The Diabolical Dr. Cream

By Dean Jobb

Thomas Neill Cream (1850 – 1892) born in Glasgow Scotland, raised in Quebec, educated at McGill (MDCM, 1876) and executed at Newgate Prison, London, England, was a notorious serial murderer mistakenly suspected of being Jack the Ripper.

Following graduation from McGill, where his thesis was on chloroform, Cream embarked upon a medical career in Canada, the US, and Britain. He also embarked upon a killing spree, poisoning most of his victims.

Dean Jobb, Professor in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program, University of King’s College, Halifax, is an award-winning author whose most recent book is "The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer" (2021).

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