339. Nursing Uncertainty: The Lucy Letby Case

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On a quiet summer morning in Chester, a nurse in a tracksuit opened her front door to find detectives waiting. Within minutes, Lucy Letby, the nurse parents trusted with their most fragile infants, was led away in handcuffs. To neighbors, she was the polite young woman who waved from her driveway. To friends, she was giving and kind, the kind of girl who carried spare tampons in her bag in case someone might be in need But inside the Countess of Chester Hospital, prosecutors said, she had become something far darker: a “malevolent presence” who turned lifesaving equipment into murder weapons, leaving a trail of dead and critically injured newborns in her wake And as she climbed into the backseat, doubt lingered as to whether they had captured a killer, or condemned an innocent woman to the role of one. Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Nursing Uncertainty: The Lucy Letby Case.’ Listener discretion is by @octoberpodVHS Music is by our EP @theinkypawprint Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/20/lucy-letby-dozens-more-babies-police-believe-chester-liverpool https://books.google.com/books?id=XA0REQAAQBAJ&dq=lucy+letby+classmates&pg=PA10 https://web.archive.org/web/20240705221812/https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/R-v-Letby-Final-Judgment-20240702.pdf https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5147755/why-experts-continue-to-question-the-killer-nurse-lucy-letby-case https://books.google.com/books?id=W7rYEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lucy+letby%22+furniture&pg=PT3 https://web.archive.org/web/20190226112746/https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news-and-appeals/news/update-on-countess-of-chester-hospital-neonatal-unit-investigation/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/13/nurse-lucy-letby-released-on-bail-in-chester-baby-deaths-inquiry https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/15/lucy-letby-discussed-babies-deaths-in-excited-way-inquiry-told https://web.archive.org/web/20240513112618/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-65311400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Letby https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65960506 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0y9673rjno https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-10-14/who-are-the-children-alleged-to-have-been-murdered-by-lucy-letby https://web.archive.org/web/20240513112618/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/18/what-were-lucy-letbys-possible-motives-for-murdering-babies https://people.com/where-is-lucy-letby-now-11795133 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/09/lucy-letby-serial-killer-or-miscarriage-justice-victim/ https://news.sky.com/story/lucy-letby-trial-hears-how-doctor-raised-concerns-but-was-told-not-to-make-a-fuss-12729381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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