Stealing After Killing

And it wasn’t just women that he would murder, but he killed men as well, entering homes, killing the owners and even living in their houses for a while before stealing their belongings. Before he was arrested, police gave him the nickname “The Beast Of Birkenshaw,” not knowing who was at fault for many of the crimes they had discovered. After being sentenced to die, his last words before being hanged to death were, “Turn up the radio and I’ll go quietly.”