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Thank you Sherlock. This is one intriguing case.
Like much else in this case, I guess we'll never know for sure why Christie killed Ethel. Was it some kind of psycho-sexual urge he couldn't control or was it for a more pragmatic reason, such as he believed she was going to talk to someone? The movie 10 Rillington Place seems to go with the latter theory, that she was going to visit relatives in Sheffield and might tell them and not come back. Christie was such a conniving person that I wouldn't put anything past him, and as you say, he seemed to plan things out as much as possible on most occasions.
I think we can see just how dangerous he was by the fact that after he disposed of Ethel and she was no longer around, he killed three women in as many months. Thank goodness that he was discovered when he was.
From the few excerpts I have read of Christie's conversations with the police, he seemed to blame the victims for their own deaths. She did something wrong or made a wrong movement or something and she practically forced Christie to kill her. He was always trying to place the responsibility for the murders anywhere but onto himself. That's one more reason that I don't feel much pity for him.
One of the speculations that I find hard to believe is that Beryl was having an affair with Christie with Tim Evan's permission. I believe that was the idea of the used furniture dealer. It certainly sounds very far-fetched. While it's more relevant to the main story, I also think that the idea that one person killed Beryl and a different one killed Geraldine also seems a bit bizarre. It's not impossible of course, but it's another thing that seems hard to believe, especially knowing what Christie was capable of.
Like much else in this case, I guess we'll never know for sure why Christie killed Ethel. Was it some kind of psycho-sexual urge he couldn't control or was it for a more pragmatic reason, such as he believed she was going to talk to someone? The movie 10 Rillington Place seems to go with the latter theory, that she was going to visit relatives in Sheffield and might tell them and not come back. Christie was such a conniving person that I wouldn't put anything past him, and as you say, he seemed to plan things out as much as possible on most occasions.
I think we can see just how dangerous he was by the fact that after he disposed of Ethel and she was no longer around, he killed three women in as many months. Thank goodness that he was discovered when he was.
From the few excerpts I have read of Christie's conversations with the police, he seemed to blame the victims for their own deaths. She did something wrong or made a wrong movement or something and she practically forced Christie to kill her. He was always trying to place the responsibility for the murders anywhere but onto himself. That's one more reason that I don't feel much pity for him.
One of the speculations that I find hard to believe is that Beryl was having an affair with Christie with Tim Evan's permission. I believe that was the idea of the used furniture dealer. It certainly sounds very far-fetched. While it's more relevant to the main story, I also think that the idea that one person killed Beryl and a different one killed Geraldine also seems a bit bizarre. It's not impossible of course, but it's another thing that seems hard to believe, especially knowing what Christie was capable of.
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