His father was an amateur doodler, and his elder brother John was also a cartoonist. Cranmer preferred to describe himself as a "whittler and doodler". "The Dipsy Doodler" (released in 1940). Gullberg is believed to be the final victim of the Doodler. It is believed that the Doodler killed between five and sixteen people. The books were published under his pen name of "Todd H. Doodler".