Episode 35 - Physician Serial Killer - Dr. Thomas Neill Cream (aka The Lambeth Poisoner)
Poor Historians: Misadventures in Medical History
English - September 22, 2022 05:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory Comedy medical history humor physicians comedy medicine surgery doctors stories nurses Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What was missing from this point in this podcast was a good true crime episode. So here you go! This is the story of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, a physician and serial killer that, despite his best efforts to NOT hide his crimes all that well, took way to long to be caught. There is also speculation he may have been Jack the Ripper. This is a dark and twisted tale that shows the Hippocratic oath is a suggestion, not a rule, for evil unscrupulous physicians.
Sources / Articles:
https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/politics-law/the-evil-deeds-of-dr-cream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Neill_Cream
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https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-podcast