The Nurse Who Became a Notorious Killer

She killed more people than Ted Bundy but nobody talks about her. Jane Toppan was

a nurse in the 1800s who confessed to murdering 31 patients, but investigators believe the real

number could be over 100. What makes her case absolutely terrifying is how she did it.

Jane would climb into bed with her dying patients and hold them close while they took

their final breaths. She called it her greatest pleasure in life. She used a combination

of morphine and atropine to create the perfect slow death, keeping her victims

conscious just long enough to watch them suffer. The scariest part? She got away with

it for over 20 years. Families trusted her completely. They would specifically request Jane to