The Little Known Serial Killer

[Stormkhan]

Somewhere in my tattered memory I remember a case of a Victorian serial killer whose unlikely name was Doctor Jelly. He was a GP who managed to kill several women by poison ... if I remember right.
Now, I can't find a trace of him. He's not Dr. Thomas Neill Cream - who many think I'm referring to.

Can anyone else tell me of him - or was it a figment of my booze-raddled brain?

 

[drbastard]

THere's a Dr James Gully..?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2650651.stm

http://www.rdfmedia.com/history/WhoKill ... sBravo.asp

 

[Stormkhan]

Nope. The Bravo case was of particular interest to me - I favoured the wife was framed theory mesself.
No, this fellow was 'operating' in London.

 

[Yithian]

Are you thinking about Sir William Gull - often accused of being Jack the Ripper? link

 

[Stormkhan]

Nope. See above.

 

[poozler]

Perhaps it's a fictional character you're remembring. There's a Dr Jelly in The Web of Life.

Here's a link to the etext:

http://etext.teamnesbitt.com/books/etext/etext05/webol10.txt.html

 

[intaglio]

and several female deaths

Dr. John Bodkin Adams

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