Between 1898 and 1914, George Joseph Smith married eight times, seven of them bigamously. The purpose of these marriages was to relieve each of his wives of their savings in order to support his own comfortable lifestyle.
However, in three of his last four marriages, Smith changed his approach. After marrying the unfortunate women, he took out life insurance policies on them, ensured that he was the sole beneficiary in their wills and then drowned them in their baths.
In 1915, the ‘Brides in the Bath’ case, as it became known, developed into one of the most sensational murder trials of the twentieth century. The public became so fascinated by Smith's crimes, that for decades afterwards, his wax effigy remained in Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors.
This 6,100 word review gives the reader detailed knowledge of George Joseph Smith’s life and crimes, both as a study in its own right and as a stepping-stone to further research in the true crime genre.
Topics covered include:
• Introduction
• Smith’s Early Life
• Early Marriages
• Murders.
• Investigation
• Trial and Execution
True Crimes Series by Andrew Alexander
Levi Bellfield – The Bus Stop Stalker
David Berkowitz – The Son of Sam
Ted Bundy – The College Girl Killer
Buono and Bianchi – The Hillside Stranglers
John Christie – The 10 Rillington Place Murders
Dale Cregan – The Gangland Killer
Jeffrey Dahmer – The Milwaukee Cannibal
Joanna Dennehy – The ‘Man-Woman’ Murderer
Ruth Ellis – The Last Woman to be Hanged
Kenneth Erskine – The Stockwell Strangler
Stephen Griffiths – The Crossbow Cannibal
John Haigh – The Acid Bath Murders
Brady and Hindley – The Moors Murderers
Colin Ireland – The Gay Slayer
Donald Neilson – The Black Panther
Dennis Nilsen – The Muswell Hill Murderer
Harold Shipman – Doctor Death
George Joseph Smith – Brides in the Bath
Peter Sutcliffe – The Yorkshire Ripper
Johann ‘Jack’ Unterweger – International Serial Killer
Fred and Rose West – The House of Horrors
Steve Wight – The Suffolk Strangler
Aileen Wuornos – The Hitchhiker From Hell
Australian Serial Killers
Criminals Who Kill
Female Serial Killers
Lesbian Serial Killers
Spree Killers
Whole Life Sentences
World’s Worse Serial Killers
However, in three of his last four marriages, Smith changed his approach. After marrying the unfortunate women, he took out life insurance policies on them, ensured that he was the sole beneficiary in their wills and then drowned them in their baths.
In 1915, the ‘Brides in the Bath’ case, as it became known, developed into one of the most sensational murder trials of the twentieth century. The public became so fascinated by Smith's crimes, that for decades afterwards, his wax effigy remained in Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors.
This 6,100 word review gives the reader detailed knowledge of George Joseph Smith’s life and crimes, both as a study in its own right and as a stepping-stone to further research in the true crime genre.
Topics covered include:
• Introduction
• Smith’s Early Life
• Early Marriages
• Murders.
• Investigation
• Trial and Execution
True Crimes Series by Andrew Alexander
Levi Bellfield – The Bus Stop Stalker
David Berkowitz – The Son of Sam
Ted Bundy – The College Girl Killer
Buono and Bianchi – The Hillside Stranglers
John Christie – The 10 Rillington Place Murders
Dale Cregan – The Gangland Killer
Jeffrey Dahmer – The Milwaukee Cannibal
Joanna Dennehy – The ‘Man-Woman’ Murderer
Ruth Ellis – The Last Woman to be Hanged
Kenneth Erskine – The Stockwell Strangler
Stephen Griffiths – The Crossbow Cannibal
John Haigh – The Acid Bath Murders
Brady and Hindley – The Moors Murderers
Colin Ireland – The Gay Slayer
Donald Neilson – The Black Panther
Dennis Nilsen – The Muswell Hill Murderer
Harold Shipman – Doctor Death
George Joseph Smith – Brides in the Bath
Peter Sutcliffe – The Yorkshire Ripper
Johann ‘Jack’ Unterweger – International Serial Killer
Fred and Rose West – The House of Horrors
Steve Wight – The Suffolk Strangler
Aileen Wuornos – The Hitchhiker From Hell
Australian Serial Killers
Criminals Who Kill
Female Serial Killers
Lesbian Serial Killers
Spree Killers
Whole Life Sentences
World’s Worse Serial Killers
