This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

It is not intended for children. Listener discretion is advised.

Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. We're in the series,

Sick and Murdered, in which I detail cases where a perpetrator

causes a person to fall ill, sometimes even killing them, for their own selfish gain.

Last time, I told you a fascinating and sad case of Munchausen by proxy, a rare psychiatric

phenomenon that causes perpetrators to abuse others in their care by causing

them to fall ill. The motivation for this bizarre behavior is to receive attention from doctors,

nurses, family members, and others. As I explained last time, in approximately 98% of cases,

it is the mother of the child that is guilty of this type of

medical child abuse. But in today's case, the person to blame was not a mother, but a hospital

worker, a nurse, to be specific. This was unheard of since most nurses and health care workers

are singularly focused on healing their patients and certainly not causing them harm.

The medical staff was baffled by the number of attacks on their patients, and when the truth

came to light, they were shocked and horrified. This is Chapter 2, Beverly Ellet, Britain's

Angel of Death.

Just a note before we begin, this episode details crimes against children.

While I don't go into gratuitous detail, it may still be disturbing to hear.

I just wanted to give an additional warning before I begin, in case some listeners are particularly sensitive to this subject matter.

Second note, you may hear a familiar voice later on in the episode. If you're not quite sure who it is,

I'll reveal it at the end. Okay, on with the story. On March 28, 1991, a code red was called in Ward 4 of Granth and Kestivan Hospital in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

Five-month-old Paul Crampton was in distress. He had broken out into a sweat and was almost comatose.

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