John George Haigh - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• The Haigh case was dramatized in the episode "The Jar of Acid" on the 1951 radio series The Black Museum.

• A series called Whitehall 1212 presented a 30 minute play of the story from the police's view. This was titled Whitehall 1212 (Date 52-04-20) The Case of Mrs Minerva Bannamon

• The role of Haigh is played by Martin Clunes in the ITV drama A is for Acid.

• Nigel Fairs played Haigh in the Big Finish audio drama In Conversation with an Acid Bath Murderer (2011), which he also wrote. The cast included Richard Franklin as "Archie Henderson", Mandi Symonds as "Olive Durand-Deacon" and Louise Jameson (who also directed) as "Rose Henderson".

• A waxwork of Haigh featured in an episode of the British comedy series Psychoville. The waxwork (along with others of Albert DeSalvo, John Christie and Jack the Ripper) comes to life in a fantasy sequence, trying to persuade the character David Sowerbutts to kill a man using sulphuric acid, rather than methods suggested by the other waxworks. The Christie waxwork mentions, disparagingly, that while he had been portrayed in film by Richard Attenborough, Haigh had been portrayed by Martin Clunes.

• A portrayal of Haigh by the name of Corroder has appeared in the 3rd entry in the popular Clock Tower series of video games, in which he's the boss of the second level, and was disguised as a relative of the two spirits who needed to be put to rest, Albert and Dorothy Rand.

• A new play entitled "Under a Red Moon" by Michael Slade will receive its world premiere in October 2012. This new thriller based on the Acid Bath Murderer is a co-production of The Human Race Theatre Company and the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center. Confessed serial killer John George Haigh awaits trial in prison as Dr. Ruth Covington arrives to determine his mental state for the court. www.humanracetheatre.org