Victorian Monster is the gripping true story of a murderous madman and reveals how bungled investigations, corrupt police and justice officials, failed prosecutions, and missed opportunities allowed him to evade detection or freed him to kill, again and again. It is the first complete account of Cream’s crimes and his many victims, and explores how the stifling morality and hypocrisy of the times allowed him to poison vulnerable and desperate women, many of whom had turned to him for medical help. It offers an inside account of Scotland Yard's desperate search for a killer as brazen and efficient as the Ripper. And it brings to life a story of murder and suspense, when evil lurked on the gas-lit streets of Chicago and London.