The stories of some of the most prolific murderers and serial killers to walk hospital grounds across the globe. Often referred to as the ‘angels of the ward’ experts examine what turned these caregivers into killers.

10 episoder

  • Beverley Allitt
    E1
    Beverley AllittThe series begins by examining the case of Allitt, a nurse on the children's ward of a hospital in Lincolnshire. She poisoned a string of young patients under her care over the course of 59 days in 1991, murdering four.
  • Benjamin Geen
    E2
    Benjamin GeenBenjamin Geen worked as a nurse at Horton General Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire. In 2006 he was tried and convicted of murdering two patients and causing GBH to 15 others but has always maintained his innocence.
  • Genene Jones
    E3
    Genene JonesGenene Jones worked in the paediatric intensive care unit of a Texas hospital.
  • Daniela Poggiali
    E4
    Daniela PoggialiItalian nurse and ward joker Daniela Poggiali was present at over 90 deaths in just two years. The same time deaths were happening a string of petty thefts were also taking place. The thefts cause suspicious fellow health workers to call in the police. To add even more intrigue to the larger than life nurse, photos of her posing with dead bodies were found on her phone. The patients that had died she said were "irritating."
  • Stephan Letter
    E5
    Stephan LetterThe chilling story of German nurse Stephan Letter, who was tried for the murders of 29 patients at a clinic in the Bavarian town of Sonthofen.
  • Kimberley Clark Saenz
    E6
    Kimberley Clark SaenzDialysis nurse Kimberley Clark Saenz poisoned patients by injecting bleach into their bloodstream.
  • Niels H
    E7
    Niels HReal crime. Chilling series looking at nurses who kill their patients. Niels H adminstered lethal doses of drugs to patients in order to later 'show off' his resuscitation skills.
  • Colin Norris
    E8
    Colin NorrisReal crime. Chilling series looking at nurses who kill their patients. Colin Norris targeted elderly patients by adminstering them unnecessary doses of insulin.
  • Victorino Chua
    E9
    Victorino ChuaThe case of Filipino nurse Victorino Chua, who secured a job at Stepping Hill Hospital, Manchester, and began to inject insulin into saline bags of 44-year-old Tracy Warden and 83-year-old Alfred Weaver.
  • Charles Cullen
    E10
    Charles CullenCharles Cullen was a nurse that is believed to have killed over 300 patients. Experts analyse the actions and motive of this insidious serial killer.

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