MedCrimes: a Medical True Crime Podcast

Nursing home vampires, spooky coincidences, and… poison soup?!?! 

We’re back with a rundown on the recent discovery of 7,600 fraudulently issued nursing degrees, resulting in just as many WORKING NURSES who never actually attended nursing school. 

After Kristen’s downward spiral culminates in a shocking crime, the facade of her carefully staged murder scene begins to crumble. Kate continues the story with Kristen’s arrest, trial, and where she is now. 

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https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-American-Beauty-Martins-Library/dp/0312984197

Book: Deadly American Beauty, John Glatt

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In part 1, we dive into the upbringing of the American former toxicologist, and events leading up to what is now known as the American Beauty murder. 

This crazy story gets even crazier. Kate describes the details of how this trusted nurse managed to poison her way through an entire family before she was finally stopped.

Fatal: the Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer, by Harold Schechter

https://books.google.com/books?id=et_4igQ-15kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=fatal+jolly+jane+toppan+book&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyvL-iyNH7AhVQElkFHXkxBNEQ6wF6BAgJEAU


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Kate and Devon take us back to the late 1800’s, where private nurse Jane Toppan wreaked havoc in the city of Boston.

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Today we are discussing the horrifying accusations made against neonatal nurse Lucy Letby. Her ongoing trial paints a terrifying picture of intentional harm against the most vulnerable patient population… premature infants. 


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Brian Stewart, a gifted phlebotomist, lived an idyllic life with his partner and young son. When his son falls ill years later, a mystery unfolds to reveal a shocking assault committed by his own father, resulting in a lifelong struggle with HIV.

Brryan’s story:
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/story?id=91048&page=1

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Help is available NOW. 

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Time for another Micro-Dose! This time on the widely publicized arrest of Dr. Ortiz, the Texas-based anesthesiologist who has been accused of poisoning bags of plain IV fluid with deadly chemicals. 

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A talented radiologic technologist with a troubled past takes a travel assignment in a New Hampshire Hospital. A subsequent rash of Hepatitis C cases prompt officials to notice one thing they all have in common… an encounter with David. 


Boston Globe piece: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/11/11/hospital-technician-moved-easily-new-jobs-though-was-repeatedly-caught-stealing-drugs/uEaNshIjlRqabrRwOe8kKO/story.html

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