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Beverly Allitt, also known as the "Angel of Death," became one of Britain's most notorious female serial killers. She terrorized 14 innocent babies and murdered four of them in under 60 days. This is the one of the worst cases of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy that I have ever covered, and this episode was extremely emotional to cover.
Takeaway:
Question doctors, nurses, and staff. Don't leave your babies and vulnerable loved ones without you questioning their care and never be afraid to get a second opinion...especially if things start looking grim.
Trigger warning: this episode contains explicit material involving the death of children.
Sources:
The following article describes an alarming number of nurses are serial killers:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7571648/#:~:text=Background%20of%20HCSM&text=Nurses%20are%20the%20professionals%20most,charged%20with%20HCSM%20are%20physicians.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17199622/
Freaky Law Mentioned:
https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/old-london-law-means-its-27107806
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/pgv2n0/in_1991_beverley_allitt_britains_angel_of_death/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mother-tells-of-friendship-with-nurse-in-murder-case-1495042.html
https://www.biography.com/crime/beverley-allitt
https://allthatsinteresting.com/female-serial-killers
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/beverly_allitt/1.html
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