Header Image Sources:
Photo by Agustín Molina on Unsplash
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
Other Images:
London power station (via Alamy)
Beryl Evans with daughter Geraldine Evans (via The Sunday Mirror)
John Christie and Ethel Christie (via Alamy)
"In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive interviews, never-before-published material, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of the these two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history..."
— Source: Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson