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A Multi State Angel of Death - April 15 2020 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com April 15th: Donald Harvey Born (1952) On April 15th 1952 a man was born who would, quickly, find himself unemployed and spending all of his time in a hospital with a sick family member. It was there that a nun, innocently enough, offered this down on his luck man a job at the hospital as an orderly. What she couldn’t have known, what he didn’t even know at the time, was that she had just offered a job to a future Angel of Death. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement-office.

0:03.9

We have a weird...

0:05.8

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.4

On April 15, 1952, a man was born who would quickly find himself unemployed and spending all of his time in a hospital with a sick family member. It was there

0:23.1

that a nun, innocently enough, offered this down on his luck man a job at the hospital as an

0:28.7

orderly. What she couldn't have known, what he didn't even know at the time, was that she just

0:34.0

offered a job to a future angel of death. So if you like your coffee hot,

0:38.8

but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:46.9

Donald Harvey was born on April 15, 1952 in Butler County, Ohio. He was a clean-cut kid, but was later described as a loner and a teacher's pet.

0:57.5

When he was in ninth grade, he dropped out of school, not because he had bad grades,

1:02.3

but because he was bored with the daily routine of school.

1:06.0

After working in a factory for a number of years, he got a call from his mother who asked him to move to London, Kentucky to take care of an ailing grandfather who was in the hospital.

1:15.6

He spent so much time there that he became a familiar face to the officials, especially

1:20.6

the nuns, one of which offered him a job as an orderly when he was just 18 years old.

1:26.6

It didn't seem to matter to her that he didn't have a an orderly when he was just 18 years old.

1:30.2

It didn't seem to matter to her that he didn't have a diploma.

1:35.2

And since he was unemployed at the moment, he agreed and started working that next day.

1:40.4

Part of his duties were to change bedpans, insert catheters, and pass out medications,

1:44.7

meaning he spent a great deal of time alone with these patients.

1:48.3

His first few weeks seemed to go off without a hitch.

1:52.9

But it wasn't long before patients started dying on Donald's watch.

1:58.4

He later described the first murder as a stroke victim who had rubbed feces on his face,

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