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Dr. J. Bodkin Adams was accused and acquitted of killing an old lady in Eastbourne. Not much of a story you say? Believe me, this case will continue to fascinate when the more recent case of Dr. Shipman has been long forgotten. Dr. Adams served hundreds of rich old folk, treating their ailments with a mixture of unctuousness and dangerous drugs. An Irish loner, not afraid to display his greed for food and legacies, he was a natural target for both envy and contempt. A long, long gossip campaign finally reached the press in 1956 ("Inquiry into 400 Wills"), the police investigation snowballed, and Dr. Adams appeared at the Old Bailey in 1957 accused of the murder by opiate overdose of Mrs. Edith Morell.