The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a fascinating and vividly told true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known serial killers, whose poisoning spree in the US, Canada, and England coincided with the birth of forensic science as well as the public's growing appetite for crime fiction such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Cream, Thomas Neill, 1850-1892.
Serial murders -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Serial murders -- United States -- Case studies.
Serial murders -- Canada -- Case studies.
Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Biography.
Physicians -- England -- London -- Biography.
Cream, Thomas Neill, 1850-1892.
Serial murders -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Serial murders -- United States -- Case studies.
Serial murders -- Canada -- Case studies.
Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Biography.
Physicians -- England -- London -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781616206895
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-401).