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John Bodkin Adams (21 January 1899 – 4 July 1983) was a British general practitioner, convicted fraudster, and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, 163 of his patients died while in comas, which was deemed to be worthy of investigation. [1]
Feb 19, 2016 · The police files of County Antrim-born doctor John Bodkin Adams, who is rumoured to have killed hundreds of his patients in the 1950s, are opened.
Apr 11, 2021 · John Bodkin Adams is not a name that would be familiar to many, but in the 1950s the doctor was headline news across the world. The Eastbourne GP was accused of killing hundreds of his patients for their money - but managed to walk away relatively scot-free.
Early years. Adams was born in Randalstown in what is now Northern Ireland. His parents were from a very strict Christian sect called the Plymouth Brethren - and they believed that what ever they did in life, they would go to heaven anyway. He had one brother, William, born in 1903.
Although Shipman was the first—and so far only—doctor in the UK to be convicted of murdering those under his care, wind the clock back nearly 50 years and a chillingly-similar case dominated the headlines; Dr John Bodkin Adams stood trial at the Old Bailey in 1957 for the murder of a single patient, Edith Morrell.
Adams, John Bodkin (1899–1983), doctor, was born 20 January 1899 in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, elder son of Samuel Adams, watchmaker, and Ellen Adams (née Bodkin) from Desertmartin, Co. Londonderry, and grew up in Ballinderry, Co. Antrim. His brother died in 1916.
Jun 22, 2019 · Dr John Bodkin Adams is believed to have murdered 300 patients over 30 years, most of whom left money or possessions to him in their wills
Dec 31, 2022 · Dr. John Bodkin Adams sat in a cell reserved for capital cases at London's Old Bailey, England's Central Criminal Court, waiting to hear whether he would be hanged for the murder of an 81-year-old patient, Edith Morrell, one of two victims police had charged him with killing.
Jan 5, 2001 · Echoing Shipman's activities, Bodkin Adams was acquitted in 1953 of the murder of an elderly widow in Eastbourne. But since his death evidence has emerged to suggest he may...
Jul 22, 2006 · Medical historian Dr Jim Leavesley from Margaret River in Western Australia tells us the story of the medical murder trial of Dr John Bodkin Adams, who practiced in the English seaside town of ...
