Dr. Death - a look at Jack Kevorkian

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, History

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Part two of a two-part series. TW - Suicide, self-harm. Murad "Jack" Kevorkian was born in Pontiac and studied medicine at the University of Michigan. Researched and Written by Charity Dodd Check out our sponsors! Incogni - Take back your personal data with Incogni - Use code ALREADYGONE at this link to get 60% off an annual plan - www.incogni.com/alreadygone Acorns Sign up now and join the over 13 million all time customers who have already saved and invested with Acorns. #Suicide #Euthanasia #Dignity #Michigan

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0:00.0	In the shadowy corners of Michigan's towns and beyond, mysteries linger unsolved.
0:06.9	Her family is not heard from her sense.
0:09.1	Waiting for answers.
0:10.3	If you see her or that car, call 911.
0:13.3	From cold cases that defy logic to the crimes that haunt the Great Lakes region.
0:17.7	Right now there is no trace.
0:19.5	This is the already gone podcast.
0:26.4	Well, actually, the patient decides when it's best to go. But is he or she a good judge?
0:32.5	Only on what he or she wants. As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much
0:41.8	data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experiences I have to determine
0:48.1	whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified. The two must then coincide,
0:53.1	the wish of the patient and the medical justification.
0:56.4	The audio you heard comes from a May 1996 interview with Dr. Kovorgian.
1:01.9	You are listening to Part 2 of Dr. Death, a look at the life and crimes of Michigan's own, Jack Kovorgian.
1:10.2	What happens when one man decides to challenge the boundaries of
1:13.5	medicine, morality, and the law, all in the name of compassion? Dr. Jack Civorkian didn't
1:20.3	just ask that question. He lived it. And as we saw in our last episode, his journey was
1:26.3	already pushing society into uncharted territory.
1:30.6	Last time, we explored how Kovorkian's fascination with death and his invention of the Thanatron
1:35.8	led to his first assisted suicide, the death of Janet Adkins.
1:41.5	Her case sent shockwaves through Michigan and beyond, sparking heated debates about
1:46.3	the right to die and the role of doctors in that decision. In today's episode, we'll pick up where
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