“Oh, that’s just the coloured people and their cooking”. 10 Rillington Place (1971) Category: Film. What the Hell possessed Christie to do it? In all of the voluminous archive material now available, which includes a good many witness statements from close neighbours and others, there is nowhere to be found the suggestion or accusation that Christie was an abortionist. To my knowledge Hume always despised Evans for being a baby killer. Anyway if the idea of dumping Beryl elsewhere ever got to Christie’s ears, it’s the last thing he should have wanted to happen. Above all, this book is a moving personal story of the enduring love a boy had, and still has, for his beloved big sister and tiny niece, both of whom he still misses and mourns to this day. Even that matter of Christie’s first interview with police is unclear. 10 Rillington Place: the house of death. 581 likes. It was given for him to sell to buy food for the baby. Incidentally I hear his brother Basil, not surprisingly, also believed it was Evans who murdered his sister and niece. What if Christie and Evans got together about the problem, and Evans hoped to drive Beryl somewhere in his van and dump her body in a place where it might never be found, or if it was, police would assume someone else had killed her? 10 Rillington Place (1971) Posters and Prints Movie Poster Art Stills Decoration Living Room Bedroom Canvas Print on The Wall -20x28 inch No Frame. When he begs her to not go away him, Ethel implies that he needs to be in jail. Was it an assumption because Evans had obviously scarpered, together with his “Funichter,” as she spelled it? The movie is getting more popular day by day. Die Geschichte ist auch Thema des 2016 erschienenen Films Rillington Place ... Unter den Opfern befand sich auch seine Ehefrau Ethel, die er in der gemeinsamen Wohnung in der Rillington Place 10, Notting Hill, London, erwürgte. “What’s that stink your house Christie, can’t you do something about it” Also, PS Trevallion relates the following bizarre conversation with Reg, having been called to 10 Rillington Place somewhat after the Evans murder and before the Christie arrest to investigate a theft in the house concerning ‘new’ tenants. Why did Christie tell Evans’s stepsister Maureen that “Tim wouldn’t thank them for going to the police, and he knew more about it than she thought he did”? A year later Rillington Place had its name changed to Ruston Close but number ten continued to be rented out to tenants. £64.99 £ 64. Second, and quite unrelated, another point that was never clear from any source was what really happened to Evans’s father Daniel. Incidentally I found the revelations about Sergeant Len Trevallion troublesome too. But should they both have been executed? John Hurt is sublime but 10 Rillington Place is Richard Attenborough’s film, playing so far against type that it’ll chill you to the bone. If his supposed recollections about the Christies’ abortion practices are so at odds with other information, how much of what else he had to say can be trusted? In that tiny house it’s more than likely that Christie, creeping around in his plimsolls, spying on people, and certainly taking note of any noise, would have discovered if Evans had killed his wife. When did they get an answer back? This has caused great distress to the Thorley family, particularly to her other brother Basil, whom I met several times and was a most impressive, modest, and honest man. He was 54 years old. Why would Evans go to the police with a crazy cock-and-bull story about “putting his wife down the drain”? John Curnow’s and Peter Mylton-Thorley’s very welcome evidence on the guilt of Evans and the innocence of Beryl, who was a particularly nice young woman, but whose behaviour has been viciously travestied, particularly by Sir Ludovic Kennedy and the BBC. Peter Thorley’s book does everyone a service by shining a light on the character of Evans, and of course we must have sympathy for his lifelong pain at the loss of his beloved sister and niece–more so when so many people have been deliberately misled into dismissing the guilt of their killer. These remains were to be identified as Ruth Fuerst and Muriel Eady. Why then did he not mention Christie’s role in his confession at Notting Hill? The obvious answer is that he couldn’t afford to risk police on the premises who might uncover his own murders! Obviously, both were directed by Richard Fleischer, both are also based on a real world case, and both rely upon the fascinating relationship between two broken men. According to the story Christie gave at trial, he and his wife heard a ‘bump’ during the night and the following morning Timothy Evans claimed Beryl had gone away to Bristol. Number 10 Rillington Place no longer