"The Brides in the Bath The Brides in the Bath is a 2003 Yorkshire Television film based on the life and Old Bailey trial of British serial killer and bigamist George Joseph Smith, the ""Brides in the Bath Murderer"". Martin Kemp plays the role of Smith, and Richard Griffiths plays barrister Sir Edward Marshall-Hall. The script was written by Glenn Chandler and directed by Harry Bradbeer. Set to portray coastal Weymouth, filming took place in Yorkshire locations of Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough from June to mid-July, 2003. The film focuses on the trial of George Smith and flashbacks showing how"
"the period. For some years, Smith's waxwork was exhibited in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds in London. The 1949 movie ""Obsession"" mentions Brides in the Bath George Joseph Smith George Joseph Smith (11 January 1872 – 13 August 1915) was an English serial killer and bigamist. In 1915, he was convicted and subsequently hanged for the slayings of three women, the case becoming known as the Brides in the Bath Murders. As well as being widely reported in the media, the case was significant in the history of forensic pathology and detection. It was also one of the"
"George Joseph Smith George Joseph Smith (11 January 1872 – 13 August 1915) was an English serial killer and bigamist. In 1915, he was convicted and subsequently hanged for the slayings of three women, the case becoming known as the Brides in the Bath Murders. As well as being widely reported in the media, the case was significant in the history of forensic pathology and detection. It was also one of the first cases in which similarities between connected crimes were used to prove deliberation, a technique used in subsequent prosecutions. The son of an insurance agent, George Joseph Smith"
"There was also ""The Brides in the Bath"" (2003), a TV film made by Yorkshire Television, starring Martin Kemp as George Smith and the play ""Tryst"" by Karoline Leach, first produced in New York in 2006, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Amelia Campbell. This story is the basis for the play ""The Drowning Girls"" by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic. In the episode ""Echoes of the Dead"" from the British TV detective series ""Midsomer Murders"", DCI Barnaby solves a series of murders that revolve around ""Brides-in-the-bath"" murders with multiple references to the case including Smith, Spilsbury and the forensics of"
"out the role until 1947, when he finally resigned at the age of 85. After resigning as DPP, he made his home at Sidmouth, and he was also appointed chairman of the Devon Quarter Sessions, holding this appointment also until the age of 85. He also became a well-known gardener. He retired to Rogate in Sussex, and died there on 31 December 1957. He was played by Stephen Murray in one episode of the 1981 series ""Lady Killers"". In 2003 he was played by James Woolley in ""The Brides in the Bath"". Archibald Bodkin Sir Archibald Henry Bodkin KCB (1862–1957)"
"the Bath"" serial killer George Joseph Smith drowned his second wife Alice in their rented room of a boarding house on Regent Road. He was due to be the beneficiary of a sizeable life insurance policy upon his wife's death. In 1971, Supt Gerry Richardson, 38, was shot dead while chasing a gang of London thugs who had robbed a resort jewellers. The five-man group bungled the raid on Preston's Jewellers in the Strand. They arrived late and failed to check a back room where the shop manager had already raised a silent alarm connected to Blackpool Police Station. As"
"John Haigh John George Haigh (; 24 July 1909 – 10 August 1949), commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer. He was convicted for the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. He battered or shot his victims to death and used concentrated sulphuric acid to dispose of their corpses before forging papers so he could sell the victims' possessions and collect substantial sums of money. During the investigation, it became apparent that Haigh was using the acid to destroy victims' bodies because he misunderstood the meaning of the term ""corpus"
"Crippen as the victim. Spilsbury later gave evidence at the trial of Herbert Rowse Armstrong, the solicitor convicted of poisoning his wife with arsenic. The case that consolidated Spilsbury's reputation as Britain's foremost forensic pathologist was the ""Brides in the Bath"" murder trial in 1915. Three women had died mysteriously in their baths; in each case, the death appeared to be an accident. George Joseph Smith was brought to trial for the murder of one of these women, Bessie Mundy. Spilsbury testified that since Mundy's thigh showed evidence of goose bumps and, since she was, in death, clutching a bar"
