Deadly Doctors Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Dr. Crippen escaped to Canada by ship along with his mistress Ethel Le Neve. The captain of the ship recognized them, and kept in contact with the authorities in London who had representatives in Canada to meet Dr. Crippen when he arrived.

Answer: Dr. Harold Shipman

The Shipman Inquiry determined that there was enough evidence to suggest that Dr. Shipman had probably killed about 250 people. Of those, 218 could be positively identified. Dr. John Bodkin Adams had 160 of his patients die under suspicious circumstances. Of those, 132 left him money or items in their wills. He was tried and acquitted for the murder of one patient in 1957.

Answer: Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald

Much has been written about Dr. MacDonald's case. The most famous writing being the book "Fatal Vision" by Joe McGinniss. According to Barry Scheck of the Innocence Project, DNA testing and fingerprints show a possibility of intruders in the house. In 2006, witnesses came forward with information that a man named Gregory Mitchell had claimed to have committed the crime.

He had earlier been implicated by a woman named Helena Stoeckley who has also implicated herself in the crime.

Answer: Dr. H.H.Holmes

Holmes' real name was Herman Webster Mudgett. His hotel has been nicknamed the Murder Castle. Erik Larson covers this story in the book "The Devil in the White City", among others.

Answer: Dr. Josef Mengele

When WWII ended, Dr. Mengele escaped to Argentina. He died in South America of old age in 1989. His remains have been stored at the Sao Paulo Institute for Forensic Medicine until they can be repatriated to the remaining Mengele family members who have refused to accept them.

Answer: Dr. Michael Swango

Apparently, Swango often liked to see what would happen if he performed certain actions on the patients. He also loved the "smell of an indoor homicide".

Answer: Dr. Thomas Neill Cream

In London, Dr. Cream had acquired the nickname The Lambeth Poisoner before the actual identity of the killer was known. He had written blackmail notes to prominent people accusing them of the poisonings and trying to be paid off. In Chicago he had set up practice near the red-light district providing illegal abortions for prostitutes.

He was investigated for murder when one of the women died, but charges could not be brought due to lack of evidence. According to witnesses, Dr. Cream's last words on the gallows were "I am Jack the ...."

Answer: Dr. Samuel Mudd

Dr. Mudd was imprisoned in 1865. In 1867 there was a yellow fever outbreak at the prison. Among those who died in the outbreak was the prison doctor. Dr. Mudd agreed to take over the position of prison doctor. Later he was assigned to a clerical job in the Provost Marshall's office.

In February 1869, he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson and returned home to Maryland. He died in 1883 at the age of 49. He proclaimed his innocence until the day he died, and his family has continued to do so to this day.

Answer: Dr. Sam Sheppard

After having served 10 years in prison, Dr. Sam Sheppard became a professional wrestler known as "The Killer". In 1966 he was exonerated. His son has, after the doctor's death, continued to try to clear his father's name.

Answer: Dr. Robert Bierenbaum

The biggest challenge to prosecutors of this case was to prove murder without a body. To do this, they used the testimony of her friends to prove that none of them had either seen or heard from her since the day of her disappearance. A police re-enactment of disposing of the body from the plane over the ocean was video taped and shown to the jury in court.

After two weeks of testimony and two days of deliberation, the jury found Dr. Bierenbaum guilty of second-degree murder. Bierenbaum has been called "The Lady Killer".