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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2025 · 43 MIN

The Angels of Death

from Stories that Talk · host Megan Hutchins

Jane Toppan and Richard Angelo are two individuals who decided to take their medical expertise and authority to inhumane levels. They are examples of the offender known as an "angel of death" or "angel of mercy". Although their stories differ in many ways, they are ultimately connected by their methods to their madness. Email us: [email protected] out or Instagram: @Storiesthattalk.podcastThank you for listening!!Source Material:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_mercy_(criminology)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude       https://www.lowellsun.com/2011/11/02/for-10-years-jolly-jane-poured-her-poison/      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Toppan       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angelo     https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/23/nyregion/nurse-faces-new-murder-charges.html      https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/17/nyregion/nurse-known-as-dedicated-worker.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160311221732/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/277868811.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Nov%2017%2C%201987&author=By%20B.D.%20Colen.%20Newsday%20Science%20Editor.%20Catherine&pub=Newsday%20%28Combined%20editions%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=Hospital%27s%20Waking%20Nightmare

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