Alice Grant lived at Aidan House, a care home in Gateshead in Northeastern England. Due to her dementia and past strokes, she was dependent on the nursing staff for all her needs and could become frustrated with her predicament. Enter Alison Firth, a nurse with 16 years’ experience and a less than stellar job history. Alison didn’t like Alice; she required a lot of care and, frankly, Alison couldn’t be bothered, so she did the unthinkable: She gave Alice an overdose of Heminevrin and was confident that no one would suspect her. She was wrong. Unlike Alison, her colleagues actually cared about the patients, and they called the police.

Sources:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7106595.nurse-lied-lied---beat-checking-system/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/killer-medical-professionals-uk

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7085944.struck-off-evil-nurse-killed-resident/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1309800/Lazy-nurse-murdered-bedridden-patient.html

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2001/06/08/nurse-denies-killing-elderly-resident-to-ease-workload/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/doubleeffect.shtml

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24366248.murderer-alison-ramsay-jailed-stealing-shared-earth/

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/carer-who-too-lazy-frail-1682024

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1396950.stm

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1309244/Life-for-nurse-who-killed-patient-84.html

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7106595.nurse-lied-lied---beat-checking-system/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12181500.lazy-nurse-turned-into-a-murderer-84-year-old-woman-given-lethal-injection-because-her-care-was-too-much-trouble/

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/killer-nurse-who-murdered-woman-29306172

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2001/06/20/a-summary-of-social-care-stories-from-the-main-newspapers-61/

For almost twenty years, Vickie Dawn Jackson had been caring for the residents in the two-stoplight town of Nocona, Texas. But on December 11, 2000, 34-year-old Nurse Vickie filled a syringe with mivacurium chloride and picked the first of the many patients she would go on to kill. In a little over two months, Vickie administered fatal injections to at least 10 patients. Her classic small-town motive? Revenge. Vickie had had enough of difficult patients and their self-absorbed families, and she was hell-bent on righting any perceived wrong made against her or her family. Sources:

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2018/020098s019lbl.pdf

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/angel-of-death/

https://www.oxygen.com/sins-of-the-south/crime-news/small-town-texas-serial-killer-hospital

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15119953

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/angel-of-death-at-work-in-texas/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15142948

https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/17/texas.nurse.deaths/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digging-up-the-dead/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/04-11394/04-11394-cv0.wpd-2011-02-25.html

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/extreme-cold-weather-dangers/#:~:text=Especially%20in%20older%20adults%2C%20it,pay%20attention%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20says.

Megan Jean Haines moved to Australia from her native South Africa searching for a better life, but instead of working hard to achieve that life, her bad attitude, unwillingness to do the required work, and contempt for her patients resulted in numerous misconduct charges and a license suspension. After her license was reinstated, her conduct didn’t change. When she was told that several patients had complained about herbehavior, she made the decision to use what she thought of as the “perfect weapon” and inject the patients with insulin.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/16/former-nurse-megan-haines-jailed-for-27-years-for-killing-two-aged-care-residents

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/nurse-guilty-of-murdering-two-patients-nursing-home-ballina/7987084

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/nurse-accused-of-double-murder-had-boasted-knowing-how-to-kill/7926952

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nurse-megan-haines-found-guilty-of-murdering-two-women-in-nsw-nursing-home-20161103-gsh5cn.html

https://www.9news.com.au/national/children-taking-legal-action-against-retirement-village-that-hired-nurse-who-killed-their-mother/471f3b4b-7e03-4ab4-8639-25841ab34d1f

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/nursing-home-killer-megan-haines-waited-six-years-to-strike/2HNIICWW7J75AINOWVHIZZSNJA/

https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/shady-nurse-commits-murder-after-her-registration-is-reinstated/

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/nurse-accused-of-killing-two-elderly-women-in-ballina-investigated-for-similar-offences-in-victoria-in-2008/news-story/73a09638504bd2cbb54f18927e3430da

https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/ballina-agedcare-nurse-murder-accused-megan-haines-had-means-motive-and-opportunity-20150430-1mwphy.html

