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Buck Ruxton

Photograph at the Buck Ruxton bronze plaque

This bath was used by Dr. Buck Ruxton when mutilating the bodies of his wife and his maid on an unknown date between the 14th and 29th September 1935 at 2 Dalton Square, Lancaster. Ruxton was hanged for these murders in 12th May 1936 at Strangeways Prison, Manchester.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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