In 1949, detectives investigating the disappearance of Mrs. Olive Durand-Deacon found themselves facing a dilemma. They had a suspect – a man called John Haigh – but they didn’t have a body. Haigh was convinced it was the legal loophole that would secure his release. But he hadn’t reckoned on the forensic experts of Scotland Yard. As the net closed in on Haigh, he stunned police with an extraordinary confession to not one, but a whole series of murders. He even spiced up his account with macabre details. Was Haigh the victim of paranoid delusions that drove him to kill? Or a cold-blooded monster whose only motive for murder was to support his lavish lifestyle?

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