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Fresh Hell Podcast

Special Episode: When Darkness Calls (part I)

Fresh Hell Podcast

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True Crime

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

This Halloween, thirteen true crime podcasts (including Fresh Hell Podcast) come together to share dark and disturbing stories. From haunted houses to serial killers, these tales will send chills down your spine and keep you up at night. Join us for this special 2-part Halloween episode entitled "When Darkness Calls" as we explore the darkest corners of humanity. But be warned: these stories are not for the faint of heart. When darkness calls, how will YOU respond? Listener discretion is advised. Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance: Part 1: True Crime South Africa https://linktr.ee/truecrimesouthafrica True Crime Cat Lawyer https://linktr.ee/truecrimecatlawyer Private Dicks https://linktr.ee/privatedicks Coffee and Cases https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases Teachers Talk Crime: https://linktr.ee/teacherstalkcrime Excuse Me, That’s Illegal https://linktr.ee/excusemethatsillegal.pod Fresh Hell Podcast https://freshhellpodcast.com Part 2: Twisted Travel and True Crime https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcast Body to Burial https://linktr.ee/bodytoburial Till Death Do Us Part https://linktr.ee/tilldeathdouspartpodcast Unethical Podcast https://linktr.ee/unethicalpodcast PNW Haunts & Homicides https://www.pnwhauntsandhomicides.com/ True CrimeCast (https://linktr.ee/truecrimecast)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Wind Darkness Calls, the Halloween collaboration podcast that will leave you trembling in your seat.

0:08.0

This year we have 13 participating podcasts, each covering a different topic related to the dark and the dreadful.

0:18.0

Join us on a journey through the forest where the trees whisper secrets and the shadows dance.

0:25.0

As we walk, we will introduce each podcast host and share a taste of the terrors that await you.

0:33.0

First, we come to the clearing where Nicole from True Crime South Africa sits, her eyes glowing in the moonlight.

0:41.0

Nicole is a master of weaving tales of murder and mayhem and the tales on this podcast will chill you to the bone.

0:53.0

Nicole Engelbracht from True Crime South Africa and this is the fake pediatrician and the abandoned hospital.

1:02.0

In the 1980s, Kenson Park Hospital was a hub of state health care for local residents.

1:08.0

I was actually born in this hospital in September 1980.

1:12.0

I could not be happier that I was born in that year because just two years later, a man would appear on the doorstep of Kenson Park Hospital

1:21.0

who would leave a very deep scar on its history and sadly even insure that many parents went home without their newborn babies.

1:32.0

Just a warning before I get into this, this case does include instances of injury and death to children due to inadequate medical care.

1:44.0

Andre Esther Hazen had already built up a good reputation as a pediatrician in private practice in Kenson Park for two years before he started working at Kenson Park Hospital in 1982.

1:57.0

Parents of his patients had nothing but good things to say about him.

2:02.0

It emerged that the privacy of working in his own rooms had hidden quite a lot about Esther Hazen though.

2:10.0

One fellow doctor at the hospital immediately noticed that Esther Hazen couldn't perform even the simplest of tasks.

2:18.0

He would often ask others to do things like inserts in an incubation tube, something he should have been able to do in his sleep with his amount of experience.

2:28.0

This colleague and others would witness multiple examples of this over the years that Esther Hazen worked at Kenson Park Hospital.

2:36.0

Sadly, nothing was done about this with deadly consequences.

2:43.0

In 1988, a premature baby seemed to be coping just fine and was breathing on his own after being delivered.

2:51.0

The child was placed in a high-care unit under Dr. Esther Hazen's care.

2:56.0

The child's parents were called later that night though and told that the baby had passed away.

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