Brides in the Bath
2010, 60 minutes
Serial Killer Documentary
George Joseph Smith (alias Oliver George Love, Charles Oliver James, Henry Williams and John Lloyd) was found guilty of the murders of Bessie Williams (nee Mundy) who was found dead in a bath in 1912, Alice Burnham who died in a bath at Blackpool in December 1913, and Margaret Elizabeth Lofty who was found in a bath in Highgate in December 1914. It was significant that when the case was under investigation Divisional Detective Inspector Neil formed the opinion along with the pathologist Dr Bernard Spilsbury that it would be impossible for anyone to accidentally drown in any of the baths in question. Smith whilst married to Bessie Williams On 13 July 1912 Bessie Williams was found dead in her bath at 80 High Street, Herne Bay. It was ascertained that five days before her death she had made a will in favour of her husband, Henry Williams (alias George Joseph Smith) by which he benefited to the amount of £2,579, 13 shillings and 7 pence. Smith was questioned closely, but the opinion of the doctor who examined Bessie at the time of her death apparently convinced the jury.
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