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Make an appointment with dark historian Andrew Johnston of Alternative Ulstours, as he reopens the true crime case of Northern Ireland's own angel of death, the not-so-good Dr John Bodkin Adams. Check in for the tale of a "sausage-fingered", God-fearing, Rolls-Royce-driving GP, whose patients on England's "Costa Geriatrica" had a habit of dying in his care – but not before changing their wills in the grasping physician's favour. Relive 1957's controversial murder trial of a man who could be Britain and Ireland's worst ever serial killer. The doctor is sin!
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ulster's Doctor Death: The Killer Case of John Bodkin Adams is by Andrew Johnston, listed under Spoken Word in the Fringe programme. It plays at Greenside @ Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG, 7 August to 29 August.
The show runs 50 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+. Tickets are £10. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes.