Thomas Neill Cream graduated with honors from Montreal's McGill medical school in 1876. His thesis had been about the effects of chloroform; and he would soon demonstrate just how devastating he could be with toxic compounds. Several people died under his 'care.' But we’re not here to talk about Dr. Cream the murderer; we’re here to talk about his other criminal offense: extortion. Thomas was ultimately undone when he attempted to frame and blackmail other people for his murders. Let’s meet the doctor.
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12/26/23 • 24 min
Criminalia - Horrific Murderer and Half-Hearted Blackmailer: Meet Dr. Cream
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Welcome to Criminalia, a production of Shondaland Audio in partnership with iHeartRadio. Thomas Neil Cream graduated with honors on March thirty first, eighteen seventy six, from Montreal's McGill Medical School. The address given to his class that day was titled the Evils of Malpractice in the Medical Profession. A little bit of evil foreshadowing, you might say. His thesis had been about the effects of chloroform A lot more foreshadowing, as he
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