MedCrimes: a Medical True Crime Podcast

MedCrimes: a Medical True Crime Podcast

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Dr. Anthony Pignataro; part 1
01October 28, 2025 8:24amExplicit

Dr. Anthony Pignataro; part 1

Anthony was born into wealth and privilege, carrying a chip on his shoulder throughout his youth. Here we discuss the disgraced surgeon’s early life, relationships, how he skated by in medical school and jumped around during residency, as w…

The Curious Case of Scott Falater
02October 20, 2025 11:49pmExplicit

The Curious Case of Scott Falater

On a January night in 1997, Scott Falater’s seemingly normal life is turned on its head when he is suddenly rushed by police in his home. He soon comes to find that not only is his wife dead, but that he killed her… and had no memory of it.…

đź‘» sPoOkY sPeCiAl đź‘» Haunted Hospitals!
03October 13, 2025 11:34pmExplicit

đź‘» sPoOkY sPeCiAl đź‘» Haunted Hospitals!

Cozy up, creeps! Let’s have a chat about 2 creeeeeeeeeeepy haunted hospitals and how they came to be in this loosely goosey episode.  …… Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: …

Joshua Hunsucker
04October 07, 2025 6:36amExplicit

Joshua Hunsucker

Devonism TIME! Let’s start a discussion around the alleged murder of a young mother, whose flight medic husband raises suspicions with his increasingly erratic behavior. *The allegations made in this episode are ALLEGED. All parties are inn…

Joshua Hunsucker
05October 06, 2025 11:44pmExplicit

Joshua Hunsucker

Devonism TIME! Let’s start a discussion around the alleged murder of a young mother, whose flight medic husband raises suspicions with his increasingly erratic behavior. *The allegations made in this episode are ALLEGED. All parties are inn…

The Lainz Angels of Death; part 2
06September 30, 2025 1:32amExplicit

The Lainz Angels of Death; part 2

Welcome back for Part 2 of our dive into the Lainz Angels of Death! Waltraud and her coven’s killing methods grow more monstrous as time goes on, and they begin to feel invincible… that is, until a sloppy mistake leads to their downfall. ……

The Lainz Angels of Death; part 1
07September 22, 2025 11:47pmExplicit

The Lainz Angels of Death; part 1

Follow us into 1980’s Austria, and 4 LNAs working nights on a grueling unit start taking drastic measures in order to lighten their workload.  ……. Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton In…

Celebrating đź’Ż episodes!!!!!
08September 17, 2025 8:18amExplicit

Celebrating đź’Ż episodes!!!!!

Join us as we reminisce on our journey, and count the top 10 craziest cases we’ve covered on the show! 

Celebrating đź’Ż episodes
09September 17, 2025 7:06amExplicit

Celebrating đź’Ż episodes

Join us as we count down the top 10 craziest cases we have covered on the show.  ——- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  …

Niels Högel; part 2
10September 01, 2025 11:08pmExplicit

Niels Högel; part 2

“Resuscitation Rambo” continues his reign of terror upon HUNDREDS of patients, until the police receive a tip from a colleague, leading to his arrest, trial and downfall.  ———- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Crea…

Niels Högel; part 1
11August 18, 2025 11:06pmExplicit

Niels Högel; part 1

Let’s finally kick off our dive into Niels Högel, the German CVICU nurse who seemed to thrive under stress. But things get weird when his teammates notice that he is always the most prepared when a code happens, almost like he knew it was c…

The Radium Girls
12August 05, 2025 4:00pmExplicit

The Radium Girls

Let’s do a deep dive into the sad reality of the Radium Girls, hundreds of young women who sought exciting new jobs working in an emerging and revolutionary field, only to later discover their employment there was a death sentence for many.…

Dr. Shiro Ishii and Unit 731; part 2
13July 21, 2025 11:23pmExplicit

Dr. Shiro Ishii and Unit 731; part 2

Join us for the final part in our exploration of unit 731 and Ishii. In this episode we discuss what happened to prisoners, what ended the unit, and the aftermath.  ****TW: sexual assault, pregnancy loss, child death, imprisonment, dismemb…

