Thomas Neill Cream
Scottish-Canadian serial murderer (1850–1892) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Neill Cream (27 May 1850 – 15 November 1892), also known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Scottish-Canadian medical doctor and serial killer who poisoned his victims with strychnine. Cream murdered up to ten people in three countries, targeting mostly lower-class women, prostitutes and pregnant women seeking abortions. He was convicted and sentenced to death, and was hanged on 15 November 1892.
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Thomas Neill Cream | |
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Born | (1850-05-27)27 May 1850 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 15 November 1892(1892-11-15) (aged 42) Newgate Prison, England |
Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
Spouse |
Flora Brooks
(m. 1876; died 1877) |
Conviction(s) | Murder (Illinois) Murder (England) |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (Illinois) Death (England) |
Details | |
Victims | 5 known |
Span of crimes | 1881–1892 |
Country | United States and England |
State(s) | Illinois and Middlesex |
Date apprehended | 3 June 1892 |
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A popular rumour suggested that Cream's last words were a (false) confession that he was Jack the Ripper – but official records show that he was in prison in Illinois at the time of the Ripper murders.