Hullett, Morrell, Whitton and Mawhood, just four of the victims of the hundred that Dr John Bodkin Adams helped propel into another world. It’s likely his victims ran into the hundreds with the good doctor the beneficiary of over a hundred different inheritances in the form of cash, valuables and even a car or two. 

He followed something pf a pattern: the patient is a widow, an elderly widow or spinster, there’s excessive prescription of morphine, the majority are in a coma before death, and Bodkin Adams is looking after their financial affairs until their untimely demise…

Presenters: Dr Harry Brunjes & Dr Andrew Johns

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Sound Design: John Scott

Executive Producer: Jamie East 

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