Medical Murders

Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wi... Read more

By 1848, Dr. J. Marion Sims had gone from just experimenting on enslaved women, to becoming an enslaver himself. His que... Read more

After a failed start to his medical career, Dr. J. Marion Sims settled in Alabama to continue his training. There he fou... Read more

In the wild frontier days of turn-of-the-century South Africa, women were expected to settle down young and produce a le... Read more

Jack the Ripper’s crimes have gone unsolved for nearly 150 years, stirring up controversy even today. While many possibl... Read more

During the autumn of 1888, an infamous serial killer terrorized civilians across London, brutally slaying at least five ... Read more

After murdering his pharmacist wife, French con artist Jean-Claude Romand began a baffling murder spree. By the end of h... Read more

For years, everyone believed Jean-Claude Romand was a prestigious international doctor, not an unemployed con man living... Read more

Fresh out of school, Ben Geen became an emergency nurse at a hospital in Oxfordshire, England. But his growing arrogance... Read more

Prestige, profit, and private practice were the three things that Dr. Anthony Pignataro wanted most. When he couldn't ob... Read more