Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were in love but the young couple were convicted for murdering Edith's husband. The case would shock this changing society and highlight the horror of the death penalty.
It was WWII and London was rocked by the Blitz. In this blacked out city another terrible danger lurked in the shadows. A serial killer was on the loose.
As Europe recovered from the damage of WWII, soldiers made their way home from the front line. One man however brought back all the savagery and brutality of the fighting.
John Christie brought death to everyone around him. Allowing his terrible crimes to be pinned on another man Christie returned to his home at 10 Rillington Place to carry on the killing.
Having sent an innocent man to the gallows Christie was now free to carry on his debauched murderous spree. His crimes would not go unnoticed as the bodies of his victims hidden at 10 Rillington Place would begin to rot.
