The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
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| Abstract |
Born in Scotland and raised in Quebec City, Thomas Neill Cream (1850-1892) graduated from McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine in 1876. Behind his respectable facade of a doctor, Cream was a notorious serial killer. Cream’s ten victims in Canada, the United States and England were almost all women, mostly sex workers or unmarried women seeking abortions. Following a conviction and incarceration for murder in Chicago, he moved to London, England where, in 1891, he was convicted of the murders of four prostitutes. He was hanged on November 15, 1892. The author exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners during this period, as well the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women, many of whom had turned to him for medical help.
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Toronto, ON
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Harper Avenue, An imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
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2021
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| # of Pages |
432p.
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en
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978-1-4434-5332-5
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| Citation |
Jobb, Dean. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer. Toronto, ON: Harper Avenue, An imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2021.
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