

My pleasure!

[@pissedoff-is1mt]

Excellent!

[@katboo9807]

Thank you for making is video 👍🏻❤

[@13baconsdozen]

Christie denied killing Geraldine Evans,he never confessed to it.

[@velvetgarnet]

We currently live but a bus ride from where Christie was caught by a police officer. Ever since I first learned of this case way back in childhood, there is always something both disturbing and reasurring about that spot. Knowing it was where he would finally be made to answer for his crimes. The film is still a chilling watch more than 50 years after it came out.

[@Gothic_Hippie_]

Have you ever done a video on Ted Bundy? Your facts are always so precise and correct, and I've watched some documentaries on him that were far from that. Plus you pay homage to victims in ways most murder documentaries do not, which I greatly appreciate.

[@DiD86]

Well, I wouldn’t say they’re ALWAYS correct. I somehow usually manage to make one or two mistakes in nearly every video! 😅 but I do at least try my best to get as close to 100% as possible. Thank you very much. 😇 It makes it all worthwhile reading things like that.

[@Gothic_Hippie_]

@@DiD86 you're so welcome! I really do look forward to your videos and have watched most of them. Thank you for the time you take to make these!

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

Bethany I really like your profile picture and if you let me, I would make such an amazing mural out of it! If you don’t mind one of your post could be my inspiring muse for an art project i’m working on for a client. You will totally get paid for it as well as a bonus also get credits

[@boum62]

Excellent presentation. Great narration

[@DiD86]

Thank you 😇👍🏻

[@Gb_cole]

Oh, I totally missed this one. It wasn't even in the subscriptions tab. :( But as usual great video look forward to seeing more

[@jamesparker4471]

Does every English garden have dark secrets?

[@cliffordfreeman7829]

Seems like right?

[@sophiegeorge2816]

I’m not saying anything about mine, but I have endangered plants in it

[@DiD86]

😂😂😂

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Only in Midsomar County, apparently 😂

[@roseanne74]

@@thejudgmentalcatgold!!

[@deanbuss1678]

Man ! Depraved 😮 Great video.

[@DiD86]

Tell me about it! 😔

[@Damien_Clarke]

*Albert Pierrepoint* could have his own documentary, based upon his history in the role as hangman. Ironically, his execution of Timothy Evans (1950) and other events lead to his retirement in 1955. I won't say any more on this, in the event that DiD should produce this documentary in the future. If you can find it, there is a 2005 film *Pierrepoint* (The Last Hangman), in which he was played by Timothy Spall (great actor!). There's also an adaptation of *10 Rillington Place* (1971) staring Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, & John Hurt (all great actors!).

[@LeojoyHains]

Hi yes both great movies managed to find them in a charity shop x

[@Damien_Clarke]

@@LeojoyHains Thanks for your response. I just ordered them. I will have to wait 3 weeks for delivery. Cheers!

[@HallowedMiscreant]

I believe that he never thought of the death penalty as a deterrent.

[@mickmcguire4571]

Good work have you covered the Jack the stripper murders

[@DiD86]

Not yet but will do at some point.

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

Mick

[@BrianHayter-zl2uc]

Poor tim, rip

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

Brian

[@videohut4445]

Many thanks. I enjoyed listening to this story. Karma caught up with Christie in the end. If only the police had carried out a full check inside and outside of the apartment earlier. This would have saved Timothy Evans life. RIP to TIm. Thoughts are with his family and friends.

[@nkd247]

Actually, as a side note, it was reported that Christie refused to admit to killing baby Geraldine, even though all the evidence suggests otherwise. I guess he felt some sort of sick honour to himself that he did not want to be remembered as a baby killer as well.

[@austinblack7991]

Can you please do a video on the blackout ripper?

[@DiD86]

He’s already on the to-do list.

[@HallowedMiscreant]

He’s never spoken of much

[@trinovantian1]

A family friend had a chilling encounter when he came into this world. His family lived in the Nottingham Hill area of London and Peter’s mother was heavily pregnant with him when she went into premature labour. Having no phones back then family and neighbours ran to call an ambulance and in the process ran into a passing reserve constable that rendered help. It was none other than Christie himself.

[@DiD86]

NEVER! That is mad! Small world, isn't it?

[@trinovantian1]

@@DiD86- I know…Peter is still alive and living in Essex.

