Aldini's monster

 Giovanni Aldini unable to test his theories in bio electrical science came to London from Milan to be able to experiment in returning life to the recently departed.

Allegedly ensuring the conviction of Gorge Foster of the murder of his wife and child on mere hearsay so as the ensure a fresh subject, Giovanni Aldini began his grim experiment in 1803. 

Mary Shelly is said to have based the novel Frankenstein on these events that transpired in a little house in Newgate.