"Hammersmith nude murders The Hammersmith nude murders were a series of murders in London, England, in 1964 and 1965. The victimsall prostituteswere found undressed in or near the River Thames, leading the press to nickname the killer Jack the Stripper (a reference to ""Jack the Ripper""). Two earlier murders, committed in 1959 and 1963, have also been linked by some investigators to the same perpetrator. Despite ""intense media interest and one of the biggest manhunts in Scotland Yard's history"" the case is unsolved. All forensic evidence gathered at the time is believed to have been destroyed or lost. Figg was"
"evidence. Marshall Hall also defended George Joseph Smith the ""Brides-in-the-Bath"" murderer in 1915. Smith was tried for the first of three identical murders of his recent brides, all of whom were drowned while having baths. Despite a spirited defence by Marshall Hall, Smith was convicted and hanged, again largely due to key evidence from Sir Bernard Spilsbury. The case however does seem to contradict the widespread view that he was ""not much of a lawyer""—rather he disliked legal argument but could make a good one if necessary. Marshall Hall successfully defended solicitor Harold Greenwood at Carmarthen Assizes in 1920. Greenwood"
"Bernard Spilsbury Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury (16 May 1877 – 17 December 1947) was a British pathologist. His cases include Hawley Harvey Crippen, the Seddon case and Major Armstrong poisonings, the ""Brides in the Bath"" murders by George Joseph Smith, Louis Voisin, Jean-Pierre Vaquier, the Crumbles murders, Norman Thorne, Donald Merrett, the Podmore case, the Sidney Harry Fox matricide, Alfred Rouse, Elvira Barney, Tony Mancini and the Vera Page case. Spilsbury's courtroom appearances became legendary for his demeanour of effortless dominance. He also played a crucial role in the development of Operation ""Mincemeat"", a deception operation during the Second World"
"Silvester Bolam, was sentenced to a prison term for contempt of court for describing Haigh as a ""murderer"" while the trial was still under way. John Haigh John George Haigh (; 24 July 1909 – 10 August 1949), commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer. He was convicted for the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. He battered or shot his victims to death and used concentrated sulphuric acid to dispose of their corpses before forging papers so he could sell the victims' possessions and collect substantial sums of money."
"students, and an unwillingness to engage in academic research or peer review. This, according to the article, ""lent him an aura of infallibility that for many raised concerns that it was his celebrity rather than his science that persuaded juries to credit his evidence over all others."" Bernard Spilsbury Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury (16 May 1877 – 17 December 1947) was a British pathologist. His cases include Hawley Harvey Crippen, the Seddon case and Major Armstrong poisonings, the ""Brides in the Bath"" murders by George Joseph Smith, Louis Voisin, Jean-Pierre Vaquier, the Crumbles murders, Norman Thorne, Donald Merrett, the Podmore"
"by one of his victims' brother, tipped to his identity by a detective. Gilbert Paul Jordan Gilbert Paul Jordan (born Gilbert Paul Elsie on December 12, 1931 – July 7, 2006), known as the ""Boozing Barber"", was a Canadian serial killer who is believed to have committed the so-called ""alcohol murders"" in Vancouver, Canada. Jordan, a former barber, was linked to the deaths of between eight and ten women between 1965 and 1988; he was the first Canadian known to use alcohol as a murder weapon. Jordan's lengthy criminal record started in 1952 and includes convictions for rape, indecent assault,"
"Ted Bundy Theodore Robert Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. Shortly before his execution and after more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 homicides that he committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true number of victims is unknown and possibly higher. Many of Bundy's young female victims regarded him as handsome and charismatic, which were traits that he exploited to win their trust."
