A Serial Killer on the Witness Stand - April 8 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com April 8th: John Christie Born (1899) Sometimes police get it wrong. There is no sugar coating it in this particular case. On April 8th 1899 a man was born who would, as an adult, be responsible for the deaths of a number of people. Three of his victims, and their subsequent trial, would go down in history when John Christie, the serial killer, was the star witness that sent his victim’s husband to the gallows for their murder. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	in the First World War, living in York, raising six children
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0:56.1	more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders, 15 miles away,
1:02.8	and it survived by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird relationship.
1:09.6	A cop of murder.
1:13.5	Sometimes police get it wrong.
1:16.7	There's no sugar coding it in this particular case.
1:24.8	On April 8, 1899, a man was born who would, as an adult, be responsible for the deaths of a number of people.
1:29.4	Three of his victims and their subsequent trials would go down in history when John Christie, the serial killer, was a star witness that sent his victim's
1:34.9	husband to the gallows for her murder. So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,
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1:53.2	John Christie was born on April 8, 1890 in Nothorougham near Halifax.
1:57.1	He had a troubled relationship with almost everyone in his family.
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