John Christie (murderer) 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 his
Vasily Smirnov (serial killer) Vasily Smirnov (serial killer) Vasily Alexandrovich Smirnov (born November 30, 1947 in Sopka, Tver Oblast, RSFSR - 1980), known as the "Gatchina Psychopath", was a Soviet serial killer, rapist, cannibal, brigand, robber and arsonist. Smirnov was the only child in the family. His father died early, and his mother indulged in every possible way Vasily and said that he was the best, yet did not allow him to communicate with peers, go to dances or meet with girls. At the age of 18, he hit his mother on the head with a hammer and tried to rape her, but she