Join us as we discuss the mysterious and suspicious death of Karen Silkwood in 1974. Karen was a 28-year old chemical technician and whistleblower at a plutonium plant in Oklahoma. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interact/silkwood.html

https://uswtmc.org/news/karen-silkwood-1946-1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-karen-silkwood-story-nuclear-legacy-crescent-plant-uranium-contamination/46618226

Join us as we discuss a recent case where patients awaiting a new organ were inappropriately struck from the waiting list in Texas. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/texas-doctor-indicted-falsified-records-liver-transplants

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/health/houston-hospital-halts-liver-and-kidney-transplants-as-it-investigates-inappropriate-changes-to-patient-records

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/health/article/houston-transplant-doctor-indicted-21336148.php

Join us as we discuss Elizabeth Wettlaufer, a registered nurse who killed and assaulted vulnerable nursing home patients using insulin. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wettlaufer

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/01/531061749/in-canada-ex-nurse-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-8-nursing-home-patients

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/killer-nurse-wettlaufer-sentencing-1.4175164#:~:text=London-,Ex%2Dnurse%20who%20killed%208%20seniors%20in%20her%20care%20sentenced,of%20parole%20for%2025%20years.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/wettlaufer-court-nurse-killings-plead-guilty-1.4140973#:~:text=She%20was%20angry%20about%20her,as%20Wettlaufer%20entered%20her%20pleas.&text=Superior%20Court%20Justice%20Bruce%20Thomas,people%20and%20seriously%20harm%20six.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4513996/serial-killer-wettlaufer-moved-from-prison-to-psychiatric-hospital/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/long-term-care-inquiry-elizabeth-wettlaufer-what-could-have-stopped-you-1.4776403

Join us as we discuss cellular memory - could the body remember what the mind does not? Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/396964.A_Change_of_Heart

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10882878/

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202409/what-the-heart-remembers

Join us as we discuss the case of Jean-Claude Romand, a man who posed as a researcher for the WHO in France for 18 years, until all his lies caught up with him. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Romand

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48790276

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2991926/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jan/14/biography.features

https://www.france24.com/en/20190628-notorious-french-doctor-who-killed-family-released-abbey

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/can-murderer-jean-claude-romand-be-trusted-after-his-release-from-jail-qtz3wrq6s?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcf2xjEJ4oYwdz51dEFmPBd96i8n98C5O7-CFet1od_Od5Nxpj__ni2982aJt0%3D&gaa_ts=695815be&gaa_sig=xZGWNnYmH5P6EYMHuNLvP_RtXQlgQsD9_ZFGtGpSKP800C6p8XWDOZe-3gCecBlvMdnyEwHXE0yAewkjS1kPSA%3D%3D

Join us as we discuss the case of Alvera Meuti, a nursing home resident who was found dead outside the facility on Christmas Eve in 2024. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://people.com/elderly-woman-dies-found-outside-nursing-home-ohio-10-hours-cold-8772352

https://nurse.org/news/nursing-home-elderly-death/

Join us as we discuss the case of Dr. Teresa Sievers, who was struck with a hammer seventeen times by two men who were hired by her husband. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Teresa_Sievers

https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/mark-theresa-sievers-murder-appeal/69018778

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2025/10/13/mark-sievers-appeal-begins-in-teresa-sievers-murder/86606394007/

Join us as we discuss the case of Azaylee McMichael, a little girl who suffered severe brain damage during her birth in 2019 due to medical negligence. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://nurse.org/news/utah-birth-injury-verdict-951m/

https://cerebralpalsyguidance.com/2025/10/15/family-awarded-record-951-million-award-in-severe-birth-injury-case/
https://www.childbirthinjuries.com/blog/nearly-1-billion-utah-birth-injury-verdict/
https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/judge-awards-family-nearly-1b-for-botched-delivery-of-baby-at-utah-hospital/

Join us as we discuss the case of Efren Saldivar, a respiratory therapist who confessed to killing at least fifty patients, and assisting in the deaths of up to 200. He was convicted of killing six patients, following forensic lab intervention. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efren_Saldivar

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visibleproofs/galleries/cases/saldivar.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/angel-of-death-pleads-guilty/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/11/duncancampbell

Join us as we discuss the case of "Dr. G," a neurosurgeon in Austria who allegedly brought her daughter into the OR during a surgical case. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

Sources

https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/h1yutgv0lg#:~:text=Dr.,from%20%E2%80%9Cstupid%20motherly%20pride.%E2%80%9D

https://people.com/brain-surgeon-accused-letting-daughter-drill-patients-head-emergency-surgery-11830827

https://katu.com/news/nation-world/brain-surgeon-accused-letting-12-year-old-daughter-drill-into-patient-skull-during-surgery-austria-university-hospital-graz-mistake