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Terrifyingly Typical True Crime

Terrifyingly Typical True Crime

By: Calista and Theresa Whitney
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Curious about true crime and want to understand the patterns that often pop up? Join antisocial and outspoken mother and daughter Theresa and Calista as they connect cases to explore a specific type of crime or criminal. Dive into a new case every week that explores common crimes and typical themes in true crime!Calista and Theresa Whitney True Crime
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  • Episode 16 - Beverley Allitt: A Sick Need for Attention
    Jun 15 2025
    In February 1991, 22-year-old Beverley Allitt started her first job as a children’s nurse at Lincolnshire’s Grantham and Kesteven Hospital. After less than a week in her new role, 7-week-old Liam Taylor was being treated on the children’s ward for a chest infection. He recovered from two respiratory emergencies, but his luck ran out when he was on his own with Beverley. Even though the attending team did their best to save Liam, he later died from a heart attack. He was to become the first of Beverley’s young victims. Three more would be murdered and another nine would be scarred for life from the trauma they endured.Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/22/study-identified-key-traits-serial-killer-nurses https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7571648/ https://www.biography.com/crime/beverley-allitt https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66997014 https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/serial-killer-denied-move-to-mainstream-prison-9343577/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2270251/ https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/twin-baby-girl-was-killed-with-insulin-injection-1473435.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/child-murderer-confesses-at-last-1510845.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/nurse-guilty-on-new-charge-2323357.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/drawn-curtains-in-a-silent-village-the-beverly-allitt-case-on-friday-this-baby-killer-will-be-sentenced-for-26-attacks-including-four-murders-what-do-they-make-of-it-all-back-home-2324732.html https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-licence https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/understanding-our-qualifications/our-qualifications-explained/about-cses.html https://thinkstudent.co.uk/what-are-cse-qualifications-equivalent-to/ https://www.batemansbrewery.co.uk/find-a-pint/fighting-cocks/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/2023/08/22/beverley-allitt-how-caught-nurse-serial-killer-angel-death/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/26/lucy-letby-case-kayley-asher-survivor-of-beverley-allitt-attacks https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/06/ukcrime.health https://www.stewarthouse.co.uk/news/nurse-beverley-allitt-in-first-steps-towards-release-from-prison https://inews.co.uk/culture/beverley-gail-allitt-now-nurse-murderer-3244677?srsltid=AfmBOorO_M6sNGIu7tp8T3G_moc5H8hjj6Qsiukmx0DpQ8CiKe4z6dt3 https://www.the-independent.com/news/doctors-blamed-over-child-killings-allitt-inquiry-finds-scapegoats-1402320.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028 https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/doctors-in-allitt-case-fight-for-reinstatement-consultants-sacked-from-unit-where-children-were-murdered-are-scapegoats-2324164.html https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12096181.allitt-scapegoat-doctor-wins-appeal/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12684649.allitt-inquiry-highlights-failures-at-hospital-swifter-action-could-have-saved-at-least-one-childs-life/ https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1994/feb/11/beverly-allitt-report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VPeVenkpI https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/boy-patient-died-an-hour-after-being-stable-1473851.html
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    57 mins
  • Episode 15 - Genene Jones: Killing Instead of Caring
    Jun 8 2025

    Working at Bexar County Medical Hospital in the pediatric ICU with the sickest children was where LVN Genene Jones wanted to be. She found the life-and-death emergencies exciting and wanted to be by the bedside of the sickest children. Colleagues who first viewed her as wanting to do a job that not every nurse was comfortable with soon started asking questions: Why were so many children dying during Genene’s shift? Whispers and rumors had begun gaining steam. Was Genene killing children during her “death shift”?

    Sources:

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-death-shift-2/

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/us/texas-nurse-sentenced-trnd

    https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/texas-killer-nurse/index.html

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/genene-jones

    https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/genene_jones/1.html

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-death-shift-2/

    https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-baby-killer-pleads-guilty-to-a-new-murder

    https://www.tpr.org/texas/2020-01-16/genene-jones-texas-nurse-accused-of-killing-children-agrees-to-life-sentence

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/17/texas-killer-nurse-genene-jones-guilty-infant-death/4499258002/

    https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/genene-jones-angel-death-picu-nurse-gets-life-1981-murder-11-month-old-boy/ERHKXIP4WVHFFEOUNX6VWZ6AXM/

    https://haas.berkeley.edu/ibsi/research/mortality-from-nestles-marketing-of-infant-formula-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/#:~:text=This%20rate%20is%20equivalent%20to,the%20Nestl%C3%A9%20controversy%20in%201981

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    47 mins
  • Episode 14 - Elizabeth Wettlaufer: Dialing-Up for Dastardly Deeds
    Jun 1 2025

    We’re starting our next true crime theme: female killer nurses. Between 2007 and 2016, Ontario nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed eight elderly patients and tried to kill or harm six more, administering insulin overdoses to those with dementia to relieve the “red surge” of pressure she felt in her chest. Elizabeth had a habit of stealing and using medication on the job and had been fired twice before. So, when her crimes came out, lawsuits were filed and an inquiry was launched as the public grappled with how this abuse of power was allowed to go on for almost a decade.

    Sources:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48600478

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-wettlaufer-case

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7571648/

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/07/the-killer-nurse.html

    https://www.healthline.com/health/stress/amygdala-hijack

    https://globalnews.ca/news/5707936/elizabeth-wettlaufer-inquiry-confession/

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44377735

    https://meridian.allenpress.com/jmr/article/107/3/19/473928/Exploring-Health-Professional-Criminality-and

    https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/benzodiazepines#:~:text=Benzodiazepines%20are%20depressants%20that%20produce,Ativan%C2%AE%2C%20and%20Klonopin%C2%AE.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/killer-nurse-wettlaufer-sentencing-1.4175164

    https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/sh/TBk79oWhpi/elizabeth-wettlaufer-nurse-senior-deaths/

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20370237

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/woodstock-ontario-elizabeth-wettlaufer-public-inquiry-report-1.5230181

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/elizabeth-wettlaufer-family-friends-inquiry-report-1.5232442

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/long-term-care-inquiry-elizabeth-wettlaufer-what-could-have-stopped-you-1.4776403

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/22/study-identified-key-traits-serial-killer-nurses

    https://www.upgrad.com/study-abroad/knowledge-base/faqs/study-in-canada/what-is-grade-13-in-canada/

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    1 hr and 12 mins
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