Word: haigh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when Haigh was formally charged with Mrs. Durand-Deacon's murder last month, the stories were toned down in conformance with law and immemorial British journalistic practice. Once a person has been charged with a crime, English law prohibits publication of evidence that might prejudice a fair trial for the accused...
...also forbids linking a suspect to crimes other than the one with which he is charged. The mystery of the miss ing persons stayed on Page One - but Haigh was not mentioned in the story...
...Haigh story was discreetly moved to an inside page in all dailies except the Mirror...
Vampire Horror. Mirror Editor Silves ter Bolam thought he had an exclusive angle, and took a chance to play it. On Page One, Bolam ran a three-column picture captioned: "Women Struggle to See Haigh Charged." Right next to it was a story headlined VAMPIRE HORROR IN LONDON. Its lurid tale...
Scotland Yard was hunting an unnamed "vampire maniac" who had drunk the blood of six victims and then destroyed their bodies. (U.S. papers, which reported Haigh had confessed the killings, said he had sucked his victims' blood "through lemonade straws...