my name is Bailey Syrian and today is Monday
which means it’s murder mystery and makeup Monday
theme song still going strong I guess
how is it going
I hope you’re having a great day so far
as good as it can be right now
you know this week
I have a very interesting story
coming live from the UK today
we’re going to be talking about John Christie
have you heard of him
let me tell you this guy was all sorts of messed up
John Christie was born in Halifax
Yorkshire on April 8 1898
he was the 5th of 7 kids
john’s parents
his father worked as a carpenter designer
and his mother was an amateur actress
John was said to have a pretty
rough relationship with his father
who ran a strict household
and showed little to no love towards his kids
I do feel like
that is just the common theme with adults back then
but John would say that his older siblings
would pick on or just bully him daily
there really was no escape from it
because also
he would go to school
and he was just a bit of a loner
and didn’t have any friends
he would come home and feel like a loner
and just get picked on his mother
not much was really said about her
other than she was an amateur actress
and I was like okay
but what was said about her
was that she was just very overprotective of her kids
and she tend to baby them a little too much
you know what I’m saying
jon’s father kept himself busy by just working a lot
and then also
he ran an organization
or he was like
a leader in an organization called the Primrose League
primrose League
was an organization
for spreading conservative principles in Great Britain
and some of its goals were to uphold and support God
the Queen and the country
and also promoted purity among the working classes
that’s just like
2 little snippets
but john’s father was involved with that organization
and it took up a lot of his time
at the age of 8
John went with his family to his grandfather’s funeral
and John would later say that this had a profound
effect on him
it was his first real experience with death
and when he went to the funeral
it was an open casket
which will fuck anyone up
you know I’m saying
I don’t know why I’m laughing
but like that shit is real
anyways so seeing his grandfather’s body
laying in the open casket
it just made him a little bit more curious about death
and like what happens after
and the fact that his grandfather’s body is just a body
like it just had him really thinking
how does noggin going
and John would say that he remembered
every little detail about how his grandfather looked
and it was just one of those moments in
life that he never forgot
time stamp on that moment in his life
John was pretty unpopular in school
he didn’t have many friends
and after school
a lot of kids
you know they would go and play together
play some sports
hang out at a local playground
but John said that he liked roaming around
the cemeteries
nearby instead
he just kind of sounds like a little like a goth kid
you know they hang out in the cemetery
I think that’s stereotyping
Bailey okay
so at the age of 15
John left school to go work full time
so he got a job working as a movie projectionist
one night he had met a girl at his place of work
and she was a little bit older than him
but you know
they were hanging out
and she invited John to hang out with her
hang out you know
just hang out
so this lady friend told John
that he could have his way with her
but it was said that John failed to perform
she went around
and told friends that John over here
he couldn’t perform
and then all the other kids gave him the nickname
quote Reggie No Dick
and they would make fun of him whenever they saw him
Reggie was his middle name
so there was a period of time where he went by Reggie
and that’s how they got Reggie
No Dick from his middle name
anyway they were making fun of him calling him Reggie
No Dick and obviously this is upsetting to him
he already didn’t have many friends
and now he’s Reggie No Dick
how is this gonna end
I wonder how it’s gonna end
at the age of 17
John was caught stealing from his work
and he got fired
so once he got fired
and his parents found out
they kicked him out of the house
I’m not really sure where he went
when he was kicked out of the house
but it was like
shortly after
when he turned 18
that’s when he was called up to serve in the army
and he was sent to France
in the height of World War I
So John would be there for about a year
and then in 1919 wild times
John was left with eye and throat injuries
from a mustard attack
and he left the army with a small disability pension
and then he would move back to Halifax
where he took a job working at the local post office
so while working at the local post office
that’s when he began dating a woman named Ethel
and him and Ethel knew each other
because they actually kind of grew up around each other
like they knew of each other you know
and then when they got older
they remade
fell in Love
and then they ended up getting married
they got married in May of 1920
and they were both 22 years old
but of course well
I’m sorry no
not of course
unfortunately
the joyful marriage didn’t last long
when does a joyful marriage last long am I right
I’m kidding
you see what had happened was
John was caught stealing mail from his work
and he was sent jail
and this would be the first of several visits to jail
for petty crimes
so John goes to jail
for a little bit of time
and then when he gets out
his wife Ethel would leave for the weekend
and like visit her family
while John was at home
so one weekend
she goes away to visit her family
and while Ethel is away
John sure does play
John fancied the local sex workers
and when Ethel was away
he would go out at night
and find local sex workers
to bring back to his place
for some sweet loving
he was doing this
from time to time
John brings back
you know a sex worker to his home
and Ethel surprise surprise
she’s home you know
she’s home early
and she walks in
and she sees that he’s with a girl
another woman
she’s upset
for good reason
must I explain more no
so that’s when they decided
that it would be best if the couple separated
so they did
so John moves to London
and while living there
he would be jailed
3 more times
it was mainly theft
and then the last one was
he was attacking a woman
I believe it
was a sex worker
9 years go by
John once again
is sitting in jail
in an I guess
he’s just feeling lonely
or something
but he decides
he’s gonna write
Ethel a letter
he’s gonna write her a letter
and he’s going to ask for forgiveness
and for her to take him back
once he gets out
Ethel receives the letter
and she just decides that
you know what
she wants to be with him
and that’s what she wants
so she at that time
was working as a typist
and she decides to just give up her job
and move from
Yorkshire to
the then CD
West London area
of Notting Hill side
note but isn’t Notting Hill
considered iconic
and upscale
now yeah well
during this time
it was full of rats
nobody wanted to live there
every article
I kept reading
kept referring to it
as seedy and dirty
so in 1938 the couple
they moved to the ground
floor of 10
Rillington Place
which was one of
3 different apartments
and a rundown house
it was converted
into apartments
but they had a tiny garden
and they also all had to
share a bathroom
not ideal in 1939
John would be back in uniform
to serve in
World War II
as a Special Constable
in the War Reserve Police
so pretty much
this gave John
full powers
like a police officer
or of a police officer
oh dear this can’t be good
at this time
they didn’t do like
any type of
background check
on John to pull up
I don’t know
previous convictions
or something
maybe that could have like
helped a little bit
and not give him that title
they didn’t do that
but okay well
John would say
you know that
this uniform
just made him feel
very powerful
which is just not good
it’s just not good
so in 1943 couples
still together
living in their apartment
their flat Ethel
decided that
she was gonna go away
to visit her family
for the weekend
John was feeling a little
a little lonely
he’s home alone
and he just wants some company
for the night
he puts on his uniform
and he goes looking
for someone
to hold him tight
well no he didn’t
that’s a lie
so he wears his uniform
and he goes down
to where the
local sex workers are at
and he picks up
a 17 year old girl
who’s working
as a sex worker
first of all
which is like
what poor thing
probably didn’t even want
to be there
but he picks up a 17 year
old sex worker
and he brings her
back to his place
he tries to be
a good hostess
offers them
or her I’m sorry
something to like
drink you know
whatever you
wanna hang out
have a seat
she might humble abode
when she wasn’t
really looking
John takes a rope
and he strangles her
strangles her
to death once
he knew that she was
indeed dead
he first tried to
hide the body
beneath the
floorboards
he’s trying
to lift up the
floor boards
and get that body down there
but then he realizes like oh
this isn’t gonna work
what do I do
so John instead
waits until
everybody in his
housing unit
he waits until everyone
goes to sleep
because what’s
gonna happen
is he’s gonna drag
the body outside
but everyone’s windows
are facing this
little garden area
that they share
so he’s waiting
until everyone
goes to bed
lights out he drags
the victim’s
body outside
and he first is
like trying to
hide the body
behind some bushes
he’s like trying
to put some
leaves on it
or something
no one will know
and while he hides the body
he then goes
and he digs a grave
in the front
