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Who Is… John George Haigh?
The Acid Bath Vampire
In the halls of vampiric crime, few names stand out like that of John George Haigh. Half a century ago, England's newspapers screamed, "Vampire!" The trial of "The Acid Bath Vampire", one of England's most infamous serial killers, was about to begin.
Haigh grew up in Wakefield, England. His parents were deeply religious members of a faith called the "Plymouth Brethren". In order to rebel against the strict teachings of his parents and their faith, Haigh joined the Church of England while he was still a boy. He was a devout follower and spent a great deal of time there as a youngster.
Throughout his life, Haigh suffered from a recurring dream. He spoke of a forest of crucifixes in the dream that would gradually turn into trees that dripped blood. He would see a man collecting the blood into a cup. The man would offer the cup to Haigh, but he always awakened before he could take a drink.
It was the dream, Haigh would confess to the police after his arrest, that made him believe he needed blood in order to live.
Early adulthood was a problematic time at best for Haigh. He was imprisoned several times for fraud and forgery. But his true criminal nature began to manifest in middle adulthood, just after World War II had ended....
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