Dr. Shiro Ishii and Unit 731; part 1
14July 08, 2025 10:25pmExplicit

Dr. Shiro Ishii and Unit 731; part 1

Let’s get into part 1 of our series of Unit 731 and its spearheading scientist Dr. Shiro Ishii, beginning with some history and background on his early life and the development of Unit 731.  …… Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover a…

Georgia Tann, “The Baby Theif”; part 2
15June 24, 2025 4:26pmExplicit

Georgia Tann, “The Baby Theif”; part 2

Join us as Devon wraps up this mind-blowing operation with the adoption society’s downfall, what happened to Georgia and her accomplices, and the fallout as well as resulting changes in legislation.  ———— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Mus…

Georgia Tann, “Baby Thief”; part 1
16June 09, 2025 11:25pmExplicit

Georgia Tann, “Baby Thief”; part 1

Devonism alert! Let’s start exploring the old-timey horror that is Georgia Tann, the social worker who orchestrated a massive, long term child trafficking ring.  …… Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, …

“Typhoid Mary” Mallon
17May 27, 2025 1:00pmExplicit

“Typhoid Mary” Mallon

Let’s go back in time to the early 1900’s and break down the bizarre and sad tale of Typhoid Mary, the first known asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid fever, and how she infected countless people with the deadly disease.  ——- Intro/outro: New…

HEADLINES! Vol. 2
18May 13, 2025 9:30amExplicit

HEADLINES! Vol. 2

Pull up a chair and get your updates on Colonial Heights, Lucy Letby and MUCH MORE! 

Janie Lynn Ridd, part 2
19April 28, 2025 11:59pmExplicit

Janie Lynn Ridd, part 2

*the story told here is from the perspective of the victim and contains many statements of actions that the offender was not formally convicted of. These statements are the opinion and retelling of the perspective of the victim only and wer…

Janie Lynn Ridd, part 1
20April 15, 2025 4:09amExplicit

Janie Lynn Ridd, part 1

What begins as a beautiful friendship deteriorates when Rachel sustains a catastrophic back injury, followed by a slew of complications. Is Janie really acting in Rachel’s best interest? 

Yale University Fertility Center
21April 01, 2025 4:26amExplicit

Yale University Fertility Center

Imagine you’re on a taxing fertility journey and you seek help from a trusted specialist, only to be forced to endure a painful procedure because an employee was skimming drugs for personal use.  ——— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique …

Kaitlyn Braun, the Series; part 3
22March 18, 2025 4:34amExplicit

Kaitlyn Braun, the Series; part 3

TW: sexual assault, stillbirth, sexual harassment, child loss.  In this short and sweet conclusion, we discuss Kaitlyn's pathology, possible diagnoses, conviction, victim impact, and where she’s at today.  ———- Intro/outro: New Media, O…

Kaitlyn Braun, the Series; part 2
23March 04, 2025 4:07amExplicit

Kaitlyn Braun, the Series; part 2

TW: SA, sexual harassment, childbirth loss, pregnancy, childbirth, stillbirth.  Further down the rabbit hole we go as we dive deeper into Kaitlyn’s misdeeds, learn more about her victims, discover some details regarding her childhood and t…

Kaitlyn Braun: the Series; part 1
24February 18, 2025 3:00pmExplicit

Kaitlyn Braun: the Series; part 1

*TW: SA, child loss, infant/pregnancy loss, childbirth, cancer* A hardworking doula assists a young woman through an incredibly difficult delivery. When the complications seem never ending, she begins to question everything.  ——— Intro/o…

HEADLINES! Colonial Heights Nursing Home, Rooftop Patient death, and UPDATES!
25February 04, 2025 4:24amExplicit

HEADLINES! Colonial Heights Nursing Home, Rooftop Patient death, and UPDATES!

