logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2023
46m 50s

The Nurse

VOX MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK
About this episode
When Amy Loughren started working as a nurse at Somerset Medical Center, she did everything she could to hide the fact that she had a heart condition. And then, another nurse named Charles Cullen discovered Amy’s secret. He told her that he would keep it, but she didn’t know that he was keeping his own secret too. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram ... Show More
Up next
Sep 8
He Was Told It Was a Job. It Was His Kidney They Wanted.
In 2021, a Nigerian man heard from a friend who offered him a job opportunity in the U.K. After he arrived he was taken to a hospital, where he found out that he wasn’t there for a job at all - but instead, for a kidney transplant. Today, Phoebe interviews journalist Alexis Okeow ... Show More
33m 8s
Sep 4
The Informant
In 1978, an investigator in the Harris County DA's office in Houston got a call from an old friend. He told the investigator that he was in jail, that he wanted him to come pick him up — and that he had some information about a case that he thought the investigator would be very ... Show More
1h 4m
Aug 28
911
A conversation with a 911 operator about what happens on the other end of the line – and the day she heard her daughter's voice on the phone. This episode was originally released in 2024. We're going on tour - and it's a different kind of show than any we've done before. Upcoming ... Show More
40m 2s
Recommended Episodes
May 2024
Amy Loughern: The Real Good Nurse
In this week’s episode, the Lautners are joined by Amy Loughern as she shares the shocking story of her discovery that her closest friend, Charlie Cullen, was a serial killer. Amy begins by walking us through the history of her friendship with Charlie, then uncovers how she came ... Show More
1h 23m
Nov 2025
SERIAL KILLER: The Killer Nurse Pt. 2
For years, Charles Cullen slipped through the cracks — fired, rehired, and free to kill again. Hospitals ignored the warning signs. Administrators covered their tracks. And hundreds of patients paid the price. But when a fellow nurse befriends Charles, she becomes the key to his ... Show More
45m 9s
Jul 2025
SERIAL KILLER: Amy Archer-Gilligan
She ran a cozy nursing home and was beloved by her Connecticut town, but Amy Archer-Gilligan was hiding deadly secrets. Morgan and Kaelyn unpack the chilling story of a serial killer who poisoned her residents for profit, leaving behind clues like a pharmacist’s sales ledger, sus ... Show More
1h 27m
Jul 2023
S01 Episode 2: The Nurse
The patients know what happened to them. Now they learn who did it. The story of the nurse whose own pain was also unseen. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/a ... Show More
33m 4s
Nov 2020
Elizabeth Wettlaufer Pt. 1: “The ‘Red Surge’ Nurse”
Starting in 2007, a Canadian nurse began injecting her elderly patients with lethal insulin overdoses. The inconspicuous method allowed her to escape suspicion for nearly a decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
46m 32s
Oct 2022
The Good Nurse
Based on the book by Charles Graeber, The Good Nurse tells the story of Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain), a compassionate nurse who begins to grow suspicious that her colleague Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths. Over the past ... Show More
30m 59s
Oct 2017
“The Angel of Death” - Charles Cullen
Nurses are trained to save lives. But this nurse killed. Charles Cullen overdosed his elderly patients on digoxin and insulin, passing off over 40 deaths as natural before authorities finally got involved. Greg and Vanessa examine how Cullen’s depression, feelings of victimhood a ... Show More
46m 35s
Feb 2021
The Old Nurse’s Story
After her employers tragically die, a young nursemaid pledges to keep their little girl safe. But when they're sent to live at the family’s old ancestral estate, her charge becomes entranced by the ghost of another little girl whose presence reveals a dark family secret. Learn mo ... Show More
36m 10s
Mar 2022
EP. 59 NEW JERSEY - The Angel Of Death: Charles Cullen
In today's brutal story, we take a look at the case of notorious serial killer nurse Charles Cullen, who quite possibly may have killed over 400 people during the years he spent working as a nurse. Many regarded Charles to be a good man... but they had no idea of the dark secret ... Show More
1h 11m
Aug 2020
Shot Of Vengeance
A nurse experienced flu-like symptoms. She visited the doctor for a check-up and learned she was HIV-positive. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: It wasn’t an accident.To learn more about how HLN protect ... Show More
23m 35s