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Quiz about The Theo Durrant Affair
Quiz about The Theo Durrant Affair

The Theo Durrant Affair Trivia Quiz


Here is a quiz pertaining to Theo Durrant, one of the most notorious killers in San Francisco history.

A multiple-choice quiz by macabrescribe. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
290,770
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was Theo Durrant's full name? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who was Durrant's first victim? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. To where did Durrant dispose of Miss Lamont's body? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was Durrant's second victim? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Where was the body of Minnie Williams discovered? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Shortly afterwards, Durrant was arrested. Who did Durrant's defense claim was more likely to be the culprit? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Durrant was eventually convicted of both murders. What was his sentence? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. How was Durrant executed? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. For what nom de plume is Theo Durrant remembered? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Theo Durrant eventually confessed to his crimes.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was Theo Durrant's full name?

Answer: William Henry Theodore Durrant

He was born in Toronto, but moved to California a few years later.
2. Who was Durrant's first victim?

Answer: Blanche Lamont

They met at a stop for an electric trolley. She was on her way to school, where she was studying to become a school teacher. Durrant was also on his way to school, only he was going for medicine.
3. To where did Durrant dispose of Miss Lamont's body?

Answer: A bell tower's cupola.

It wasn't until two weeks succeeding her death that the body was ultimately discovered.
4. Who was Durrant's second victim?

Answer: Minnie Williams

She was a regular of the Emanuel Baptist Church.
5. Where was the body of Minnie Williams discovered?

Answer: A cupboard in a church library.

She'd been stabbed again and again in the chest, her wrists gashed by a dull blade, and her undergarments shoved down her throat.
6. Shortly afterwards, Durrant was arrested. Who did Durrant's defense claim was more likely to be the culprit?

Answer: The pastor of Emanuel Baptist .

The pastor of Emanuel Baptist Church was the Reverend John George Gibson.
7. Durrant was eventually convicted of both murders. What was his sentence?

Answer: Death

It took the jury barely any time at all to come back with a verdict of guilty.
8. How was Durrant executed?

Answer: Hanging

Thanks to the sluggish appeals process, it took almost three years for Durrant to meet the hangman's noose.
9. For what nom de plume is Theo Durrant remembered?

Answer: The Demon of the Belfry

After Durrant was executed, no cemetery in the Greater San Francisco area would take his body. His parents had him cremated and subsequently buried in Los Angeles.
10. Theo Durrant eventually confessed to his crimes.

Answer: False

Durrant refused to fess up to his crimes on the date of his execution because he was "not guilty." He wouldn't even confess to his priest.

Here I'd like to thank the sources I used in constructing this quiz:

"The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers" by Harold Schechter and David Everitt

www.crimelibrary.com

www.law.jrank.org
Source: Author macabrescribe

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