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Nov. 12, 2023

Chapter 63: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing-Dr. Michael Swango w/ Bruce Sackman

Chapter 63: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing-Dr. Michael Swango w/ Bruce Sackman

Lucy Letby, The Lainz Angels of Death, Kristen Gilbert, and Michael Swango. All of these people have two things in common. They are all former. medical professionals and they are all killers.

In today's chapter, Courtney had the honor of sitting...

Lucy Letby, The Lainz Angels of Death, Kristen Gilbert, and Michael Swango. All of these people have two things in common. They are all former. medical professionals and they are all killers.

In today's chapter, Courtney had the honor of sitting down with Bruce Sackman, former Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division, Northeast Field Office who began his career investigating crimes in VA hospitals such as fraud and narcotics crimes, until he got a call about a doctor killing patients in a VA Hospital. Dr. Michael Swango. Bruce sat down and told us all about the investigation and how he and his team spent years digging up all of Swango's secrets as he traveled to other hospitals as far as Zimbabwe taking more lives until they could finally bring him up on charges.

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Bruce Sackman served as the Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division, Northeast Field Office until May 2005 when he retired after 32 years’ service. In this capacity, he was responsible for all major criminal investigations involving VA from West Virginia to Maine. During his tenure he was involved in hundreds of investigations involving allegations of fraud, corruption, false claims, thefts, patient assaults, pharmaceutical drug diversions and suspicious hospital deaths. He was also responsible for supervising the successful investigation of the nation’s first homicide conviction in connection with pharmaceutical research. His cases involving medical professionals who have murdered their patients have been featured on the Discovery Health Channel, CNN, MSNBC, America’s Most Wanted and on Home Box Office. He is the recipient of many awards for his investigations and for his efforts in encouraging the profession of forensic nursing. Mr. Sackman has lectured at several forensic related conferences, State police organizations, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, universities and medical related symposia.
He is the co-author of the book “Behind the Murder Curtain, Special Agent Bruce Sackman Hunts Doctors and Nurses Who Kill Our Veterans and the article “When the ICU becomes a Crime Scene” for Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. He is also the co-editor of the newly released textbook the Art of Investigations. He was recently featured in an episode of the CNN/HLN special Dr. Deat… Read More