Swangos path of killing makes for engaging reading, and at the beginning of october 1999 blind eye was 20th on the new york times bestseller list and 27th at. Michael swango used to tell colleagues that his favorite movie was the. Michael swango, who, despite being a convicted felon suspected of murdering dozens of his patients, was allowed to practice medicine. Penelitian ini berfokus pada karakter utama pada novel blind eye karya james b. Joseph michael swango born october 21, 1954, also known under the aliases david j. Blind eye book king county library system bibliocommons. Stewart 2000, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Stewart about serial killer doctor michael swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal. The book is partly an indignant, muckraking tract an indictment of the doctors and medical. Stewarts, blind eye, is a true book on how a young doctor, michael swango, poisoned and murdered patients and coworkers. Swangos odyssey is so compelling that i became riveted.
Joseph michael swango, serial killer profile and biography. The fbi believes he may be responsible for as many as sixty deaths, which would make him one of the most prolific serial killers in american history. Michael swango even his name sounds creepy, worked his way through medical schools and numerous residency positionsallegedly poisoning. He focused on the poisoning of paramedics in illinois by dr. 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. There were several times throughout the book that my stomach was literally in knots due to the overwhelming revulsion and shock that a man like swango might become a. Stewart a quincy native estimated that counting the suspicious deaths at siu, circumstantial evidence links swango to 35. Then his patients began dying under suspicious circumstances. The book follows records and stories of swango wherever he went from ohio, to illinois, to new york and south dakota. Michael swangos 14year career 19831997 as a suspected medical serial killer. How the medical establishment let a doctor get away with. In an interview, james stewart, author of a major book on swango, speculated that swango may have killed at least 35 people, mostly in zimbabwe, to as many as 60. Authorities believe he murdered up to 60 people and poisoned countless others, including co.
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Swango seemed a godsend wherever he was hired to practice medicine. The book is partly an indignant, muckraking tract an indictment of the. Michael swango was responsible for the fatal poisoning of roughly 60 patients, placing him among the most prolific serial killers in american history, but his crimes are not the most. That a blind eye could have been turned to swangos persona and record is remarkable and somewhat chilling. Michael swango and the danger of blind men virginia state bar.
Stewart, the recipient of a 1988 pulitzer prize for his reporting on the stockmarket crash and insider. He focused on the poisoning of paramedics in illinois. Stewarts blind eye is a persuasive case against dr. Michael swango seemed a godsend wherever he was hired to practice medicine. How the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder.
Michael swango biography facts, childhood, life of. After investigation, swango was sentenced to four life sentences o federal maximum security prison tiny cell no contact with other prisoners no possibility of parole families of three of his victims filed a. Blind eye how the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder book. Michael swango murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. Blind eye is the shocking story of michael swango, a physician. Blind eye is wonderfully done as if the best of ida tarbell had been crossed with the early joyce carol oates. Stewart cracked the new york times bestseller list with this riveting true crime book. National practitioner data bank revisited the lessons. Much attention has been paid in recent months to the story of michael swango. Blind eye tells the story of a psychopathic physician, michael swango, md, who, in caring for patients in a series of hospitals across america and on to a remote missionary hospital in zim babwe, left a trail of.
Stewart about serial killer doctor michael swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. We do not publish short story collections, poetry, erotica, horror or nonfiction. Stewart, the recipient of a 1988 pulitzer prize for his reporting on the stockmarket crash and insider trading, has assembled the known facts of dr. Michael swango was responsible for the fatal poisoning of roughly 60 patients, placing him among the most prolific serial killers in american history, but his crimes are not. The terrifying story of a doctor who got away with murder. Blind eye is a flatout horrifying nonfiction profile of michael swango. Joseph michael swango is a serial killer who, as a trusted doctor, had easy access to his victims. Michael swango used to tell colleagues that his favorite movie was.
Its also the subject of a book, blind eye, by pulitzer prizewinning journalist james b. Michael swango and how he continued to practice medicine all over the country. Hamilton, business week stewart penetrates the hermetically sealed world of medicine. In blind eye, james stewart takes readers into the closed world of americas medical establishment, where doctors. New york, south dakota michael swango at first seemed the model physician. In blind eye, a book that lays the foundation for an indictment against medicine, james b. The terrifying story of a doctor who got away with murder by james b. Blind eye books publishes science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance novels featuring lgbtq protagonists. He was fascinated by nazism, the holocaust, and serial and mass killers such. 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. The defendant, michael swango, is the subject of stewarts book, blind eye.
The terrifying story of a doctor who got away with murder book. A medical thriller from pulitzer prizewinning author james b. The terrifying story of a doctor who got away with murder ebook. Today the fbi believes that swango may be the most prolific serial killer in american history.