"Gilbert Paul Jordan Gilbert Paul Jordan (born Gilbert Paul Elsie on December 12, 1931 – July 7, 2006), known as the ""Boozing Barber"", was a Canadian serial killer who is believed to have committed the so-called ""alcohol murders"" in Vancouver, Canada. Jordan, a former barber, was linked to the deaths of between eight and ten women between 1965 and 1988; he was the first Canadian known to use alcohol as a murder weapon. Jordan's lengthy criminal record started in 1952 and includes convictions for rape, indecent assault, abduction, hit and run, drunk driving and car theft. In 1976, Jordan was"
"Anthony Allen Shore Anthony Allen Shore (June 25, 1962 – January 18, 2018) was an American serial killer and child molester who was responsible for the slayings of one woman and three girls. He operated from 1986 to 2000, and was known as the ""Tourniquet Killer"" because of his use of a ligature with either a toothbrush or bamboo stick to tighten or loosen the ligature. The instrument was similar to a twitch, a tool used by farmers to control horses. Shore was sentenced to death in 2004, and executed by lethal injection on January 18, 2018. He married Gina"
"Emma Ferguson Emma Ferguson (born 21 May 1975) is a British actress. She is best known for her starring role in the series ""Mile High"" with co-stars Naomi Ryan and Jo Anne Knowles but also appeared in the miniseries ""North and South"". Ferguson had a major role playing the part of one of the victims of serial killer George Joseph Smith in the TV movie ""The Brides in the Bath."" Emma Ferguson is from Wandsworth, London. She travelled regularly from a young age, living in countries such as Hong Kong, Germany and The UAE (in Dubai). During this time, she"
"remarkably similar circumstances. Ion Rîmaru Ion Rîmaru (or, in newer spelling, Râmaru; b. 12 October 1946, Caracal–d. 23 October 1971, Jilava) was a Romanian serial killer dubbed ""the vampire of Bucharest"" or ""the blondes' killer"". He terrorized Bucharest between 1970 and 1971. All Romanians that had the name of ""Rîmaru"" changed them after this. Authorities had made over 2,500 arrests before he was apprehended. Ion Rîmaru killed four women and attacked more than 10 others. The women were attacked with an axe, bitten on the breasts and thighs and raped after they were already dead. Rîmaru's parents married in Caracal"
"a drinking problem and having multiple affairs throughout their courtship. They reconciled after he went to rehab and completed his treatment. Emma Ferguson Emma Ferguson (born 21 May 1975) is a British actress. She is best known for her starring role in the series ""Mile High"" with co-stars Naomi Ryan and Jo Anne Knowles but also appeared in the miniseries ""North and South"". Ferguson had a major role playing the part of one of the victims of serial killer George Joseph Smith in the TV movie ""The Brides in the Bath."" Emma Ferguson is from Wandsworth, London. She travelled regularly"
"Neville Heath Neville George Clevely Heath (6 June 1917 – 16 October 1946) was an English murderer who was responsible for the deaths of two young women. He was executed in London in October 1946. Heath was born in Ilford in Essex, England. Although he came from a lower middle class background, his father, who was a barber, made considerable financial sacrifices so that he could attend a grammar school, Rutlish School, at Merton Park, southwest London. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1937, but was dismissed for going absent without leave. He was caught obtaining credit by fraud,"
"Elizabeth Báthory Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (, ; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the noble family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Hungary, Slovakia and Romania). She has been labeled by ""Guinness World Records"" as the most prolific female murderer, though the precise number of her victims is debated. Báthory and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women between 1585 and 1609. The highest number of victims cited during Báthory's trial was 650. However, this number comes from"
"Andrew Kehoe Andrew Philip Kehoe (February 1, 1872 – May 18, 1927) was an American farmer and treasurer of his township school board, notable as a mass murderer for killing his wife and 43 other people (including 38 children), and injuring 58 people by setting off bombs in the Bath School disaster on May 18, 1927. He committed suicide near the school by detonating dynamite in his truck, causing an explosion which killed several other people and wounded more. He had earlier set off incendiary devices in his house and farm, destroying all the buildings, as well as killing two"
"Bogdan Arnold Bogdan Eugeniusz Arnold (born February 17, 1933 in Kalisz, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic - December 16, 1968 in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Polish People's Republic) was a Polish serial killer who murdered 4 women in Katowice from October 1966 to May 1967, hiding their bodies in his apartment. In his testimony, he also admitted to one more attempted murder and to torturing his victims. Bogdan Arnold was born on February 17, 1933 in Kalisz. He graduated from a vocational school, as an electrician. He was married three times, but each time he got divorced, as his wives"
