QUICK FACTS

DR NEILL CREAM

Newspaper illustrations showing Neill Cream being hanged.

I'M JACK THE.....

Dr, Neill Thomas Cream was hanged at Newgate prison on the 15th November, 1892, for poisoning four prostitutes in London.

As he was being hanged, the hangman, James Billington, claimed that he heard him say, "I am Jack....", just as the trap fell from beneath his feet.

Was he about to confess to being Jack the Ripper?

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