of the garden
so he’s digging
the body’s out
there too John
why didn’t you
move the body
after the fact
but it’s fine
he’s doing it
and nobody’s noticing
so he digs his
grave and then
John is able to
bury the body
cover it up
make it look like
nothing happened
and sadly it
stayed there
undisturbed
for a decade
so soon after that
John goes and finds
work as a clerk
in a factory
so while working there
that’s when he met
another woman
who he found
very attractive
31 years old
he was enjoying
what he was looking at
John was very
friendly with her
and they seemed to
really hit it off
so one night
John asked if
she wants to come back
to his place
because once
again bethel
was leaving
for the evening
and he was like hey
you should come over
to my place
the woman agrees
and she indeed
goes over to
john’s place
once she’s inside
he’s like hey
come sit on this
reclining chair
it’s comfortable
make yourself at home
let me get you
something to drink
while she’s
sitting there
she was tricked
into inhaling
coal gas fumes
honestly I really
couldn’t figure out
how she was
tricked or how he
would trick her
into inhaling
cold gas fumes
but she became
unconscious
while she’s passed out
John unfortunately
sadly disturbingly
rapes her sexually
violates her
and then he
grabs a stalking
and strangles her
in john’s confession
later on he said quote
I gazed down
at her body
and felt a quite
peaceful thrill
I had no regrets
John then buries
this victim
alongside his
first victim
in the front garden
as well in 1948
a truck driver
named Timothy Evans
his wife Beryl
and their baby
Geraldine moved
into a flat
above john’s place
it was said
that the family became
quite friendly
with John and
Ethel but would
kind of just
talk with John
a little bit more
and at some point
it was said
that Beryl had
found herself
pregnant again
she had expressed to John
how the family
couldn’t afford
to have another baby
at that time
and how she didn’t
want the baby
John was able
to convince
Beryl that he
could perform
or carry out
an abortion
and she agreed
and so it’s
said that he did
so sadly though
that same day
Barrel died
although it is
unclear exactly
how she died
many believe
that she died
because of John
performing an abortion
on her and like
something just went
horribly wrong
some disagree
and say that
John intentionally killed her
some believe that
John didn’t
actually perform
an abortion
it’s unclear
but poor Beryl
passed away
so beryl’s husband
Timothy he goes
down to the
police station
and tells the police
that he himself
Timothy had
killed his wife
and stuffed
her body parts
down the drain
yeah so for
good reason
police go down
to the house
they were unable to find
barrel’s body
and they also
failed to uncover
the body said
John had buried
in the garden
but after several
visits out to the
house police
they were able to find
they eventually
found barrel’s
body stashed
in the bathroom
and next to her
was their 14
month old baby
who was also
deceased so
police come
back to Timothy
and they’re like
who is in jail
actually I’m sorry
he’s in jail
and they’re
like hey we
found Barrel
and she was
in the bathroom
we found her body there
we also found
your baby there
with her as well
and it was said
that Timothy
was just shocked
speechless and
then emotional
then after some
time for him
to process it all
that’s when
timothy’s story
dramatically changed
so then Timothy
was like okay
change of plans
it was actually
the neighbor John
who was the one
that killed him
Timothy goes on
to say that
John told him
that the abortion
had gone wrong
and that their
baby was going
to be adopted
since Timothy
wouldn’t be able
to take care
of the baby
himself so Timothy
at this point
had no idea
that his 14
month old was dead
it was said
that Timothy
he had an extremely
low IQ and it
was believed
that John knew
this and took
advantage of him
at this point
Timothy wasn’t
very reliable
because at first
he’s full on
confessing right
so then he comes
around and says
actually no
it was John
but then they had
no evidence
that it was John
who indeed did it
so instead Timothy
he gets taken to
court has to go
through the
whole process
of court and
being convicted
all the stuff right
so Timothy gets
taken to court
and get this
get this Timothy
was convicted
and sentenced
for murder sadly
Timothy was hanged
on March 9th 1950
for a crime
that he didn’t do
well we’re pretty sure
he didn’t do it
this poor man
died because of
John fuck John
was like woo
close call am I right
Ethel said that john’s behavior was becoming more odd
he would be complaining about headaches
and he seemed to be suffering from memory loss amnesia
and he just seemed to be under a lot of stress
she just couldn’t figure out why
but John pretty much just walked away
from that situation
