The Mystery of the Serial Killer Targeting Veterans (with Jake Adelstein)

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today on Change Agents, investigative journalist Jake Adelstein returns. He’s the creator and co-host of the hit new podcast, Witnessed: Night Shift. As the network The Bing explains, the show “takes listeners inside Ward 4 East at the local VA hospital where a trio of doctors discovered a suspicious increase in patient deaths all occurring in the overnight hours, with the same nurse present at their bedsides . The explores “the unsolved 30-year mystery of what might’ve been one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history, what really happened during the night shift, and why the hospital tried so hard to hide it.” You can check out the show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/witnessed-night-shift/id1578324041 FIRECRACKER FARM Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	She says, well, Richard tried to sit on me to keep me from hitting him.
0:05.1	And I was trying to get him to confess to murdering those veterans at the VA hospital.
0:09.6	And he wouldn't do it.
0:10.7	Oh, boy.
0:12.0	And, you know, next day, they go back, you know, and, you know, apparently they made peace.
0:23.9	And that's just buried in this little police report you would you kind of hoped that the police officer would have been like you know well
0:29.3	Melissa why do you think that your husband is you know has done these things or why are you
0:35.0	trying to make him confess but it's's kind of like, that's not
0:38.7	my jurisdiction. How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be
0:47.3	afraid of work that has no end. We have to organize a social movement.
0:55.0	We have an opportunity to lead by example,
0:59.0	versus just talking, hot air.
1:02.0	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow,
1:06.0	eventually it could change.
1:08.0	The people are the ones that can make the change.
1:21.2	Thank you for tuning in and listening to Change Agents, an Ironclad original, presented by Firecracker Farm. All right.
1:31.1	Are you ready to talk about the VA?
1:32.8	Yeah.
1:33.5	Thank you for having me back to talk about this.
1:36.0	Of course.
1:36.6	I mean,
1:36.8	obviously there's the intrinsic tie
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