The Good Nurse: The True Story of Serial Killer Charles Cullen

The True Story Of Serial Killer Charles Cullen Portrayed on Netflix "The Good Nurse"

Created By: StateWeb Oct. 27, 2022

Netflix's new true crime movie The Good Nurse was released yesterday 26 October 2022.

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It tells the true story of one of America's most notorious serial killers, Charles Cullen, played by Eddie Redmayne.

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Charles Cullen was a nurse in New Jersey and was confirmed to have killed 29 people with an insulin overdose.

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But experts believe the number may actually be closer to 400.

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On 12 December 2003, Cullen was arrested at a restaurant and charged with attempted murder.

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The man known as New Jersey's deadliest serial killer graduated from nursing school in 1986.

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He kills his first victim. And nearly 20 years later, she was convicted of 29 murders in a 16-year nursing career.

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He was killed by injecting deadly doses of drugs into an IV fluid bag - primarily the heart drug digoxin, insulin, and lidocaine, a local anesthetic.

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