Hitchcock Chronology: Famous British Murder Cases

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Famous British Murder Cases...

1949

February

• English serial killer John George Haigh, known as the "Acid Bath Murderer", is arrested. He was found guilty in July and then executed in August. Hitchcock follows the arrest and trial with fascination and will later try to incorporate aspects of Haigh case into the Kaleidoscope project.

1964

November

• Hitchcock registers an original story idea with the Writers Guild, outlining a plot that prequels Shadow of a Doubt and follows an attractive serial killer who murders rich widows, drawing from the real-life English serial killers John George Haigh, John Christie and Neville Heath. Towards the end of November, he meets with author Robert Bloch and tries to persuade the novelist to develop an original idea based on the idea — Bloch eventually declines, partly due to the low salary offered.
• Hitchcock registers an original story idea with the Writers Guild, outlining a plot that prequels Shadow of a Doubt and follows an attractive serial killer who murders rich widows, drawing from the real-life English serial killers John George Haigh, John Christie and Neville Heath. Towards the end of November, he meets with author Robert Bloch and tries to persuade the novelist to develop an original idea based on the idea — Bloch eventually declines, partly due to the low salary offered.
• Hitchcock registers an original story idea with the Writers Guild, outlining a plot that prequels Shadow of a Doubt and follows an attractive serial killer who murders rich widows, drawing from the real-life English serial killers John George Haigh, John Christie and Neville Heath. Towards the end of November, he meets with author Robert Bloch and tries to persuade the novelist to develop an original idea based on the idea — Bloch eventually declines, partly due to the low salary offered.