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/86145556/drugs-theft-allegations-insulin-injections-nurse-megan-haines-history-revealed

https://au.news.yahoo.com/know-commit-perfect-murder-090000827.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nurse-megan-haines-knew-more-than-she-had-been-told-after-ballina-nursing-home-deaths-court-told-20161027-gsc8nw.html

https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5850c28ae4b058596cba29e0

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nsw-nurse-guilty-of-murdering-patients/0dlz7qjd0
https://www.theweeklysource.com.au/page/second-jury-dismissed-in-trial-of-nsw-aged-care-nurse-accused-of-murder

Nurse Kristen Gilbert was smart. After all, she graduated high school at 16. Kristen also liked control and being the center of attention. She liked the praise she received from co-workers. She really was the best nurse, just ask her. When Kristen started an affair with a co-worker, telling him how good she was at her job wasn’t enough, she needed to show him. This need would lead to at least four deaths, several attemptedmurders, and possibly, even more undetected crimes.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kristen-gilbert

https://filmdaily.co/news/killer-nurse-kristen-gilbert/

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/female_nurses/10.html

https://cache.boston.com/globe/metro/packages/nurse/part1.htm

https://cache.boston.com/globe/metro/packages/nurse/part2.htm

https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/181/181.F3d.152.98-1563.html

https://www.medicalbag.com/news/nightengales-nightmares-kristen-the-killer-nurse/

https://militaryjusticeforall.com/2018/05/13/oxygen-premieres-notorious-kristen-gilbert-on-snapped-2018/

https://restore-mentalhealth.com/a-killers-mind-kristen-h-gilbert/

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/serial-killer-nurse-murdered-patients-kristen-gilbert

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/229/15/577356/

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/life-death-and-uncertainty

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22611-epinephrine-adrenaline

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93723&page=1

https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2025/03/after-years-of-silence-behind-bars-serial-killer-nurse-returns-to-court.html

https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2698&context=lawreview

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/229/15/577356/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-neurobehavioral-edit/202201/schizophrenia-or-traumatic-brain-injury

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=94953

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23532-code-blue-hospital

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/229/15/577356/

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Gilbert,%20Kristen%20-%202005.pdf#xd_co_f=OGExYTQ0YzEtMWE5MC00NjU2LTk0OGItN2ViMGRhMGQyNTMy~
https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36939

We’re back with part two of our theme on female killer nurses with Jeanine Hannah, a.k.a. Jeannie Miata and Julie Kocian. With her many names, Jeanine managed to continue caring for elderly patients in spite of a restriction and a prior conviction of theft in the first degree. However, stealing from patients was far from her worst crime. After she absconded from Oregon, Jeanine faced charges of theft once more in Texas. This time, while she was awaiting a court appearance, Jeanine was arrested and indicted in October 2004 for murdering the patient she had stolen from, Margaret Bradley, two and a half years earlier.

Sources:

“Jeanine Hannah.” Murder By Medic, season 2, episode 10, 5 Dec. 2024. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhB8UTGI7k.

“Jeannie Miata.” Nurses Who Kill, season 2, episode 5, 12 Mar. 2019. Amazon Prime, https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Nurses-Who-Kill/0R6XHP24NC0847I8V8KK3W8R3P.

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Nurse-convicted-of-killing-elderly-woman-with-8659341.php

https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Former-nurse-sentenced-to-99-years-in-patient-s-7660397.php

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Convicted-Texas-killer-suspected-in-Oregon-death-8654042.php

https://www.bon.texas.gov/discipline_and_complaints_imposter_2003alerts.asp.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/thirteenth-court-of-appeals/2008/17067.html

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/hb.html

https://www.ncsl.org/human-services/common-law-marriage-by-state

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/treatment/index.html