Bumptious, bucolic, much admired among the tailored lawns of Eastbourne’s elite, but who was Dr John Bodkin Adams really? Fundamentally, a religious man, devoted to his mother who he called ‘the most religious woman in Ireland’ who manged to transform himself from an out of depth medical student to the higher echelons of the seaside town’s social circle, a stratum of society he quietly envied and despised.

Despite this he charmed his way into the lives of the well-heeled locals, charming them into bequeathing him cars and riches, even clothing, persuading them to grant him a place in their wills before, it was said, quietly bumping them off and taking his share of their fortunes. He may have sounded and looked the polar opposite of Dr Harold Shipman, but his intentions were as bloody and bleak as Shipman’s, but only one of them seemed to know how to get away with murder.

Presenters: Dr Harry Brunjes & Dr Andrew Johns

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Sound Design: John Scott

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

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Hosts: Dr Andrew Johns, Dr Harry Brunjes

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Sound Design: John Scott

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