The true story of John Haigh, a notorious murderer from the 1940s, is dramatized. Haigh killed women and dissolved their bodies in acid. However, his scheme was ultimately foiled when a pathologist discovered gallstones from one of his victims, Mrs. Durand-Deacon, did not dissolve in the acid.
A Is for Acid
In 1940s England, a gripping drama unfolds around the notorious John George Haigh, infamous for his gruesome crimes as the "acid bath murderer".