Chapter 1: The Lainz Angels of Death

From 1983-1989, 4 women terrorized the patients in Pavilion 5 at Lainz Hospital in Vienna Austria. From administering overdoses to torturing them with "the water cure" the Lainz "Angels of Death" murdered anyone that they deemed bothersome or annoying. Convicted of murdering 29 patients, the murder toll could easily be 200 or more.


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