"presided over the celebrated 1915 ""Brides-in-the-Bath"" trial of George Joseph Smith, and made a crucial ruling on ""similar fact evidence"" : Smith was charged with murdering only one of his recent brides by drowning her in the bath, but Scrutton ruled that the fact that two of his other brides had died in almost identical circumstances was admissible as evidence of a method or pattern of murder. Despite his great ability, Scrutton had a reputation as a difficult judge to appear before: ""he did not suffer fools gladly, and often refused to suffer them at all"" was one verdict. His"
"Babes in the Wood murders (Pine Grove Furnace) The Babes in the Wood Murders is a name that was used in the media to refer to a child murder case in which the bodies of three girls were found in Pennsylvania woodland. On November 24, 1934, John Clark and Clark Jardine found the bodies of Norma Sedgwick, 12, Dewilla Noakes, 10, and Cordelia Noakes, 8, under a blanket in the woods along Pennsylvania Route 233, Centerville Road. The girls had been suffocated, presumably by Elmo Noakes (father of Dewilla and Cordelia, and stepfather of Norma). The next day, Elmo shot"
"Ralph Brydges Ralph Lyonel Brydges (born 1856 in Cheltenham, England – April 18, 1946 in Florida, US) was an English Protestant pastor, pedophile and suspected serial killer who, between 1923 and 1928, kidnapped, attacked, raped and killed 5 girls in Rome. Brydges was never convicted for these crimes, but another man, Gino Girolimoni, was initially wrongly convicted for them. Born to parents Charles Edward Brydges and Eleanor Brydges (neé Lowe), Ralph became a deacon of the Anglican church. Between 1910 and the outbreak of the First World War, he served in New York State, where he was repeatedly reported to"
"Charles Sobhraj Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer of Vietnamese and Indian origin who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent, due to his skill at deception and evasion, Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. After his release, he retired as a celebrity in Paris. He returned to Nepal and was arrested and tried there. Sobhraj received a sentence of life imprisonment. Sobhraj"
"Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck Raymond Martinez Fernandez (December 17, 1914 – March 8, 1951) and Martha Jule Beck (May 6, 1920 – March 8, 1951) were an American serial killer couple. They are believed to have killed as many as 20 women during their murderous spree between 1947 and 1949. After their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949, they became known as ""The Lonely Hearts Killers"" for meeting their unsuspecting victims through lonely hearts ads. A number of films and television shows are based on this case. Raymond Martinez Fernandez was born on December 17, 1914 in"
"Terry Driver Terry Driver (born 1965), ""alias"" the Abbotsford killer, is a convicted Canadian murderer who attacked two teenage girls with a baseball bat, killed one, then taunted police in Abbotsford, British Columbia with letters and phone calls. Driver attacked two 16-year-old girls with a baseball bat in 1995. One of the girls, Misty Cockerill, attempted to fight back and ultimately survived, but with severe skull fractures. Her companion, Tanya Smith, was beaten, sexually assaulted, and thrown in a river where she drowned, although she would have died of her beating in any event. After the attack, Driver engaged in"
"Christopher Wilder Christopher Bernard Wilder (March 13, 1945 – April 13, 1984), also known as The Beauty Queen Killer, was a serial killer from Australia who abducted and raped at least twelve women, killing at least eight of them, during a six-week cross-country crime spree in the United States of America in early 1984. His series of murders began in Florida on February 26, 1984, and continued across the country through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada, and California, and attempted abductions in Washington State and New York before he was killed during a struggle with police in New Hampshire on April"
"included ""The Brides in the Bath"", in which he played real-life murderer, George Smith, and ""Can't Buy Me Love"" opposite fellow ""EastEnders"" star Michelle Collins, which was based on a true story about a man who conned his wife and friends into believing he had won the lottery. He also starred in the short-lived crime drama series ""Family"" in 2003. From 2004–07, he was the face of furniture chain ScS. He starred in a low-budget British film titled ""Back in Business"" which had a limited release in few theatres in February 2007 and one month later was released on DVD."
"Martha Beck. Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck Raymond Martinez Fernandez (December 17, 1914 – March 8, 1951) and Martha Jule Beck (May 6, 1920 – March 8, 1951) were an American serial killer couple. They are believed to have killed as many as 20 women during their murderous spree between 1947 and 1949. After their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949, they became known as ""The Lonely Hearts Killers"" for meeting their unsuspecting victims through lonely hearts ads. A number of films and television shows are based on this case. Raymond Martinez Fernandez was born on December 17,"