# John Christie and the Murders of 10 Rillington Place | Ep. 255

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Podcast: [British Murders with Stuart Blues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/british-murders-with-stuart-blues-1328515)
Published: 2026-06-10T23:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/british-murders-with-stuart-blues/episodes/johnchristie
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Duration seconds: 3984

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In March 1953, a tenant in a run-down Notting Hill house tapped on a section of wallpaper and noticed a hollow sound coming from behind it. Curious, he peeled the paper back and made a horrifying discovery. Hidden inside a small kitchen alcove was the body of a woman. When police arrived, they found two more bodies concealed alongside her. Further searches uncovered human remains beneath floorboards and buried in the garden. The house was 10 Rillington Place. Its quiet, softly spoken ground-floor tenant was a 53-year-old former police reserve officer named John Christie. What followed shocked the UK to its core. Christie would confess to a series of murders spanning a decade, targeting vulnerable women and concealing their bodies within the cramped terraced property. Yet the most disturbing revelation was still to come. Just three years earlier, Christie's neighbour, Timothy Evans, had been hanged for the murder of his baby daughter after Christie gave evidence against him at the trial. Now, investigators were forced to confront the possibility that the real killer had been living downstairs all along. In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues , we examine the life and crimes of John Christie, from his troubled upbringing in Halifax and his move to London, to the murders committed at 10 Rillington Place between 1943 and 1953. We explore the lives of his victims, Ruth Fuerst, Muriel Eady, Beryl and Geraldine Evans, Ethel Christie, Rita Nelson, Kathleen Maloney and Hectorina MacLennan, and look at how Christie manipulated, deceived and ultimately murdered those who crossed his path. We also examine the investigation that led to his arrest, his confessions, trial and execution, along with the devastating miscarriage of justice that saw Timothy Evans sent to the…

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