Speculation abounds that infamous serial killer Dr. Neill Creame was inspired by reading Robert Louis Stevenson's DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. His brutal poisoning of "red light" women has also led to the belief that he too a cue from Jack the Ripper, although it is more likely that he had already cultivated the propensity for his murderous deeds in his twisted mind.
Cream was eventually caught, convicted and sent to the gallows. It is said that his last words before the noose snapped his spine were "I'm Jack the --". However, his dying statement wasn't true, and history discounts his claim as he was in prison during the Ripper murders.
This story. "Goulish [sic] Dr. Cream" (spelled correctly on the contents page) from the men's adventure magazine BLUEBOOK (October 1962) recounts his deadly career. At first I thought that the photo of Sheldon Lewis from the silent version of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE was merely exploitative (as well as the photo from Hammer's HANDS OF THE RIPPER) until I learned of the connections.
An added bonus on one of the pages shown here is a gag panel from the good-girl cartoonist Bill Wenzel.
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