The Monster in the Lab Coat

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Robert Courtney is a pharmacist who was not what he seemed. Putting his community members’ lives at risk instead of ensuring his clients were getting the medicine they needed. A Kansas City staple: the local pharmacist at Research Medical Tower, he spent his days behind the counter, distributing medication, or in the backroom where he mixed chemotherapy IVs to deliver to doctors who have patients battling cancer. He was seen as a local do-gooder who goes the extra mile in his work, or so everyone thought… but it’s an offhand comment that leads to a shocking discovery about Courtney, and the risks he was putting his clients at. A Somethin' Else Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's an average day at Robert Courtney's office in Kansas City, Missouri.
0:12.8	He's in a small, meticulously designed back room, surrounded by IV racks, ventilators
0:18.0	and recliners.
0:19.5	Carefully mixing chemotherapy drug compounds to be delivered to doctor's offices.
0:24.9	Courtney is in just the regular pharmacist though.
0:27.1	He's a big business man around town.
0:29.2	Owns a couple independent pharmacies, but his biggest and primary one is research medical
0:34.5	tower pharmacy.
0:35.5	It's where he had his first job out of college, and then he bought it from his boss in the
0:40.1	late 70s when he was only 34.
0:42.9	He dressed and machinantly.
0:44.6	He gave money, and like he was giving a million dollars to his church.
0:48.8	Courtney was the kind of guy that would give people a pass when they couldn't afford to
0:52.2	pay.
0:53.2	Or when some of his customers had to switch pharmacies due to insurance policies, he talked
0:58.3	to the companies directly and make it work.
1:01.0	He went the extra mile for his clients.
1:03.4	He also went that extra mile for his business.
1:06.2	He was always interacting with other pharmacists and different groups, talking about how innovative
1:13.0	he is.
1:14.0	Because not many pharmacies would be preparing cancer chemo IVs because it does take a lot
1:20.5	of equipment and you have to set it aside, but it was very profitable.
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