Episode 560: “Jolly Jane” Toppan: Angel of Mercy (Part 1)
2 May 2024 - 1 hour 33 mins explicitWhen Jane Toppan began training to be a nurse at Cambridge Hospital in 1885, she was bright, eager, and well-liked by her peers and seemed to form easy bonds with the oldest and most vulnerable patients. What no one knew at the time was, once Jane managed to get time alone with her patients, she began conducting medical experiments by injecting them with various drugs and even going so far as to get into bed with them to hold them close to her as they died from the overdoses she’d administered.
Thank you to the amazing Dave White of Bring me the Axe Podcast for research!
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