adams worked for one year in a hospital in bristol. he then moved to eastbourne, england where he became a general practitioner. he cared for a lot of old female patients and many of them were very rich. 132 left him money or gifts when they died. rumours started that adams was killing them with heroin and morphine and the police decided to investigate. many of the possible victims had been cremated (burnt), so there were few bodies for the police to analyse.