Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Ep 66-A Partridge for Lunch (Part2 John Bodkins Adams)
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Ep 66-A Partridge for Lunch (Part2 John Bodkins Adams)
Send us Fan Mail
He pockets morphine during a police search, shrugs off forged prescriptions with “God’s forgiveness,” and still claims it’s impossible to accuse a doctor. We follow the case of Dr John Bodkin Adams in 1950s Eastbourne as Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad steps into a town where the police leadership is tangled up with the suspect, and the paper trail points to a chilling pattern: dangerous drugs, suspicious cremations, and an uncanny number of patients leaving money and valuables in their wills.
Resources:
1. John Bodkin Adams — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bodkin_Adams
2. R v Adams (1957) — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Adams_(1957)
3. Death of Edith Alice Morrell — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edith_Alice_Morrell
4. Death of Gertrude Hullett — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gertrude_Hullett
5. Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Devlin,_Baron_Devlin
6. Frederick Geoffrey Lawrence — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Geoffrey_Lawrence
7. Percy Hoskins — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Hoskins
8. BBC News: "The case of suspected Irish serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams" (2016) — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35606070
9. Irish Times: "Doctor grows richer as old patients die" (2010) — https://www.irishtimes.com/news/doctor-grows-richer-as-old-patients-die-1.679439
10. Unknown Kent & Sussex Magazine: "One of the Greatest Murder Trials of All Time" (2023) — https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/dr-john-bodkin-adams-one-of-the-greatest-murder-trials-of-all-time/
11. HeadStuff: "John Bodkin Adams, A Curious and Dubious Doctor" (2017) — https://headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/john-bodkin-adams-a-curious-and-dubious-doctor/
12. Murderpedia: John Bodkin Adams — https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/adams-john-bodkin.htm
13. MedicalBag: "He Stood Trial for the Suspicious Deaths of 163 Former Patients" (2014) — https://www.medicalbag.com/features/he-stood-trial-for-the-suspicious-deaths-of-163-former-patients/
14. CrimeReads: "The Great Age of the Celebrity Crime Reporter" (2021) — https://crimereads.com/percy-hoskins-age-of-the-celebrity-crime-reporter/
15. London Review of Books: Paul Sieghart, "Sitting it out" (1984) — https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v06/n14/paul-sieghart/sitting-it-out
16. Randalstown Arches Association: Heritage Tales — https://randalstownarches.com/randalstown-heritage-tales/11-bodkin-adams/
17. The Persecution of Doctor Bodkin Adams — Alexander Baron — https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/dr-bodkin-adams.html
18. BMJ/PMC: "Serial homicide by doctors: Shipman in perspective" — Herbert G Kinnell (2000) — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1119267/
19. The Lancet Psychiatry: "Shipman and Bodkin Adams in the dock" — https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00467-8/fulltext
20. Oxford Academic: "R v Adams and Terminal Care in Postwar Britain" (2014) — https://academic.oup.com/shm/article-pdf/28/1/155/6872067/hku067.pdf
21. University Hospital Southampton NHS: "Doctrine of double effect" — https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/health-professionals/clinical-law-updates/doctrine-of-double-effect
22. Grumpy Old Bookman: "The Strange Case of Dr John Bodkin Adams" — http://grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.com/2004/08/strange-case-of-dr-john-bodkin-adams.html
23. Patrick Devlin, Easing the Passing: The Trial of Doctor John Bodkin Adams (The Bodley Head, 1985), ISBN 0-57113-993-0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Devlin,_Baron_Devlin
24. Reddit r/UnresolvedMysteries: Discussion thread on Adams and the Macmillan connection — https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3gczdy/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/japan-first-approve-stem-cell-treatments-parkinsons-heart-failure?utm
Support the show
Don't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at [email protected]. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week!
Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing!
Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at:
*thecuminclub.com for 30% off
*https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off
*www.handful.com for 30% off
*www.standshoes.com for 15% off
*www.oldglory.com for 15% off
*www.getcheeky.com for 30% off
*https://mollybz.com for 10% off
*www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off
*klearprotein.com for 20% off
*www.torrain.org for 15% off
*www.cozyearth.com for 21% off
* www.yarokhair.com for 15% off
*www.loveindus.com for 21% off
...
