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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
By Jobb, Dean
- ISBN
- 9781616206895
- Publisher
- Algonquin
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Reviewed on July 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
Jobb (creative nonfiction, Univ. of King's Coll., Halifax, Nova Scotia; Empire of Deception) profiles the physician Thomas Neill Cream, a serial killer who was a contemporary of Jack the Ripper. Between 1877 and 1892, Cream poisoned victims in Canada, the United States, and England, using strychnine capsules that he created himself. Cream, known as the Lambeth Poisoner, targeted mostly sex workers or women in need of his abo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
