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
Richard Fleischer It was popular but failed to recoup its enormous cost. Most acclaimed was "The Boston Strangler" (1968), with Tony Curtis. "Che!" (1969), a biopic of Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970). This was his last film for 20th Century Fox. Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed the acclaimed true-crime dramatization, "10 Rillington Place" (1971) starring Richard Attenborough. He then replaced John Huston, who had fallen out with star George C Scott, on "The Last Run" (1971). The thriller "See No Evil"