Charles Graeber

A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

The Good Nurse

I am flabbergasted by this book.  The crime, the length at which a killer was permitted to kill, the denial, silence and “sweeping under the rug” by coworkers, hospitals and their attorneys.  The hundreds of people who were permitted to be murdered.

“Over the course of his sixteen years, Charles Cullen had been the subject of dozens of complaints and disciplinary citations, and had endured four police investigations, two lie detector tests, perhaps twenty suicide attempts, and a lock-up, but none had blemished his professional record. He’d jumped from job to job at nine different hospitals and a nursing home, and been “let go,” “terminated,” or “asked to resign” at many of them. But both his Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing licenses remained intact.”  He was allowed to continue to kill making him the most prolific serial killer to date with over 400 documented kills.  There may be many others who are unidentified as of date.

This book was chosen by my book club and I personally would not have read.  I’m glad I did.  It started off slow but eventually became one I could not put down.  Very well written.

Barbara Williford

I am flabbergasted by this book.  The crime, the length at which a killer was permitted to kill, the denial, silence and “sweeping under the rug” by coworkers, hospitals and their attorneys.  The hundreds of people who were permitted to be murdered.

“Over the course of his sixteen years, Charles Cullen had been the subject of dozens of complaints and disciplinary citations, and had endured four police investigations, two lie detector tests, perhaps twenty suicide attempts, and a lock-up, but none had blemished his professional record. He’d jumped from job to job at nine different hospitals and a nursing home, and been “let go,” “terminated,” or “asked to resign” at many of them. But both his Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing licenses remained intact.”  He was allowed to continue to kill making him the most prolific serial killer to date with over 400 documented kills.  There may be many others who are unidentified as of date.

This book was chosen by my book club and I personally would not have read.  I’m glad I did.  It started off slow but eventually became one I could not put down.  Very well written.

Nikki Leigh 

This is a case I had never heard about until this book, but I found the book extremely informative and well written. I took one star away more because of the way certain conversations were read in the audio book. I'm assuming they must be some kind of transcripts, but it did ruin the flow a bit when they appeared. Overall a great listen for true crime.

An award-winning journalist describes the serial killer who was responsible for as many as 300 deaths during the 16 years he worked as a nurse and offers an inside look at the broken U.S. medical system that allowed this to happen. 75,000 first printing.

Carla Aquino

Wow...so they finally catch this guy 16 yrs later...44 deaths that they can connect and after going over tons of records experts feel the number is close to 400!!!!!! And the so called "Angel of Death" never confirms nor denies that number. But he does confess to killing...he just doesn't know how many exactly!!!!! Freaking Insane!

The Good Nurse A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

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