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Shiro Ishii, a Japanese microbiologist and army medical officer, served as a director of a biological warfare unit for the Imperial Japanese Army and is responsible for over an estimated 10,000 deaths from 1937-1945. How? Biological Warfare.

Merry Christmas Eve! - Let's talk about murder. This time on "Healthcare Horrors," we head over to Austria to talk about The Lainz Angels of Death. When this team of 4 murderous nurses got caught, they confessed to 49 murders. - BUT the number of actual murders committed could be up to around 200. Oh, and one more thing....  They have been released.

"Why? Just Why?" We find ourselves asking this several times while learning about the healthcare horrors of Colin Norris.



Who's watched "The Good Nurse" on Netflix?  Did you know that it's based on a true story? On this episode of Healthcare Horrors, we talk all about Charles Cullen. Who, most definitely, is NOT a good nurse.

This one is recent! As the case unfolds we will follow the alleged murders of Lucy Letby. Letby is a neonatal nurse in the UK who is currently on trial for the murder of 7 babies and attempted murder of 10 more. This day and age you think there would be more screenings for mental health in this kind of industry, but you just never know who is capable of such tragic things.

Alicia keeps us on track today as we chat about Danvers State Hospital. This is the last installment of our haunted hospitals/asylums for October and travel nurse recruiter, Erica Bradford is our guest! This facility was started with all of the best intentions and implementations for patient success. After being denied state funding, the facility quickly became overcrowded and macabre treatments s...

Not all ghosts are bad. In 1827 the "inmates" were taken to the Genesee County Poor House against their will and created their own community. Over 1,700 people died on the property, but it sounds like they don't hate their forever home. Would you visit?

This week on Healthcare Horrors, Recruiter Jasmin Trueba joins us as we talk about the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Jasmin also tells us about her own haunting story.   Stay tuned for all the spooky stories this month! There will be one every week this month. :)

Since he was a kid he believed in UFOs, looked for Bigfoot's footprints around his house, and saw a full body apparition in the hallway. Jason Offutt, author and professor at Northwest Missouri State University, shares his encounters and knowledge of Hillhaven Nursing Home. When the facility first opened in 1923 it was Putnam Memorial Hospital, then it became St. Francis Hospital, Hillhaven Nursin...

In honor of the Halloween season, the guys from A Beer with Atlas join us with some pumpkin beer! Today, we talk about the Shame of Pennsylvania, more commonly known as the Pennhurst Asylum. This facility began in 1908 and it didn't take long before it was over run with patients which led to inhumane living conditions. Pennhurst is no longer open (thank goodness) and is one of the most haunted des...

Episode 25 Achievement Unlocked! Today, we are doing the things with Aaron Biddle, Atlas MedStaff's Director of Training, who is remoting in to talk about Dr. Jack Kevorkian. At the beginning of his career, Jack was not afraid to question things taboo, grim, or "icky" in the medical field. His caring, yet outlandish way of thinking led to his interest in physician assisted suicide and the creation...

Operation Flytox is in full effect! In today's episode of Healthcare Horrors we welcome one of Atlas MedStaff's star recruiters, Elyse Woods. Elyse remotes in through the power of the internet which allowed us to also record video which can be found on YouTube.   Marcel Petiot was very ambitious in the world of schemes and murder. At a very young age he was a trouble maker that under went psychic...

Welcome to Healthcare Horrors! On special today: a cheeseburger with a side of arsenic. Mmmm! Donald Harvey never felt like he was in control of his life. He had a rocky childhood due to sexual abuse and a few head injuries. It was eventually murder that made him feel like he was in control and couldn't get the taste out of his mouth. Harvey was a hospital orderly/nursing assistant who eventually...

Born in 1953 in Stockholm, Sweden. Outside of his murders, that's all we know about "Doctor" Teet Haerm. Warning: If you have a weak stomach, this probably isn't for you. Strangled victims, necrophilia, and cannibalism are all mentioned in this episode.

Orville Lynn Majors might have one of the highest confirmed kill counts that we have had on this show so far. How did he do it? Why did he do it? Find out in this episode of Healthcare Horrors.

Dr. Thomas Neil Cream has been everywhere, BUT, as we can all assume, for not very good reasons. *Insert Alicia's whispered "MURDER" here* Tune in this week to find out more about Dr. Thomas Neil Cream and his claim to have all your birth control needs.

Insurance Fraud and Murder. Murder and Insurance Fraud. To Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, these 2 things were #WorthIt.  Dive into this episode as our resident true crime lovers and Healthcare Horrors hosts, Ashlee (Brand Specialist) and Alicia (Recruiting Training Specialist), talk about who is arguably America's most known Con Artist/Serial Kille...

How??? Just how??? So many red flags, but facilities keep hiring him! Luckily, Joseph Michael Swango was finally caught. What did he do to "Swango" his way straight to Life in Prison? Find out in this episode of Healthcare Horrors.

This Canadian Nurse finds herself serving 8 life sentences without parole. I guess that's what killing people over the course of 10 years gets you.  "The voices made me do it!" Hit that play button and find out as Ashlee and Alicia tell you the story of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, a "Visionary Killer." 

Epinephrine. Kristen Gilbert's favorite drug. Tune into this episode to find out what this Angel of Death did. This one will surely get your adrenaline going. The crazy thing about this story is that nobody really knows what went wrong. She had a good childhood, she was good-looking, and she would have had a great career had she not been into murdering her patients.

How far would you go to rekindle the fire in your relationship? Flowers and chocolates? Romantic vacation? Kill someone?! These two nurses aides take their silly antics to the next level in order to fuel their love. Needless to say, it doesn't sound like the most healthy relationship, but give this a listen and we will let you be the judge! Join us in the last of a two-part series about Gwendolyn...

How far would you go to rekindle the fire in your relationship? Flowers and chocolates? Romantic vacation? Kill someone?! These two nurses aides take their silly antics to the next level in order to fuel their love. Needless to say, it doesn't sound like the most healthy relationship, but give this a listen and we will let you be the judge! Join us in the first of a two part series about Gwendolyn...

If you have a fear of the dentist, we are one and the same! After hearing Glennon Engleman's Story, that fear might just be amplified. Listen and find out why!

This episode of "Healthcare Horrors" hits home! No, Seriously... these murders happened in Omaha, NE - the same little city that the Atlas MedStaff HQ is based in.  Listen and find out the twisted-freaky killer story Anthony Garcia.

Beverley Allitt is a different kind of evil. She is being detained at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire for the murder of 4 children. Warning: We do go into some detail about the child murders. If that doesn't sound like something you can stomach, keep scrolling. We probably have something else here for you. The scary part is... she is eligible for release after 2023. They say she isn't l...