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Devil of Death

We’ve heard the story before–a so-called “Angel of Death” cuts people’s lives short by sinister killings in a medical setting because they have access and ability. It’s happened again this time in Italy. Daniela Poggiali is thought to have killed 98 patients in the course of a year (source), and as many as three in one day!

While the story is mortifying, Daniela took it a step further and took selfies with the victims smiling.  Yes, smiling!

It’s absolutely chilling.

Don’t search for the pictures unless you want to feel really creeped out!  I warn you. I’ve seen them and they are flat out awful.  Thankfully, they do blur the victim in the one photo released.

Charles Cullen was a U.S. nurse that is suspected of killing upwards of 400 people over a 16 year period. Sadly, hospitals became suspicious of him, but simply let him go, and he was left to continue to murdering more people at different hospitals each time he was let go. And he was let go multiple times after suspicious behavior.

Cullen told 60 Minutes that he killed people because he felt sorry for his patients, but that was one big fat lie with hot spots to prove it.

I think these people should be called the devils of death, personally.

Charles Cullen 16 Year Killing Spree

If you caught CBS 60 Minutes this weekend, they ran the story of Charles Cullen, a critical care nurse who managed to kill his patients for over 16 years before being held accountable.

What is so disturbing is that hospitals were suspicious of him for years and fired him–only to let him go forward to another institution–over and over again.  That’s right–because they didn’t want to attract attention to their hospital and face lawsuits.  And as a result dozens and dozens of people were killed. Some estimate as many as several hundred.

Pretty sad when that trumps human life.

It’s a difficult story to watch knowing that.

Charles Cullen is a fascinating study of human behavior.  He gives amazing clues to the questions asked of him in the 60 Minutes interview.

From that interview, I truly believe that Charles Cullen enjoyed killing his victims.  He got pleasure out of it–he just couldn’t admit it. He did, however, admit to killing at least 40 people over the 16 years.

This is one man that can never be released into society again.  Chilling.