John seemed to just never be happy with Ethel
they’re fighting a lot
disagreeing a lot
and Ethel just kind of seemed to be going more and more
like together
go see her family
to go visit them
she just didn’t really want to be around John
on December 14th 1942
while Ethel was asleep
John strangled her
he strangled poor Ethel
and killed her once he knew that she was dead
he then buried her under the floorboards in their flat
the whole reason I personally get so invested
are curious about true crime
and not just serial killers and stuff
is because I’d want to understand
or what I’m always trying to understand
is what in the world goes through someone’s head
that says like yes
the floorboards
lift em up lift em up
put the body there
like what what is that
that’s what I’m always trying to figure out
and I don’t think I’ll ever figure it out
but I just wanna know
how do you want
what the floorboard you lifted
you put that your wife
huh like what
I just wanna understand
but I won’t
unless I become like a psychologist or something
anyways so he kills his wife
and he puts her under the floorboards
so people would ask John hey hey
where’s Ethel
what’s she up to
I haven’t seen her in a while
and then John be like
oh yeah you know
she actually moved back north
to go live with her family
and that would be that
Ethel she would always write letters to her family
back at home
so John knew like
I need to keep these letters going
or they’re gonna suspect something right
so he ends up writing a letter to ethel’s family
explaining that he would be the one writing the letters
from now on
because Ethel had arthritis
and she couldn’t do it herself
I’m sure they probably thought something
was a little odd
but for the time being
it just seemed to work
so John at this time
didn’t have a job now
he needed some money
so what’s he gonna do
he goes back to ethel’s body
which is under the floorboard
and he takes off her wedding ring
and he ends up selling that
and he also sells his wife’s watch
get some money
through that gross
that he did not
but that’s where we’re at right now
then he also forged her signature
to empty out her bank account
all of her savings everything
which wasn’t a lot
but it was some money
John sold every piece of furniture that he had in his
pretty much
just was trying to
get any kind of money together that he possibly could
so John was really excited about this new freedom
he had he had a whole flat to himself
and some cash
and no wife
who’s gonna be upset with him about anything
he’s just like hell
yeah baby Wu
John would go back to what he enjoyed most
which was to go out at night
and pick up local sex workers
bring them back to his place
then it went back to him
killing them
so he would go out
bring the sex workers
back to his house
he would then gas them
strangle them
have sexual relations with the victim’s body
and then he would either
stuff their bodies in the floorboard
or in a little alcove in the kitchen
now John would do this to 3 more victims
in March 1953
John finally moved out of Rillington Place
and went on the run
living around West London mainly
he was sleeping on the streets
he didn’t really have anywhere to go
so his old place
place is like
up for rent
and of course
you know someone new moves in
it wasn’t long until they noticed
a very intense
stench coming out of the walls or something
so the new tenant said that they you know
they thought
maybe it was like a dead rat under the floorboards
damn rats everywhere
so they start poking around
and they’re peeling back newly wallpapered walls
and then that’s when they do
discovered what seemed to be a woman’s leg
behind the wall in the kitchen alcove
yeah oh Jesus
oh dear a leg
welcome home
so police come out to the place
and they find everything
they find the bodies
that were stuffed in the floorboards
behind the walls
and in the yard
police also found a tin a tobacco tin
containing 4 sets of pubic hair
all neatly packed together
you know how a lot of serial killers
still have what’s called a trophy or trophies
something that they keep
to kind of remind them of the murder
of their killing
so I’m thinking that’s what this was
I mean I could only assume that’s what it is
I don’t know what he was doing with that
but okay pubic hair
the police are able to look up
who lived at the place beforehand
and they pull up
you know it’s John
so they put out an alert for the police officers
to keep a lookout for John Christie
okay we think he killed a bunch of people
so if you can keep an eye out
that’d be great
unfortunately for John
he was found pretty quickly by a police officer
who was kind of walking around
patrolling the area
John was on the street
because he didn’t have a house at the time
he’s just living on the street