exists on the map but it was once the most notorious address in London. Was Trevallion in the habit of making things up? Evans confessed not twice, in his two statements at Notting Hill, but also to Sgt Trevallian, and in prison, saying she would not stop crying so he just had to strangle her. Zwischen den Hausnummern 9 und 11 klafft bis heute eine Lücke. It was one in a number of similar such programmes made for A+E Networks UK – the other 21-odd possibly being better but I am unable to speak with any authority on those. But what puzzles me is that, as far as I know, hard core pornography, featuring actual sexual activity between men and women was all but unknown in those prurient semi Victorian times. After persuading her that her bronchitis could be cured by inhaling his ‘special mixture’, Christie subdued her with carbon monoxide before raping and strangling her. Or maybe Evans came to him for help in his predicament; who knows? Who can truly figure the twisted mind of a psychopath? After savagely murdering a woman and her newborn baby, Christie was able to convince a jury that the woman's husband was the actual perpetrator. While in Brixton Prison, he boasted his goal had been to kill 12 women and compared himself to John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer. Inside 10 Rillington Place John Christie and me, the untold truth by Peter Thorley 9781913406110 (Paperback, 2020) Delivery UK delivery is within 4 to 6 working days. The Banality Of Evil: 10 Rillington Place. He told the Lynches he picked it up in Cheltenham or Gloucester: one of his usual lies, when he hadn’t been to either place. Neither corpse was discovered when detectives searched the house looking for missing mother Beryl Evans and her daughter Geraldine in late November 1949. this book reads as if it has been written by a child. 10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt and Pat Heywood. We just missed here assuming she left it there on that day which is more than likely. View ★★★★ Watched by Andrew Pope 21 Nov, 2020. Noch nicht auf DVD/Blu-ray erschienen! As for poor Muriel Eady’s thighbone propping up the fence, with his dog Judy no doubt fond of a nice juicy bone, what layman could tell a human femur from a well chewed beef bone? 1971. Watch 10 Rillington Place movie trailer and get the latest cast info, photos, movie review and more on TVGuide.com. SCREAMIN' DAEMON - 10 Rillington Place - The Decline Of The English Murder 2004 And Kennedy was not at all wrong by supposing that confession brought “relief,” as Evans himself admitted saying at his trial. 4.1 out of 5 stars 38. Christie had himself expressed incomprehension and indignation at the suggestion and had vehemently denied it. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Inside 10 Rillington Place: John Christie and me, the untold truth Paperback – 6 Aug. 2020 by Peter Thorley (Author) › Visit Amazon's Peter Thorley Page. His first thought may have been to cover it up and keep police out at any cost; but was that a good idea, and was it going to work? 10 Rillington Place is based on the real life serial killer John Reginald Christie, not one of the most prolific but definitely one of the most notorious serial killers in Britain's history. 10 Rillington Place. What if her body were never discovered?–or not for a long time, anyway. Timothy s, Beryl’ s & Geraldine’s grave, can anyone infom me of the following: And this is a point I’d like to know about: namely, whether and how often he had the use of his van on his own, unsupervised. When did that happen, and what prompted them to do it? So many mysteries we’ll never know the answer to! The 10 Rillington Place murders are among the most notorious in British legal history, not least because of the complications involving conflicting confessions, witness statements and interpretations of the evidence. Peter Thorley (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars 225 ratings. The book is not without its errors, mainly as to matters of more minor detail, but a little disappointing nonetheless; it is understood that this was at least contributed to by an inordinate degree of intervention by copy editors for the publisher leading up to the final text which resulted in mistakes being introduced or indeed reintroduced despite correction in earlier drafts. It had been expertly tied, with ‘tightening’ knots, by someone well versed in this skill. But everything is not as it seems- could this house be home to two stranglers rather than one? 10 Rillington Place Drama based on a true story. Many websites tell the story of John Reginald Christie and 10 Rillington Place in extensive detail. For instance, I noticed the statement that Mr. and Mrs. Lynch had written to Beryl’s father