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Lock-talk radio.

True murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.

Good evening.

For more than a century, Dr. Thomas Neil Kreme has been listed as a potential Jack the Ripper suspect.

Indeed, he was a sinister character, praying on the unfortunate souls who were forced to make a living as streetwalkers in Victorian London.

And ultimately lead those poor women to an ultimately and torturous death.

These crimes eventually branded him the Lambeth Poisoner.

However, during the time of the heinous Ripper murders, Dr. Kreme was incarcerated in Jolie at prison Illinois.

Over the decades, this fact alone has caused debate as to whether or not he deserves to be under suspicion of being the White Chapel fiend.

Was it possible that Dr. Kreme bribed his way out of jail? Perhaps he used a doppelganger to take his place whilst secretly finding a passage to England with murder in mind.

This fascinating book, told from the standpoint of Kreme himself, explains the twisted logic behind his actions.

Done considerable and meticulous research, tracing Kreme's life from his adolescent years in Canada to his last moment on the gallows at Newgate.

The book that we're featuring this evening is Prisoner 4374 with my special guest, journalist and author, AJ Griffith Jones.

Welcome to the program and thank you for agreeing to this interview. AJ Griffith Jones.

Thank you. Good evening, John.

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