The Peep Show: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
In London, 1953, the crime that became “the most notorious crime scene in twentieth-century Britain” was the discovery of several corpses of women hidden in the wall and garden at 10 Rillington Place. The murderer, Reginald Christie, had killed his wife and at least seven other women, who he strangled and then raped. Two years before, Timothy Evans, Christie’s upstairs neighbor, had been executed for killing his wife, Beryl, and their 1-year-old daughter, Geraldine, at the same address. But during the investigation of Christie’s crimes, many doubts were raised as to whether Evans had been innocent and Christie the true murderer of Beryl and Geraldine. In The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place , 2024, Kate Summerscale has done extensive research to not only learn the truth about happened, but also to learn more information about the victims – who they were and how their deaths continued to haunt their families. This book is my choice for the category True Crime for the 2025...