A Prescription for Murder

A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream

A Prescription for Murder was written by and Angus McLaren. The 217 page book was published by University of Chicago Press in 1995 (originally in 1993) with an ISBN 10 of 0226560686. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. A Prescription for Murder mentions 1 serial killers including Thomas Neill Cream. The author Angus McLaren has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

McLaren develops a historiographical survey on Victorian attitudes toward sexuality and morality, and their relation to violence as he describes the story of Dr. Thomas Cream. Cream murdered prostitutes and women seeking abortions in England and North America between 1877 and 1892.