John Christie (murderer) conviction. John Christie (murderer) John Reginald Halliday Christie (8 April 1899 – 15 July 1953), known to his family and friends as Reg Christie, was an English serial killer and necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people – including his wife, Ethel – by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. Christie moved out of Rillington Place during March 1953; soon afterward the bodies of three of his victims were discovered hidden in a wallpaper-covered alcove in the kitchen. Two further bodies were discovered in the garden, and
Vladimir Tretyakov (serial killer) Vladimir Tretyakov (serial killer) Vladimir Nikolaevich Tretyakov (born 1953 in Arkhangelsk, RSFSR - August 19, 1979), known as the "Arkhangelsk Butcher", was a Soviet-Russian serial killer who killed seven women in his hometown between 1977 and 1978. Tretyakov was born in 1953. His father left the family before his birth, and Vladimir grew up with his alcoholic mother, who often beat him. His grandmother managed to get him up to a general education, leaving to study in Tashkent. Since then he has hated drinking women. After school, Vladimir joined the army, then graduated from a vocational school. For several years