Extra! Extra! Welcome to HEADLINES where we talk about some of the crazy medical new stories currently circulating.  In this edition, we discuss the events unfolding at Colonial Heights Nursing Home, the tragedy surrounding the patient whom…

Gypsy Rose and DeeDee Blanchard; revisited
26January 21, 2025 7:00pmExplicit

Gypsy Rose and DeeDee Blanchard; revisited

Reopening another early episode! we dive back into her devastating story as a victim of Munchausen by proxy, review and include updates on Gypsy’s most recent years.  ————— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative…

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
27January 07, 2025 4:21amExplicit

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

A European “super surgeon” quickly gains notoriety for spearheading an innovative new procedure, then quickly falls from grace when his patients begin dying.  ….. Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, J…

The Anthrax Attacks of 2001
28November 26, 2024 4:12amExplicit

The Anthrax Attacks of 2001

In the immediate wake of the terrorist attacks on the US on September 11th 2001, the public is again thrown into a panic when mysterious letters laced with a deadly bacteria turn up around the country.  ————- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive …

Break Room Banter! volume 3
29November 12, 2024 4:00amExplicit

Break Room Banter! volume 3

Pull up a chair and chat loosey-goosey with us! We share 3 stories from our beloved creeps and share some hot takes. With a Harrowing Hurricane Katrina tale, a listener’s mom has SEEN SOME THINGS (Mac and cheese murder?) and an important di…

Organ Donor Nightmare
30October 29, 2024 4:23amExplicit

Organ Donor Nightmare

We’ve all had thoughts of what would happen if we wake up during a procedure. But what would you do if a patient you were caring for woke up… during an organ donation procedure? In this Devonism, we discuss the case of Anthony Thomas “TJ” H…

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum đź‘» sPoOkY SpEcIaL!
31October 15, 2024 7:43amExplicit

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum đź‘» sPoOkY SpEcIaL!

Happy Spooky season! We echo back to a top Devon-ism (Asylums and Lobotomies) with this dive into the tragic events that unfolded over decades to patients suffering from mental illness, and what is now known as one of the most haunted asylu…

Hurricane Katrina and Memorial Medical Center
32October 01, 2024 6:27amExplicit

Hurricane Katrina and Memorial Medical Center

A mere glimpse of what it was like serving as a medical professional during a natural disaster of epic proportions…. Did Dr. Anna Pou euthanize patients?  Hurricane Helene relief donations:  Redcross.org Unitedway.org Or Text STORM to 51…

Dr. Larry Nassar
33September 17, 2024 4:00amExplicit

Dr. Larry Nassar

Noted sports medicine physician and USA Olympic gymnastics provider Dr. Larry Nassar uses his power and influence to inflict years of abuse on hundreds of young women and girls.  ———————— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: B…

Donald Harvey
34September 03, 2024 4:09amExplicit

Donald Harvey

Another Devonism! She dives into Harvey, A Jack-of-all-trades healthcare worker whom, after a tumultuous childhood, launches a murderous tirade spanning the 1970-80’s that leaves an estimated 70+ victims in his wake.  ……… ntro/outro: New M…

Hawley Harvey Crippen
35August 20, 2024 4:30amExplicit

Hawley Harvey Crippen

Kate and Devon take you back for this old-timey, twisty, glamorous case. It involves a questionable Homeopathic “doctor” and his aspiring performer wife, torrid affairs, a boneless torso, clever disguises to flea the scene… what more can we…

Charles Cullen (Revisited); part 3
36August 06, 2024 4:07amExplicit

Charles Cullen (Revisited); part 3

Welcome back for part 3, where we start dissecting Charles’ continued downward spiral, crimes, and the mistakes that led to his eventual arrest. We discuss the trial, sentence, and where things are at today.  ——— Intro/outro: New Media, …

Charles Cullen (revisited); part 2
37July 23, 2024 4:27am

Charles Cullen (revisited); part 2

In this episode we start diving more into Charlie’s nursing career and crimes, his deteriorating marriage and increasingly erratic behavior.  ——— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton In…

Charles Cullen (revisited); Part 1
38July 09, 2024 4:31amExplicit

Charles Cullen (revisited); Part 1

A do-over of our very first episode, we refine our delivery of this notorious story. We begin by diving in to his early life, schooling, and early nursing career, as well as an intro to his murderous rampage spanning 16 years.

Kristen Gilbert
39June 25, 2024 6:20pmExplicit

Kristen Gilbert

Devon goes over the disturbing account of Kristen Gilbert, the VA nurse who always seemed to be around when healthy patients became ill and died… ———- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilto…

Maya Kowalski and her Family; part 3
40June 11, 2024 4:11am

Maya Kowalski and her Family; part 3

We discuss another tragedy that befalls the Kowalski family, as well as an unprecedented lawsuit threatens to change mandated reporting as we know it.  ……. Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Ham…