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About William Palmer
William Palmer, also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was an English doctor and murderer. A court convicted him for the 1855 murder of his friend John Cook, whom he had poisoned with strychnine. He was also suspected of poisoning several other people including his brother and his mother-in-law, as well as four of his children. Palmer made large sums of money from the deaths of his wife and brother after collecting on life insurance, and by defrauding his wealthy mother.
Everything about William Palmer →- Occupation
- physician, serial killer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 6, 1824
- Died
- June 14, 1856