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10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Brides in the Bath

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

Entertainment News, True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

George Joseph Smith was an English serial killer and bigamist who was convicted and subsequently hanged for the murders of three women in 1915. The case became known as the Brides in the Bath Murders. As well as being widely reported in the media, it was significant in the history of forensic pathology and detection. It was also one of the first cases in which striking similarities between connected crimes were used to prove guilt, a technique used in subsequent prosecutions.

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0:00.0

Discretion is advised.

0:16.0

This is 10-minute murder.

0:21.6

The concept of nature

0:35.6

is nature versus nurture is one that has been debated for years.

0:39.3

Are people taught to be evil, or are they born that way?

0:43.3

George Joseph Smith was born on January 11, 1872 in London.

0:49.3

At nine years old, he was sent to a reformatory for his behavior.

0:53.3

After his release from the reformatory, he was in to a reformatory for his behavior. After his release from the

0:55.3

reformatory, he was in and out of prison during his adolescent years for theft and larceny.

1:02.0

In 1898, Smith married Catherine Thornhill, and his marriage to Catherine was his only legal

1:08.2

marriage, despite the fact that he would go on to marry many, many more women.

1:13.6

Smith talked Catherine into working as a maid for wealthy families and stealing just enough

1:18.6

so that her employers wouldn't notice anything was missing.

1:22.6

They managed to make their scheme work for a few months before she was caught.

1:26.6

She served 12 months for her crimes,

1:29.1

but didn't take the fall alone. She turned in her husband as her accomplice and the mastermind.

1:35.3

He spent two years in prison and was released in 2001. After Catherine was released, she moved to

1:41.9

Canada. However, there was a stint of time between when

1:45.5

Catherine was arrested and Smith was imprisoned. During that time, Smith met a new woman. In 1899,

1:52.8

he used a fake name and married a woman that he met in London, although her name is not on the

1:57.6

records. Even though he spent two years in prison, that wife waited for him to be

2:02.4

released. Upon his release, he returned to her. Unfortunately, he only went back long enough to clear

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