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Episode 75 - William Melchert-Dinkel: "Webcam Suicide Nurse"

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Celia Blay knew that William Melchert-Dinkel was a dangerous predator.

He had been lurking in internet forums for years, manipulating vulnerable people into disingenuous suicide pacts . This week Hannah and Suruthi follow the bizarre case of the so called "webcam suicide nurse" and the woman who wouldn't stop until justice was served, even after authorities told her to look the other way.


Canada Expert: Cheryl Nash


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0:00.0

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0:19.0

I'm Hannah, I'm Sruti and welcome to Redhanded.

0:23.0

Can you be responsible for the death of another person if you're not in the same room as them when they die?

0:30.0

What about if you've never actually met them? What about if you're on the other side of the world?

0:38.0

We're going to be talking a lot about suicide and assisted suicide in this week's episode.

0:42.0

So if that's something you find particularly troubling or difficult to think about, perhaps this one isn't for you.

0:47.0

Having said that, it's an issue that should be talked about.

0:51.0

We also get into some quite nitty gritty legals, so you have been warned, bring your best law hat.

0:57.0

In the first week of September 2007, Nadia Kajouji started Carlton University in Ottawa, which is in Canada, in case you don't know.

1:06.0

She was a pretty normal teen, but very smart. Carlton is a good school.

1:11.0

And I also found out, whilst talking to our Canadian consultant, Cheryl, that Carlton University has a network of underground tunnels with loads of emergency phones in it, so students don't have to go outside to navigate the entire campus.

1:27.0

Apparently it's creepy down there, which I can imagine.

1:30.0

That's horrifying, is that because of the weather?

1:32.0

Because it's so cold, yeah.

1:33.0

Wow, bloody oh.

1:35.0

Nadia was ambitious. She was keen to pursue a career in law.

1:39.0

And she also had her eye on eventually becoming a politician.

1:43.0

Her brother described to her as someone who could do anything she put her mind to.

1:46.0

If she decided to do it, she would excel in it.

1:49.0

What was good enough for someone else wasn't good enough for her.

1:52.0

She was a natural overachiever.

1:54.0

Carlton's excellent reputation as a school, however, wasn't the only thing that attracted Nadia to the university.

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