Crimes that shocked Scotland: Evil doctor nicknamed ‘Human Crocodile’ poisoned family in double murder
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dailyrecord.co.ukhangman tied a noose around the doctor's neck and he met his maker at the gallows. July 28, 1865 would go down in history as the last public hanging in Scotland and the day that evil Dr Pritchard was executed.
His heinous crime involved slowly poisoning his wife and her mother to death with arsenic so he could steal their fortune and run off with his young lover.
The callous man was accused of "crying crocodile tears" over his wife - taken from the myth that the reptiles weep while eating humans.These fake tears earned the killer the nickname of "The Human Crocodile".
The devilish doctor would blame a "terrible madness" for the murders, but he was actually having a sordid affair with his teenage servant.Dr Pritchard was a Hampshire-born.
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