See the complete profile on linkedin and discover dans connections. View dan swangos profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Michael swango, a convicted poisoner and a suspected serial killer, who, because he was a medical doctor, seemingly. Joseph michael swango born october 21, 1954, also known under the aliases david j. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for michael eye. Hbo films swango gets a boost from black swan writer john mclaughlin exclusive. The book follows records and stories of swango wherever he went from ohio, to illinois, to new york and south dakota. One premise of blind eye is that none of the institutions involved in michael swangos training had either appropriate mechanisms or incentives. Stewarts, blind eye, is a true book on how a young doctor, michael swango, poisoned and murdered patients and coworkers.
Michael swango was born in tacoma, washington and raised in quincy, illinois, the middle child of muriel and john virgil swango. Army officer who served in the vietnam war, was listed in whos who in government 19721973, and was troubled by alcoholism. Wherever he was hiredin ohio, illinois, new york, south dakota michael swango at first seemed the model physician. Michael swango pleads guilty to poisoning 3 patients. Michael swango bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Michael swango biography facts, childhood, life of. Michael swango used to tell colleagues that his favorite movie was the silence of the lambs.
Blind eye how the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder. Blind eye is a flatout horrifying nonfiction profile of michael swango. Blind eye, by pulitzer prizewinning journalist james b. A medical thriller from pulitzer prizewinning author james b. License to kill, 2001, with at turner classic movies. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Dan swango program director for development operations.
We also provide tools to help businesses grow, network and hire. Stewart about serial killer doctor michael swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. Hamilton, business week stewart penetrates the hermetically sealed world of medicine. Joseph michael swango, serial killer profile and biography.
Stewart estimated that counting the suspicious deaths at siu, circumstantial evidence links swango to. Michael swango even his name sounds creepy, worked his way through medical schools and numerous residency positionsallegedly poisoning and killing as. 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. From the moment he entered medical school in the late 1970s, people around michael swango thought he was a little odd.
Stewarts blind eye is a persuasive case against dr. Authorities believe he murdered up to 60 people and poisoned countless others, including coworkers, friends and his wife. Michael eye phone, address, background info whitepages. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. 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. How the medical establishment let a doctor get away. He usually administered high doses of dangerous drugs to his patients and poisoned his coworkers and acquaintances. Join facebook to connect with michael swango and others you may know. How the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder a throrough investigation tells a hairraising story but doesnt go far enough in.
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. Michael swango, who, despite being associated with the. The cincinnati business courier features local business news about cincinnati. 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. Joseph michael swango is a serial killer who, as a trusted doctor, had easy access to his victims. Former doctor charged in death of 3 patients the new.
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. Stewart about serial killer doctor michael swango and the medical community that chose to turn a. Michael swango will appear in franklin county common pleas court to answer charges in the murder of cynthia ann mcgee. Swango pleaded guilty in franklin county common pleas court to aggravated murder in the january 14, 1984 death of cynthia ann mcgee, 19, a. That helps explain the fbis troubles in the notorious case of michael swango, who is suspected of having fatally poisoned some 60 people. 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. Hbo films swango gets a boost from black swan writer. No one could believe that the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer.
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