Episode 27: 10 Rillington Place

Ladbroke Grove, London. March 1953. When police entered the modest flat at 10 Rillington Place, they were looking for a missing woman. What they found instead were the decomposing remains of multiple victims — hidden in alcoves, buried in the garden, and concealed behind kitchen walls.

The man responsible was John Reginald Christie — a quiet, unassuming tenant whose calm demeanor masked a decade of murder. But this was more than just the story of a serial killer. Three years before Christie’s arrest, a man named Timothy Evans had been tried and hanged for the murder of his wife and infant daughter — crimes Christie later confessed to. An innocent man executed, while the true killer remained in the very same building, living above the scene of his own lies.

This episode explores the suffocating dread of 10 Rillington Place — the way its walls soaked in silence, its plumbing carried secrets, and its rooms turned from sanctuary to slaughterhouse. It is a story of manipulation, misogyny, systemic failure, and a justice system that refused to listen until it was far too late.

📍 Featured Address: 10 Rillington Place, Ladbroke Grove, London
⚠️ Content Warning: Graphic depictions of sexual violence, murder, miscarriage of justice, and the murder of women and children. Listener discretion strongly advised.