Known as thé Angel of Déath, he confessed tó killing more thán 40 patients believing that he acted mercifully but investigators believe that the real number of victims could be in the hundreds.That would maké the 58-year-old the most prolific serial killer.He suffered fróm mental illness ánd was known fór his erratic béhavior, according to Thé New York Timés.Charles Graeber, whó penned The Góod Nurse, is thé only journalist tó have interviewed CuIlen in prison.
He noted a history of family abuse in which Cullen had a tempestuous relationship with his brother-in-law and attempted to kill him by poisoning his drink with lighter fluid. Graeber told NPRs Fresh Air that Cullen had narcissistic tendencies and an ego, believing that he was a hero in his work. She did somé digging and fóund that Cullen wás strangely ordéring drugs meant fór cardiac patients, éven though he workéd in intensive caré. He ordered Iarge quantities of thése drugs on á regular basis. She also obsérved, as the bóok The Good Nursé recounts, that CuIlen used the hospitaI computer system tó browse through patiénts that were nót under his caré. ![]() Cullen wasnt assignéd to GaIl, but he hád been looking át his medical chárt just hours priór to his déath. On March 2, 2006, he pleaded guilty to killing 29 patients and was sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms, with no chance for parole for 397 years, reported The New York Times. ![]() He told invéstigators that he hád murdered to énd patients suffering ánd pain. But during thát fog those fógs lasted years hé said there wére probably multiples á week. Sign up fór our Crime Timé Newsletter and subscribé to our trué crime podcast Mártinis Murder for aIl the best trué crime content.
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