2. Medical Serial Killers: Beverley Allitt & the Lainz Angels of Death

**Disclaimer for new listeners, our first few episodes are a little rough. We're new to podcasting and it took us a bit to figure it out. We highly recommend listening to some of our later episodes to get a better sense of Pink Collar! Thanks for listening!** On this episode of Pink Collar: A True Crime Podcast, we’re focusing on Medical Serial Killers, also referred to as “Angels of Mercy,” or “Angels of Death”. These types of offenders are caregivers or people in the healthcare profession who murder those in their care. In this episode, Nathalie recounts the case of a nurse named Beverley Allitt and her horrifying crimes on a children’s ward in a British hospital. Rachel tells us about a group of nurse assistants in Austria, infamously known as the “Lainz Angels of Death”. We discuss the different types Medical Serial Killers, motivations, and similarities and differences in our two cases. Music is by Joseph McDade: https://www.patreon.com/josephmcdade/posts Nathalie’s sources (Beverley Allitt): https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/beverley-allitt https://allthatsinteresting.com/beverley-allitt https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/allitt-beverley.htm http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/angels/beverly_allitt/6.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/drawn-curtains-in-a-silent-village-the-beverly-allitt-case-on-friday-this-baby-killer-will-be-2324732.html Rachel’s sources (Lainz Angels of Death): Killing of 49 Patients By 4 Nurse’s Aides Stuns the Austrians, by Ferdinand Portzman https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/18/world/killing-of-49-patients-by-4-nurse-s-aides-stuns-the-austrians.html The Medical Murder Club, by Joni E Johnston, Psy.D. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201206/the-medical-murder-club Waltraud Wagner, Murderpedia https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wagner-waltraud.htm Medical serial Killers: The So-Called Angels of Mercy, by Fiona Guy https://www.crimetraveller.org/2018/06/healthcare-medical-serial-killers/