He usually administered high doses of dangerous drugs to his patients and poisoned his coworkers and acquaintances. Blind eye how the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder. Michael swango was a former physician sentenced to serve four life sentences in a federal prison for intentionally killing an estimated sixty patients under his care over a sixteenyear period. A medical thriller from pulitzer prizewinning author james b. We also provide tools to help businesses grow, network and hire. The cincinnati business courier features local business news about cincinnati. From the moment he entered medical school in the late 1970s, people around michael swango thought he was a little odd.
Stewart about serial killer doctor michael swango and the medical community that chose to turn a. Michael swango biography facts, childhood, life of. How the medical establishment let a doctor get away. Stewarts, blind eye, is a true book on how a young doctor, michael swango, poisoned and murdered patients and coworkers. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
That helps explain the fbis troubles in the notorious case of michael swango, who is suspected of having fatally poisoned some 60 people. Hbo films swango gets a boost from black swan writer john mclaughlin exclusive. Blind eye is a flatout horrifying nonfiction profile of michael swango. Joseph michael swango born october 21, 1954, also known under the aliases david j. License to kill, 2001, with at turner classic movies.
But dr michael swango, the subject of this meticulously researched and highly readable book, was a fully fledged psychopath who killed for the sheer thrill of it. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover dans connections. Stewart about serial killer doctor michael swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. Joseph michael swango, serial killer profile and biography. Michael swango was born in tacoma, washington and raised in quincy, illinois, the middle child of muriel and john virgil swango.
Former doctor charged in death of 3 patients the new. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for michael eye. Michael swango even his name sounds creepy, worked his way through medical schools and numerous residency positionsallegedly poisoning and killing as. Michael swango pleads guilty to poisoning 3 patients. View dan swangos profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Michael swango will appear in franklin county common pleas court to answer charges in the murder of cynthia ann mcgee. How the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder a throrough investigation tells a hairraising story but doesnt go far enough in. No one could believe that the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer.
Michael swango, who, despite being associated with the. That was not a reassuring datum, considering the rumors being whispered among the nurses, and the epidemics of cardiopulmonary arrest that seemed to follow whenever swango happened to be working a floor. Stewarts blind eye is a persuasive case against dr. One premise of blind eye is that none of the institutions involved in michael swangos training had either appropriate mechanisms or incentives. Michael swango bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Now some of us are weak and some endure and some people live their life in violence thats pure and clean but i saw a man cry once down on his knees in the corner of a. Swango pleaded guilty in franklin county common pleas court to aggravated murder in the january 14, 1984 death of cynthia ann mcgee, 19, a.
Authorities believe he murdered up to 60 people and poisoned countless others, including coworkers, friends and his wife. Former doctor, michael j swango, is charged with 1993 murders of three patients under his care at veterans hospital, northport, ny, and pattern of fraud dating back to 1984, when he allegedly. Joseph michael swango is a serial killer who, as a trusted doctor, had easy access to his victims. Join facebook to connect with michael swango and others you may know. Michael eye phone, address, background info whitepages. Hamilton, business week stewart penetrates the hermetically sealed world of medicine.
Dan swango program director for development operations. Stewart estimated that counting the suspicious deaths at siu, circumstantial evidence links swango to. The book follows records and stories of swango wherever he went from ohio, to illinois, to new york and south dakota. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Michael swango, a convicted poisoner and a suspected serial killer, who, because he was a medical doctor, seemingly.
Hbo films swango gets a boost from black swan writer. Wherever he was hiredin ohio, illinois, new york, south dakota michael swango at first seemed the model physician. Army officer who served in the vietnam war, was listed in whos who in government 19721973, and was troubled by alcoholism. Stewart estimated 35 deaths caused by michael swango, while the fbi believes that he is responsible for about 60 deaths, making him one of the most dangerous serial killers in american history. Blind eye, by pulitzer prizewinning journalist james b. Michael swango used to tell colleagues that his favorite movie was the silence of the lambs.
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