[@davehooper5115]

its always been a fascinating story of a monster that laughed at justice and was allowed to keep on killing

[@DiD86]

It’s scary to think that the judiciary could be so moronic, but then hindsight is 20/20. 😔

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

I think you'll find Christie NEVER admitted to killing the baby. Of that he was adment right to the end.. It was ALWAYS the left side of the neck. Thus ensuring the 4th vertebrae snaps... Great video enjoyed it..

[@suzannewilliam-james9744]

Thank you DiD for another interesting video 👍because of what happened to Timothy Evans (and Derek Bentley) I will never support the death penalty. There have been too many miscarriages of justice.

[@DiD86]

It is better to let one hundred guilty men walk free than to convict one innocent man.

[@suzannewilliam-james9744]

@@DiD86 I totally agree

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

Plus Rillington place was demolished in 1970/71. JUST AFTER the Ludivic Kennedy film was made.. they actually used the outside of the property but NOT the inside, that was filmed in the studio.. Personally that for me made it very creepy..

[@williamemerson1799]

Not that it matters now but the one thing that would have served justice is if the A-holes in law enforcement and the judicial system would've been held accountable for hanging an innocent man.. Hope you're well. 👍🍻

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

William

[@suemcgregor9248]

Has the Evans family been properly apologized to? They should receive justice

[@DiD86]

I don’t think so. Wouldn’t surprise if not.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

Hey there's no sound! Is anyone else hearing only silence?

[@warhawk4494]

Try backing out and restarting the video. My KZbin app does that too where a video is silent.

[@juliagoodey1016]

I've got sound. Hope you get it sorted.

[@LMB222]

No

[@anthonyhudson3136]

hearing silence lol.. how does that work then?

[@WhitneyDahlin]

That's so strange it works for me now! Thank you guys!

[@barnabyhughes5643]

A good video but a few discrepancies: Christie murdered his wife in 1952 not 1942, Timothy Evans was pardoned by the Queen in 1966 due to the decision of Home secretary: Roy Jenkins after many years of campaigning by Ludovic Kennedy and others (read his book: 10 Rillington Place, it's well worth it). Evan's body was exhumed and buried in consecrated ground in 66. They didn't demolish Rillington Place until 1971. They renamed the street: Ruston Close shortly afterwards and even filmed the movie '10 Rillington Place' (well worth watching, a very creepy haunting film) in the same house.

[@DiD86]

It wouldn't be one of my videos unless I made a few mistakes! 😅 Even with the best will in the world, I sadly still manage to get one or two slipping through. Although, I am of course grateful for the diligent ones, such as yourself, who point them out.

[@liftedspirit984]

Love you DiD

[@DiD86]

Right back at ya! ❤️

[@Crystal-cs3gm]

Hello mark, can u please take into consideration doing a factual, detailed, video of the only jew Hitler protected. The Jewish doctor that treated Hitler mother Clara. My favorite subject is WW2 mostly the Holocaust. I love your videos of the dark subject because nobody knows their history as good as u do. And u go into detail plus your different accents are on point. Please, please, take into consideration my suggestion. It will be greatly appreciated. And a dream come true!

[@DiD86]

Who’s Mark? 😂 I will look into the story. 😇

[@harryricochet8134]

...... Apart from Manstein, Milch, Heydrich and many others in his inner circle who were of partly Jewish descent aka 'Mischlings'.

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

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[@jemimahlu4479]

❤️

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

Hey I really like your profile picture and if you let me, I would make such an amazing mural out of it! If you don’t mind one of your post could be my inspiring muse for an art project i’m working on for a client. You will totally get paid for it as well as a bonus also get credits

[@stevenmcghee6649]

The 1960 book "The Two Stranglers Of Rillington Place" (long out of print) puts forward the case for both Evans and Christie being killers. It's not a rationale I agree with but it's an interesting read. Seems like Christie may have killed more than is known. Especially given how much leeway he had during the war years.

[@cliffordfreeman7829]

The hanging end for this ------ was way to easy a end.

[@garyhunt8067]

Read the book. Tragic.

[@donsarde]

Did them coppers nevef think to check up on Evans background ? Poor young man ,his wife and their baby.

[@DiD86]

Unfortunately, back in the day, there were many coppers who weren’t so much concerned about getting the right man, but just to get A man.

