Ep 65-The Doctor Who Inherited The Dead
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A beloved doctor who prays at the bedside, shows up in the middle of the night, and somehow keeps ending up in his patients’ wills. That is the unsettling setup behind our deep dive into Dr John Bodkin Adams, the Eastbourne GP later suspected of sending scores of wealthy patients into comas that looked like strokes but reeked of narcotics.
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24. Reddit r/UnresolvedMysteries: Discussion thread on Adams and the Macmillan connection [https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3gczdy/] — https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3gczdy/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3gczdy/]
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