and police officer saw him
recognize him
and place him under arrest
so John has taken in to be
interrogated
and John would refer to the murders as
those regrettable happenings end quote
and John also said that they were all accidental
that they were all
actually caused by the victims themselves
during their struggles
if they didn’t struggle
they probably wouldn’t be dead
so he denied having sexual relations
with any of the victims
now eventually
John would confess to at least one murder
but he pleaded not guilty
on the grounds of insanity
John started to give random little quotes
to justify his insanity plea
this is what it said
in his biography
but he was saying
for me a corpse has a beauty and dignity
which a living body
could never hold
and when it came to his wife’s death
he said quote
I removed the one obstacle
that for 10 years had apparently held me in check
after she had gone
the way was clear
for me to fulfill my destiny end quote
I feel like he could have tried a little harder
with those quotes
John not the best ones but okay
it was saying that
he was kind of speaking more like this
more freely
I guess just to justify that
he was pleading
using the insanity plea
so john’s trial began
on June 22 1953
it only took 3 days
for them to come up with the verdict
John was found guilty of 4 of the murders
dismissing the insanity plea
the judge described the case as a horrible one
John was sentenced to death
while John was waiting for his execution
there had been some talks about the Timothy Evans case
and whether there had been a miscarriage of justice
hmm I wonder
because government officials
refused to take responsibility for their heirs
they decided nah
Timothy deserve what he got
you know he’s a bad person
many members of the Parliament
and the Howard League for Penal Reform
refused to accept this answer
and they wanted to question John more
about timothy’s case
gather more information
maybe they can further
prove that John was the one that killed his
wife and child
and therefore
the justice system
had really failed Timothy
because John
at this point
hadn’t confessed to that
he was still letting Timothy take the blame
but unfortunately
on July 15th 1953
John was hanged
pentonville Prison
so they like the people of the Parliament
couldn’t further
ask questions
and hopes to get some answers
about timothy’s case
after john’s death
the public was
still pushing
to bring awareness
and keep the conversation going
of the possible miscarriage of justice
on timothy’s case
and were doing this
up until 1966
Mr Justice Barbin
ruled quote
it is more probable than not
that Timothy killed Beryl
and it is more probable than not
that Timothy did not kill his baby
end quote so
okay this was not a good answer
for people still campaigning against this case
but it was enough to get Timothy a royal pardon
timothy’s body
was exhumed from Pentonville Prison
where it had laid in an unmarked grave
close to john’s
timothy’s body was moved to a new location
I believe closer to his wife
where his wife was buried
john’s old flat at Rillington Place
was flattened in 1978
a new residential area was built on top of the site
to cover up the burial ground there
also seemed to be
based off the pictures
I was looking at
seems to be like a little garden area
where actually the bodies were buried
there was no note or anything
no sign about what happened there
I don’t think they have to though right
I actually didn’t look that up
I don’t think they have to
because some would say that
the grounds in London have been around forever
right so like
where isn’t a place
a piece of land that isn’t contaminated with
death and blood and stabbings and killings and stuff
and that my friends
is a story about John Christie
and the awful crimes that he committed
for no reason
what was his motive
and I don’t know
I don’t know
most of the times
I feel like we can get some kind of understanding
by these serial killers upbringing
but there just wasn’t that much information
about his mom and dad
other than his dad was
like strict
and his mom was like
bathing them
that’s really all I could find
like what was his deal man
he just wanted revenge
against people that made fun of him maybe
I don’t know
I don’t know
this is just
he’s a piece of shit anyways
that’s the awful story about John Christie
I don’t really know what to say
what can he say at that point
I hope you guys have a wonderful day today
I just really love and appreciate you guys
so much for hanging out with me
can’t say thank you enough for all the love and support
you’re constantly throwing my way
you’re so kind
this sounds so cheesy
I just don’t know how to
voice vocalize how thankful I am for you
and I just really appreciate you
but other than that
I’ll be seeing you guys guys later bye