[@0tt0z]

I see the legal system hasn't changed much.

[@DiD86]

😔

[@robertjones686]

A brilliant chronicle of a huge miscarriage of justice. Amend- the date of Ethel's murder Dec 52 not 42.

[@DiD86]

Yes, apologies for that mistake. But then, it wouldn't be one of my videos if there wasn't a right royal cock-up in it somehwere! hahaha

[@davidmcleod1028]

I don't think Christy ever confessed killing baby Geraldine .

[@Rickkennett143]

No. That allows some people to believe Evans killed her so justifying his execution.

[@ginmar8134]

Who cares?

[@dorothymarfleet35]

I count no fewer than 10 victims at the hands of this dispicable evil individual. Ruth Fuerst, Muriel Eady, Beryl Evans, Geraldine Evans, Ethel Christie, Rita Nelson, Kathleen Maloney, Hectorina MacLennan, Tim Evans, unborn Evans' baby.

[@JamesWinfield-e3m]

Mine does.

[@Steven_Rowe]

Everything about Rillington place is sad. Its easy to judge when you have a good life but Christie like so many others seem to have had values instilled in them by theire home environment. Its almost impossible to believe that you can be mentatally twisted that right and wrong dont seem to register. They existed in the past, thdy existed in the present and will continue to exist in the future.

[@thePrussian]

Cases like this are the reason the Innocence Project was born. Sadly, innocent people are still imprisoned and put to death. However, Mr Evens is with his wife and child in Paradise, and the murderer is rotting in Hell. Small consolation, yet justice was ultimately done.

[@connormclernon26]

Christie was the murderer the judge and jury too, they sent [Tim Evans] to the drop, for a crime he didn’t do, go down, ye murderers go down.

[@OldNick74]

Timothy Evans, brother-in-law, who is still alive, thinks Evans did kill his wife and child. Evans was a violent man and attacked his wife regularly.

[@deeayenn]

Talk about spoilers right at the beginning...

[@DiD86]

Whoops. Sorry!

[@warhawk4494]

Oh sweet

[@jamesjenner8159]

There is no such thing as the 'British' legal system. There is English Law and there is Scottish Law each with a different structure and independent of the other. It is about time Timothy West was granted a free pardon even if TOO LATE!

[@DiD86]

It also applies to Wales, so not entirely incorrect to call it British.

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

James

[@dailypolishme]

My father saw the bodies in this house 😨🤤

[@Ligerpride]

How so?

[@dailypolishme]

@@Ligerpride my parents went to view the property and my mum said it smells. So my dad's friend said he'd rent it and my dad who was a builder helped him to redecorate and out came the bodies and they called the police. My dad actually met Christie. Dad's still alive and remembers most of this still.

[@Ligerpride]

@@dailypolishme wow, that's quite something to experience.

[@dailypolishme]

@@Ligerpride when I was little, I didn't believe him. It's only when I got older and saw the film at the end i realiseditwastrue. I still ask him about it.

[@Tuberuser187]

In a way I hope Timothy Evans isn't exonerated so the mark against the justice system stands, they behaved despicably and his conviction standing highlights that.

[@DenitaArnold]

Timothy was surely one of Christie's victims

[@mairiconnell6282]

40 minutes to decide a life. Everyone seems at fault. Timothy let down and people wonder why the public lack confidence in the Police. The lack of confidence could be generational.

[@EvelynLogan-ew9rp]

Hey I really like your profile picture and if you let me, I would make such an amazing mural out of it! If you don’t mind one of your post could be my inspiring muse for an art project i’m working on for a client. You will totally get paid for it as well as a bonus also get credits

[@scottessery100]

3:25 sounds like og incel

[@jaycostello5289]

FUCK YES

[@LordAmbrosia1]

I’m afraid you’ve repeated a common mistake. “A gap has been left where number 10 once stood" is incorrect. The modern road layout does not align with where Rillington Place was. That gap is where the street was, and the building at the rear of the garden is where number 10 stood. "The houses of Rillington Place were demolished soon after…” is also incorrect. The houses stood for almost 18 more years. The street was demolished in early 1971, immediately after location shooting stopped on the film ’10 Rillington Place’ starring Richard Attenborough.

[@GribGrib-z1f]

😂 yep