Ep 11 - Dr Thomas Neill Cream & Poisonous Pills

Ep 11 - Dr Thomas Neill Cream & Poisonous Pills

Can you imagine a more Victorian villain than Dr Thomas Neill Cream, the Lambeth Poisoner? We delve into his incredible story in this mammoth episode, looking at his life in Canada, USA and England. What fuelled his hatred of prostitutes, was he ever successful at blackmailing and is this week's cocktail is actually the greatest poison of them all (for Nick)?

This week's secret ingredient is...Guinness!


Sources from this week include Monsters of Medicine by William Colliflower MD, Most Notorious podcast (and their interview with A J Griffiths-Jones, author of Prisoner 4374), Murder By Gaslight, and Macleans archive.


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