Atypical Podcast With Amie Archibald-Varley

Nurses Who Kill: Motive, Madness and Medicine!


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The Gritty Nurses talk true crime with several high profile cases of serial killer nurses. 

Amelia Dyer- was one of the most prolific serial killers in history, murdering over 400 infants in her care over a 30-year period in Britain.

Genene Jones-  American serial killer, responsible for the deaths of up to 60 infants and children during the 1970s and 1980s, using digoxin, heparin, and succinylcholine. 

Daniela Pugali- Italian nurse who killed up to 90 patients who were "bothersome", and took selfies with corpses.

Niels Hogel- German serial killer nurse who was sentenced initially for the murder of six patients, and later convicted of a total of 85 murders. He used cardiac medication (Ajmaline) to cause patients to need resuscitation. 

Jane Toppan- American serial killer, nicknamed "Jolly Jane". After her arrest in 1901, she confessed to 31 murders. Toppan is quoted as saying that her ambition was "to have killed more people—helpless people—than any other man or woman who ever lived"

Elizabeth Wettlaufer- one of the worst serial killers in Canadian history, a former registered nurse who confessed to murdering eight senior citizens and attempting to murder six others in southwestern Ontario between 2007 and 2016.

Charles Cullen-American serial killer who confessed to murdering up to 40 patients during the course of his 16-year career. 

We talk about what makes a patient vulnerable, factors that enable murder in the healthcare system, and some warning signs.

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