German nurse charged With 97 more murders

[Stuart G]

Source: CNN

A German nurse who allegedly killed his victims out of boredom has been charged with 97 murders, potentially making him one of the country's deadliest serial killers.

The nurse, Niels Hoegel, was already serving a life sentence for murdering six patients. He was charged with another 97 murders Monday, prosecutors said in a press release.

He is accused of giving victims various non-prescribed drugs in an attempt to show off his resuscitation skills to colleagues and fight off boredom.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/europe/german-nurse-charged-97-murders-intl/index.html

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In the history of the world, he would rank very high on individual murders carried out one at a time, all by the same person. He didn't kill a lot of people at once, it was one at a time. He didn't order someone to do it, he did it alone with no help. He enjoyed his "procedures"

[truthisfreedom]

1. Jesus, how was he not caught sooner?

Gahh!!

[Aristus]

2. This is terrible if it's true. But I'm a bit skeptical.

H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett), often tabbed America's First Serial Killer, was convicted and executed for six murders, and confessed to 27. He was belatedly charged with hundreds of murders in Chicago in the 1890's.

Recent evidence has come to light that the hundreds of murders were attributed to him without evidence by a politically appointed chief of police (with no prior police experience) who wanted an easy way to close hundreds of unsolved murder cases.

[Beakybird]

3. If they don't blame the German doctor

they'll blame youth in Asia.

[eggplant]

5. ouch.

[Blue_Tires]

4. Holy damn...

[lunasun]

6. This is a syndrome but they are usually caught before that many lose their life

In past hearings, NiHoegelels said he felt euphoric when he managed to bring a patient back to life, and devastated when he failed