A Is for Acid

Name: A Is for Acid
Genre: Drama, Crime, TV Movie
Released: 2002-09-09
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Richard Hope, Nick Chadwin, John Flanagan, Geoff Holman, Christopher Town

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Release Date

9/9/2002

Runtime

99 mins

Genres

Drama Crime TV Movie

Overview

Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

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A stark dramatization of a real predator's horrifying crimes, told with the methodical precision of a true-crime documentary but the weight of a psychological study.