to ask if she was staying with him, and received a telegram saying he had not seen her since the summer, which Mrs. Lynch read out at the breakfast table. Never slide back! Richard Fleischer. There are no exact dates for the murders of Rita Nelson and Kathleen Maloney. The linguistics expert in the programme opined that the wording used in Evans’s confessions was that of the police rather than of a poorly-educated and illiterate man, but even so it changes nothing of the substance of the statements and Evans himself never claimed to have been coerced into making false confessions or having had words put into his mouth under duress. And to tell lies about the time scale on which the bodies were placed in the wash house, conflicting with what we know about the activities of workmen in there. As you rightly say, Leonard Trevallion, by then aged 97, could certainly lay claim to having had contemporary knowledge, but described a production-line abortion business being carried on by the Christies which simply had no basis in any known fact. Timothy Evans, who had a low IQ, confessed on four separate occasions that he was responsible, claiming he had killed his wife in a fit of temper. Sadly, some oral history recordings of Trevallion’s held at The National Archives contain further such questionable reminiscences which also need to be treated with caution. She had also learned by then that Evans had “packed up” his job. Kathleen Maloney, a 26 year-old local prostitute, was last seen in early to mid January but was probably killed after Rita Nelson. 10 Rillington Plac‪e‬ HD; CC; Special Interest; 1 Hour 50 Minutes 1971; 4.7 • 6 Ratings; This is the horrifying true account of John Reginald Christie, whose crimes and subsequent trial summarily ended capital punishment in Britain. That doesn’t mean for a moment that his confessions at Notting Hill were not true. Evans was Welsh, expertly pulled off by Hurt. Did this happen before, or after, their mother got the letter from Violet Lynch saying that Evans was with them in Wales? OK, but by the next day, Mrs. Probert had learned that the furniture man from Broderick’s had been to Rillington Place and found the furniture was gone. Listen to music from 10 Rillington Place like Stay Away, My Experimental Monster & more. If Christie–or anyone–had betrayed him by strangling his baby daughter, any normal person would respond with outrage. Rillington Place, renamed Ruston Close in 1954, was demolished late in 1970 as part of the general slum clearance in the area but not before it served as the location for the Richard Fleischer film 10 Rillington Place starring Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson and … Besides, Evans told Inspector Black that he took it from her finger after he killed her, and we know he sold a wedding ring in Merthyr that police subsequently recovered. Perhaps aware that he would soon be found out, Christie killed three more women over the next three months. In the garden, officers saw a human thigh bone propping up the fence. The key word here is “psychopathic.” Yes, Evans did indeed have many traits of a psychopath. She could also, I’m sure, be spiteful to Evans at times. He was sentenced to death and was hanged by the notorious Chief Executor Pierrepoint at Pentonville Prison on July 15. Far from being ‘just another’ book to add to the many already written upon the whole subject, this constituted a historical watershed in that the writer was none other than Beryl Evans’s youngest brother Peter Thorley. Watch 10 Rillington Place movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at TVGuide.com. The film doesn't go into great detail about all his victims, as he killed at least eight women. Christie married his wife Ethel in 1920 and had a series of jobs, including postman and typist, before being taken on by the War Reserve Police in 1939 – despite having convictions for theft and assault. If so, Peter didn’t explain that. This was a man who was capable of killing, not only his wife in a fit of temper, but even his own baby daughter. Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbors Tim and Beryl Evans. John Christie claims he is an accomplished abortionist and offers to perform the illegal operation on his tenant's wife. I would have given this a 7 if I had not seen the amazing 10 Rillington Place several times first. It was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred Richard Attenborough as John Christie, Judy Geeson as Beryl Evans, John Hurt as Timothy Evans and Pat Heywood as Ethel Christie. John Christie of 10 Rillington Place was an informative read. Because she feared that Evans might only sell it for beer money? As some point, Eileen and Maureen, or possibly Eileen alone, sent a telegram to Beryl’s father William Thorley, asking whether Beryl was still staying with him. The 1901 census lists a Bartle family as living at no 3 Rillington Place. This is unfortunate, because it casts a pall of doubt over the veracity of the book as a whole. While psychopaths are less susceptible to fear than others, they’re by no means insensitive to threats. Mary Westlake is Timothy Evans’s half-sister, herself born in September 1029, and so was evidently still alive last March and, to her credit, paying her remembrances to Timothy even though the unsuccessful campaign for his conviction to be quashed had long-since reached an end. Even Evans’s confessions were an “impulsive” act of sorts, suiting his mood at the time, failing to take into account the inevitable legal consequences to follow. I do think the book was a little drier towards the end when it was talking about the latter murders and the court case. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 10 RILLINGTON PLACE, TRUE STORY OF JOHN CHRISTIE, THE SERIAL KILLER, VHS at the best online prices at … It was at this terraced house in Notting Hill that John Reginald Christie killed at least six women including his wife Ethel between 1943 and 1953. But thank you for your book anyway, and for this site to exchange comments on. It’s the character of Evans that is central to all this, and as John Newton Chance also remarked in his book, “none of the previous stories fitted the facts of who the people were.” Daniel Brabin took this factor into account when he concluded it was more likely that Christie was the murderer of little Geraldine, “a killing in cold blood which Christie would be more likely to do.”, But what is overlooked is the nature of Evans himself, as assessed by Dr. Matheson in Brixton Prison. Kennedy claimed this “could have meant anything or nothing.” Rubbish! Was it on the Monday that he visited her looking for money? Any information on the grave sites of anyone involved? Why would she do that, to begin with? They were found in a washhouse in the back garden. I wish Peter the best of luck. Anyway it matters less in the end which day Beryl met her death, compared with who was guilty of it. This was the BBC's version and they had captured atmosphere of the 1940's as I remember it at that time. However, this doesn’t detract from Peter’s overall testimony, especially about the characters of the persons involved. If police came looking for them, and found evidence of recent digging in the garden, that’s one place they might well look for their bodies and find them–along with those of Christie’s own victims. This case sparked huge controversy after Timothy Evans was charged with both murders, found guilty of the murder of his daughter and hanged in 1950. The advent of this book must surely now remove all reasonable doubt – it exposes Timothy John Evans as a devious, foul-tempered drunkard who boozed and gambled away the family’s meagre means of support and left his young pregnant wife frightened, lonely and in complete despair for their future and that of their infant daughter and unborn son. Possibly, but as far as he felt sorrow I suspect it was more an act of self pity for having messed up his own life by doing so, and depriving himself of two people who many times had brought him pleasure. Brian Burden says (Blog 29 April 2019): I am very interested in buying this book, it will make for interesting reading. But everything that happened before that, including its sequence, is unclear. Further bones were fond strewn around the garden with a newspaper fragment dated 19 July 1943. Those who still believe the “official” story don’t want to know the truth. Christie gave evidence against Timothy Evans at the Old Bailey in 1950 with the result that Evans was found guilty and hanged. Unusually, instead of odd numbers on one side of the street and even numbers on the other, the north side of Rillington Place was numbered 11-20 and the south side 1-10. Penalties for such offences could be as severe as those imposed upon the principal offender. Trevallion was fairly firm on the point that Ethel Christie was a well known abortionist in the neighbourhood, and that the Christies operated a clandestine abortion clinic with Ethel performing the operations and Reg providing the ‘anaesthesia’. Verfilmungen. What could he possibly hope to gain from it, knowing perfectly well he’d done no such thing, and the police were bound to check up on it and find it untrue? There is no perfect answer to this puzzle that fits with every known fact. John Reginald Halliday Christie and Timothy John Evans were hanged after a series of brutal murders in the 1940s and 1950s. But hindsight is always 20/20, and it’s understandable if his first reaction was to panic and try to “manage” the situation himself. He was known for speaking in a whisper and is said to have relied on the services of prostitutes after being branded ‘Reggie-No-Dick’ during his teens. 