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8. Maybe She's Born With It, Maybe It's Morphine

The Mass Hysteria Podcast

Jan 28, 2021•25 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast

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Jane Toppan had a love of morphine and no plan to stop administering it as she pleased. Today, we explore the insane story of one of America's most prolific female serial killers; needless to say, Jolly Jane probably did not take the Hippocratic oath.

Sources:

https://crimereads.com/jane-toppan-nurse-caregiver-serial-killer/

Smith, Robert Barr. Outlaw Women: America's Most Notorious Daughters, Wives, and Mothers. United States, TwoDot, 2015.

Potts, Michael. "Jane Toppan: A Greed, Power, and Lust Serial Killer". Academia. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

Schechter, Harold. Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer. United Kingdom, Pocket Star Books, 2003.

*GREAT* Student paper breaking down timeline: http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/toppan-jane-1854-1938

https://theartofkilling.com/2019/09/18/jane-toppan/

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