Angel of Death
Uncover The Darkness of Nightmare Nurse, Jane Toppan
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Ryan Green
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How many patients need to die under a nurse’s care to raise suspicions?
In 1895, elderly patients were quietly dying one by one, yet no one sounded the alarm – until an entirely family passed away. All had been in the care of nurse Jane Toppan and suspicions hit the roof.
Dilated pupils, feverish bodies, and erratic rambling left doctors baffled, but these weren’t the signs of illness. They were the marks of something far more sinister. Toppan manipulated her patients' dosages, watching them drift between life and death. For her, each fatal dose was not a crime, but a twisted act of mercy—a dark salvation from suffering.
Compelled by her own dark impulses, she transformed from a healer into a merciless killer, deeply relishing the power she wielded over life and death.
Angel of Death is a chilling account of Jane Toppan, who is one of America's most notorious female serial killers. This riveting narrative draws listeners into the terrifying reality faced by her victims and unravels the chilling psychology behind her horrific choices.
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Was she the first Angel of Death?
I read a lot of true crime books and most are truly disturbing. This book, following the life and crimes of Jane Toppan, considered to be one of the first and most prolific serial killers, is more disturbing than most. Not because of the gruesomeness of the crimes (I've read a lot that are much worse), but because of her lack of empathy and selfishness. As the author says, "It is most unsettling to consider the idea that a person might kill and kill again, just to make their life easier."
Jane was the daughter of poor Irish immigrants, whose mother died due to TB and her father, unable to cope with raising his young daughters, drank and slowly went insane. Jane is sent to an orphanage and soon finds herself an indentured servant at a very young age. She is more fortunate than most in that situation since the family she serves treats her almost like a part of the family. When the young woman of the house decides to marry, Jane is devastated.
She becomes a nurse and is respected by those she works with, but she hides a dark secret. Jane begins to "experiment" on her patients, trying out different poisons on them to see how they react. She discovers that this brings her a type of sexual gratification and that only increases her desires to kill.
From hospital to hospital, then on to private nursing, Jane convinces herself that she can actually take over some of her wealthier patients' lives. Anyone who gets in her way, from patients to landlords to friends, isn't safe from her machinations. In 1895, she is finally caught when she kills an entire family. By the time her crimes are discovered, she had poisoned up to 100 people. But, she swore that she wasn't insane, remembering the treatments of her father and sister in asylums. Jane was (probably) the first Angel of Death, but her killings were not out of mercy; they were out of greed and self satisfaction.
The author does his usual amazing job in unearthing the crimes of the past, presenting them in a well-written and easy to read way. He also manages to humanize the victims so that they are not just names in a dry document.
The narrator, Steve White, has become the voice of Green's books. His performance is great and fits the true crime genre perfectly. If you are a true crime fan, I highly recommend any of Ryan Green's books.
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- 01-09-25
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Great story and I love this writing in this book. The performance was very good. I always love Ryan Green's books. I thought this one was especially well written
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