10 Rillington Place The Time Out New York Project: Issue #717, June 25-July 1, 2009. Promotion Available. The 10 Rillington Place murders are among the most notorious in British legal history, not least because of the complications involving conflicting confessions, witness statements and interpretations of the evidence. After four days of evidence, the jury found him guilty. When we visited Timoth’ s grave in 2020 (the 70s anniversary of his death) There was a signed card on his grave, probably left there earlier that day, I will have to look at the photo I took of it to see if I can match any of the names to his friends/relatives. 10 Rillington Place (1971) Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award / NTSC, 1,2,3,4,5,6 All Region dvd. He said he was forced to kill Nelson, Maloney and Maclennan when they became aggressive. ” It was more likely that Christie was the murderer of little Geraldine, “a killing in cold blood which Christie would be more likely to do.” Far from it, The Christies were very fond of Beryl and Geraldine. Wiki 10 Rillington Place 4 min read. I’m not saying either man was right in every detail, but the general idea does resolve a number of otherwise puzzling points about the mystery of Rillington Place. Trevallion was speaking to Christie in his front room, under which Ethel was buried. Other locations across Scotland were used to represent London. It is, of course, an established fact that Christie was a serial killer and this new account reinforces the belief that he was, far from being ignorant of it all, a party to dealing with the aftermath of Evans’s deeds which would have left him open to charges as an accessory under the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861, still fully in force at that time. For instance, the whole sequence and timescale of events earlier in the week before Evans’s arrest. Evans lied whenever it was convenient, and often when it wasn’t. Apparently in 1953, before his arrest, but after Ethel’s murder, Christie was, in fact, a regular client of Kathleen Mahoney, whom who often ‘saw’ in conjunction with another ‘working girl’ one Maureen Briggs. Think about it for a moment. In it he interviews Police Sergeant Len Trevallion. 579 likes. But closer examination reveals that many of the long-accepted truths are actually false. I hear that copywriters interfered a lot in the production of the book, and I wonder if Peter was lured into a piece of mythmaking for the sake of enhancing the drama. He had a notoriously bad temper, and his behavior was certainly impulsive, disregarding long term consequences not only to others, but even to himself. What’s the probability that he just happened to pick up a wedding ring lying in the street? The house 10, Rillington Place was drab and shabby. Where else might the police come looking for her? Two years after the trial, Ethel begins to worry her husband, and informs Christie she’s going to transfer out to stick with relations. Other sources tell us Beryl was far from perfect as a housekeeper–John Newton Chance mistakenly used the unfortunate word “slut,” when I’m sure the word he really wanted was “slattern”–and she was possibly also a poor money manager, though that is questionable. Sources suggest that once Evans had been to the police in Merthyr Tydfil on Wednesday the 30th, not only his mother and the Lynches were woken up for interview that night, but also Christie and his wife, as would seem natural. There are also two well-known books on the subject: The Two Killers of Rillington Place by John Eddowes and Ten Rillington Place by Ludovic Kennedy. If Christie did help Evans dispose of his wife’s body, it would account for Evans’s second statement at Merthyr Tydfil, where he tried to blame the whole thing on Christie. [Once said of the events of 9/11 in New York]. Still, I dare say that point was clear enough. John Reginald Halliday Christie (8 April 1899 – 15 July 1953), known to his family and friends as Reg Christie, was an English serial killer and alleged necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. We would like to visit them. Four years later in August 1943 he committed his first murder, strangling Ruth Fuerst, an Austrian munitions factory worker, in his bed while his wife was away. Why then did he confess at Notting Hill? Here I also found John Eddowes’ comment above interesting: that it was Beryl and Maureen who were seen together on the Tuesday, though it would be nice to know a source for this.
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