S3 Ep9: Maya Kowalski and her Family; part 1

We’ve all had thoughts of what would happen if we wake up during a procedure. But what would you do if a patient you were caring for woke up… during an organ donation procedure? In this Devonism, we discuss the case of Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover, a Kentucky man who experienced just that, and lived to tell the tale.  ……… Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

Happy Spooky season! We echo back to a top Devon-ism (Asylums and Lobotomies) with this dive into the tragic events that unfolded over decades to patients suffering from mental illness, and what is now known as one of the most haunted asylums in the US.  ———- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

A mere glimpse of what it was like serving as a medical professional during a natural disaster of epic proportions…. Did Dr. Anna Pou euthanize patients?  Hurricane Helene relief donations:  Redcross.org Unitedway.org Or Text STORM to 51555 ———- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

Noted sports medicine physician and USA Olympic gymnastics provider Dr. Larry Nassar uses his power and influence to inflict years of abuse on hundreds of young women and girls.  ———————— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

Another Devonism! She dives into Harvey, A Jack-of-all-trades healthcare worker whom, after a tumultuous childhood, launches a murderous tirade spanning the 1970-80’s that leaves an estimated 70+ victims in his wake.  ……… ntro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

Kate and Devon take you back for this old-timey, twisty, glamorous case. It involves a questionable Homeopathic “doctor” and his aspiring performer wife, torrid affairs, a boneless torso, clever disguises to flea the scene… what more can we ask for?!  ———- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

Welcome back for part 3, where we start dissecting Charles’ continued downward spiral, crimes, and the mistakes that led to his eventual arrest. We discuss the trial, sentence, and where things are at today.  ——— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

In this episode we start diving more into Charlie’s nursing career and crimes, his deteriorating marriage and increasingly erratic behavior.  ——— Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task. 

A do-over of our very first episode, we refine our delivery of this notorious story. We begin by diving in to his early life, schooling, and early nursing career, as well as an intro to his murderous rampage spanning 16 years.

Devon goes over the disturbing account of Kristen Gilbert, the VA nurse who always seemed to be around when healthy patients became ill and died… ———- Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com Medcrimes is a medical true crime podcast. The hosts are two best friends who are chatting about true crime cases in the medical field. The opinions and experiences of the hosts do NOT constitute medical advice or current practice standards. DO NOT attempt anything you hear on the show at home, and please discuss any changes in your healthcare with your healthcare provider. Additionally, while the hosts often mention current best practices, this podcast should not serve as source of best practice materials. Please refer to your facility’s policy and procedures for practice standards on a given topic or task.