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
10 Rillington Place critics. In a 2009 review, J. Hoberman of the "Village Voice" wrote, "More highly regarded these days than when it was released in 1971, Richard Fleischer's "10 Rillington Place" is a grimly efficient treatment of a once-notorious case". The same year, Keith Uhlich of "Time Out" gave the film a 5-star review and described it as an "underseen gem". In an interview with Robert K. Elder in his book "The Best Film You've Never Seen", director Sean Durkin states that "10 Rillington Place" "depicts this story the way that a piece of journalism might, as opposed to worrying about preconceived