Today is Thursday, March 5th, 2020.

On this day in 1991, 11-year-old patient Timothy Hardwick

was admitted to the hospital after suffering from

epileptic seizures. He would die in the care of Nurse Beverly Allit only a few

hours later. only a parcast original.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised. Extreme

caution is advised for listeners under 13.

Today we're discussing Beverly Allit, one of Britain's most notorious female serial killers,

who was later nicknamed the Angel of Death.

From February to April of 1991,

Allit killed four pediatric patients

and attempted to murder at least three others.

Before we unpack the ramifications of her crimes,

let's go back to the morning of March 5, 1991,

just as Beverly arrived for her shift. in the lot at Grantham and Kestevin hospital. She gathered her belongings and watched as children

passed down the residential street, riding their bicycles and laughing. The days were getting longer

and warmer here in Lincolnshire, especially on this March day.

Inside, she buttoned up her scrubs, secured her bag in the hospital lockers and washed her hands before beginning her shift.

Beverly was only a few weeks into her job as a nurse in the Children's Ward at Grantham,

also known as Ward 4.

For Beverly, this was just another day of taking pulses, treating breaks and wounds,

and administering medication to the young patients admitted toward four.

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