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Frederick Mors, Angel of Death
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- Poisoned History
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- Apr 14, 2024
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- 3916
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Summary
From September 1914 to January 1915, seventeen residents of a nursing home for the elderly in New York died. During the investigation Frederick Mors confessed to murdering at least eight of them, claiming he had put them out of their misery. Was it all his idea, or was he bullied into it by management? Sources and resources: Wikipedia The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum. Penguin Books, 2011. Serial Killer Calendar: https://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Frederick%20MORS.php Who are the Odd Fellows? The Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 March 2022. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/03/25/who-are-the-odd-fellows/7167585001/ The ABC’s of Odd Fellowship, https://www.davislodge.org/abcs-of-odd-fellowship/#:~:text=Odd%20Fellows%20%E2%80%93%20No%20one%20knows,called%20%E2%80%9Cthose%20odd%20fellows%E2%80%9D. British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 87, Issue 6, 1 Dec 2001, pages 813-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/87.6.813 “May Confirm Identity of Mors by Teeth,” The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, New York, 11 May 1923, page 1, 24. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/676818006/ This podcast uses sound from Freesound.org: minor-key-music-box by user darkwaryurmc (http://freesound.org/s/318908/) licensed under CCBYNC 4.0 Cover art photo: photo, public domain.