The case of the murderous Dr. Cream the hunt for a Victorian era serial killer

"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...

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Main Author: Jobb, Dean, 1958- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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600 1 0 |a Cream, Thomas Neill,  |d 1850-1892. 
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