View all episodes
By Jenne Tunnell and Amanda HouseSend us Fan Mail
He pockets morphine during a police search, shrugs off forged prescriptions with “God’s forgiveness,” and still claims it’s impossible to accuse a doctor. We follow the case of Dr John Bodkin Adams in 1950s Eastbourne as Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad steps into a town where the police leadership is tangled up with the suspect, and the paper trail points to a chilling pattern: dangerous drugs, suspicious cremations, and an uncanny number of patients leaving money and valuables in their wills.
Resources:
1. John Bodkin Adams — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bodkin_Adams
2. R v Adams (1957) — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Adams_(1957)
3. Death of Edith Alice Morrell — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edith_Alice_Morrell
4. Death of Gertrude Hullett — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gertrude_Hullett
5. Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Devlin,_Baron_Devlin
6. Frederick Geoffrey Lawrence — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Geoffrey_Lawrence
7. Percy Hoskins — Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Hoskins
8. BBC News: "The case of suspected Irish serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams" (2016) — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35606070
9. Irish Times: "Doctor grows richer as old patients die" (2010) — https://www.irishtimes.com/news/doctor-grows-richer-as-old-patients-die-1.679439
10. Unknown Kent & Sussex Magazine: "One of the Greatest Murder Trials of All Time" (2023) — https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/dr-john-bodkin-adams-one-of-the-greatest-murder-trials-of-all-time/
11. HeadStuff: "John Bodkin Adams, A Curious and Dubious Doctor" (2017) — https://headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/john-bodkin-adams-a-curious-and-dubious-doctor/
12. Murderpedia: John Bodkin Adams — https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/adams-john-bodkin.htm
13. MedicalBag: "He Stood Trial for the Suspicious Deaths of 163 Former Patients" (2014) — https://www.medicalbag.com/features/he-stood-trial-for-the-suspicious-deaths-of-163-former-patients/
14. CrimeReads: "The Great Age of the Celebrity Crime Reporter" (2021) — https://crimereads.com/percy-hoskins-age-of-the-celebrity-crime-reporter/
15. London Review of Books: Paul Sieghart, "Sitting it out" (1984) — https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v06/n14/paul-sieghart/sitting-it-out
16. Randalstown Arches Association: Heritage Tales — https://randalstownarches.com/randalstown-heritage-tales/11-bodkin-adams/
17. The Persecution of Doctor Bodkin Adams — Alexander Baron — https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/dr-bodkin-adams.html
18. BMJ/PMC: "Serial homicide by doctors: Shipman in perspective" — Herbert G Kinnell (2000) — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1119267/
19. The Lancet Psychiatry: "Shipman and Bodkin Adams in the dock" — https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00467-8/fulltext
20. Oxford Academic: "R v Adams and Terminal Care in Postwar Britain" (2014) — https://academic.oup.com/shm/article-pdf/28/1/155/6872067/hku067.pdf
21. University Hospital Southampton NHS: "Doctrine of double effect" — https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/health-professionals/clinical-law-updates/doctrine-of-double-effect
22. Grumpy Old Bookman: "The Strange Case of Dr John Bodkin Adams" — http://grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.com/2004/08/strange-case-of-dr-john-bodkin-adams.html
23. Patrick Devlin, Easing the Passing: The Trial of Doctor John Bodkin Adams (The Bodley Head, 1985), ISBN 0-57113-993-0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Devlin,_Baron_Devlin
24. Reddit r/UnresolvedMysteries: Discussion thread on Adams and the Macmillan connection — https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3gczdy/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/japan-first-approve-stem-cell-treatments-parkinsons-heart-failure?utm
Support the show
Don't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at [email protected]. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week!
Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing!
Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at:
*thecuminclub.com for 30% off
*https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off
*www.handful.com for 30% off
*www.standshoes.com for 15% off
*www.oldglory.com for 15% off
*www.getcheeky.com for 30% off
*https://mollybz.com for 10% off
*www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off
*klearprotein.com for 20% off
*www.torrain.org for 15% off
*www.cozyearth.com for 21% off
* www.yarokhair.com for 15% off
*www.loveindus.com for 21% off
...