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What motivated John George Haigh to murder at least six people- then dissolve their corpses in concentrated sulphuric acid? How did this intelligent- well-educated man from a loving- strongly religious family of Plymouth Brethren become a fraudster- a thief- then a serial killer? In the latest of his best-selling studies of criminal history- Jonathan Oates reinvestigates this sensational case of the late 1940s. He delves into Haighs Yorkshire background- his reputation as a loner- a bully and a forger during his years at Wakefield Grammar School- and his growing appetite for the good life which his modest employment in insurance and advertising could not sustain. Then came his move to London and a rapid- apparently remorseless descent into the depths of crime- from deceit and theft to cold-blooded killing. As he follows the course of Haighs crimes in graphic- forensic detail- Jonathan Oates gives a fascinating inside view of Haighs attempt to carry through a series of perfect murders. For Haigh intended not only cut off his victims lives but- by destroying their bodies with acid- literally to remove all traces that they had ever existed....