Name: 誰是醫院裡的隱形殺手？揭秘史上最駭人的護士謀殺案（The Nurse Who Murdered His Patients）
Uploaded: 2026-03-11T14:34:57.000Z
Duration: 9 min 42 s

What's worse: a nurse who is also a secret serial killer, or the hospital that tries to cover it all up?

哪種更糟：一名身為秘密連環殺手的護理師，還是試圖掩蓋一切的醫院？

This is the twisted, murderous story of Charles Cullen, New Jersey's own "Angel of Death," and the hospitals that thought nobody would notice.

這是關於查爾斯·庫倫（Charles Cullen）扭曲且殘暴的故事，他是紐澤西州臭名昭彰的「死亡天使」，以及那些以為沒人會察覺的醫院。

基礎被動語態

Charles Cullen was born and raised in northern New Jersey,

查爾斯·庫倫在紐澤西州北部出生長大，

and right off the bat, things didn't go well for him.

但從一開始，他的生活就並不順遂。

As a young child, he lost his father and then his mother before he was even out of high school.

童年時期，他在高中畢業前就相繼失去了父親和母親。

These traumas left deep psychological scars that only worsened because of bullying and isolation.

這些創傷留下了深刻的心理陰影，並因霸凌和孤立而進一步惡化。

Charles knew he needed structure in his life, so he enlisted in the Navy and spent years living under the ocean in a nuclear submarine.

查爾斯知道他的生活需要規範，因此他加入了海軍，並在一艘核子潛艇中度過了多年的深海生活。

Unfortunately, the bullying did not stop.

He was depressed, socially awkward, and increasingly turned to alcohol, which only worsened his behavior in isolation.

他患有憂鬱症、社交尷尬，且越來越依賴酒精，這讓他在孤立環境中的行為變本加厲。

One time in the Navy, he went ashore and drank so much that he passed out under the hot sun, barefoot.

有一次在海軍服役期間，他上岸喝酒喝到醉倒在烈日下，而且赤著腳。

When he woke up hours later, his feet were burnt to a crisp.

幾小時後他醒來時，雙腳已經被曬得焦黑起泡。

His superior showed him no sympathy either,

forcing him to work in a pair of shoes too small for his feet and only giving him mild painkillers.

強迫他穿著一雙過小的鞋子工作，且僅給他輕微的止痛藥。

Ultimately, he didn't fit in well with his bosses, who were always looking over his shoulder.

最終，他無法與那些總是盯著他的一舉一動的上司和睦相處。

He needed a job with less oversight, like a night nurse in the ICU.

他需要一份監管較少的工作，例如加護病房（ICU）的夜班護理師。

So Charles was discharged from the Navy and decided to enroll in nursing school.

於是查爾斯從海軍退役，決定進入護理學校就讀。

Despite his bizarre personality, he maintained steady work, got married, and even had two children.

儘管個性古怪，他仍維持著穩定的工作，結了婚，甚至有了兩個孩子。

And while on the surface things appeared normal, behind closed doors at the hospital, Charles was killing people left and right.

雖然表面上看來一切正常，但在醫院的大門後，查爾斯正大肆殺戮。

Behind closed doors at the hospital, Charles was killing people left and right.

在醫院的大門後，查爾斯正四處殺人。

His murders weren't all exactly the same, but they usually followed a pattern.

他的謀殺手法並不完全相同，但通常遵循一種模式。

He often worked night shifts in the intensive care unit, treating burn victims and other seriously ill patients.

他經常在加護病房值夜班，照顧燒燙傷患者和其他重症病人。

When they were short-staffed and no visitors were present,

當人手不足且沒有訪客在場時，

he would identify a victim—a 72-year-old judge, a 21-year-old college student.

他會鎖定受害者——一名 72 歲的法官，或是一名 21 歲的大學生。

Here, Charles did not discriminate and often killed randomly.

查爾斯並不挑選對象，通常是隨機殺人。

So just by being his patient, your life was instantly in danger.

所以，只要成為他的病人，你的生命瞬間就會陷入危險。

Then Charles would head to the Pyxis machine, a computerized drug dispenser, to get a dose of a drug called Digoxin.

接著查爾斯會走向 Pyxis 自動給藥機（電腦化藥物分配器），領取劑量的地高辛（Digoxin）。

In normal doses, it can help control the rhythm of the heart.

在正常劑量下，它可以幫助控制心律。

In an overdose, it can trigger lethal heart arrhythmias.

但在過量的情況下，它會引發致命的心律不整。

It was also a drug that was not routinely tested for in autopsies,

這也是一種在屍檢中不會常規檢測的藥物，

meaning that there was a good chance nobody would even notice it in a patient's system.

這意味著極大可能沒人會注意到病人的系統中含有這種藥物。

Then, while patients slept in their beds and other night shift nurses were out of the room,

然後，趁著病人在床上熟睡、其他夜班護理師不在房間時，

Charles would either inject the medication into a patient directly or tamper with their IV saline bag.

查爾斯會直接將藥物注射進病人的體內，或是在他們的點滴食鹽水袋中動手腳。

He murdered patients like this over a career that spanned 15-plus years.

他在長達 15 年以上的職業生涯中，一直以此方式謀殺病人。

But why did it take so long for him to get caught?

但為什麼花了這麼長時間才抓到他？

這正是事情變得極其黑暗的地方。

Because so many of Charles's victims were already in the ICU, their deaths weren't often very suspicious.

因為查爾斯的許多受害者本身就在加護病房，他們的死亡通常不會引起太大懷疑。

They were on the brink of death anyway, so nobody suspected any foul play.

他們反正也處於死亡邊緣，所以沒人懷疑其中有詐。

Also, Charles was clever in how he got hold of the Digoxin.

此外，查爾斯獲取地高辛的手法非常聰明。

He took advantage of the flawed Pyxis machines,

他利用了 Pyxis 自動給藥機的漏洞，

entering the code for Tylenol that happened to share the same drawer.

輸入放在同一個抽屜裡的普拿疼（Tylenol）代碼。

Or he would enter the code for Digoxin, cancel the order immediately, and the drawer would open anyway.

或者他會輸入地高辛代碼後立即取消訂單，但抽屜仍然會打開。

These workarounds created a confusing paper trail:

這些規避手段製造了混亂的紙上紀錄：

lots of canceled orders and odd Pyxis activity,

大量的取消訂單和異常的給藥機活動，

but little direct proof that he'd actually given the drug to patients.

但幾乎沒有直接證據證明他確實把藥給了病人。

But more importantly, while it did take over a decade to put Charles behind bars,

但更重要的是，雖然花了十多年才將查爾斯繩之以法，

這並不是因為他從未被抓到過。

In fact, he got caught over and over again.

事實上，他一次又一次地被抓到。

On numerous occasions, a hospital where Charles worked would find the circumstances of a patient's death unusual,

在多個場合，查爾斯工作的醫院會發現病人的死亡情況異常，

and they would begin a quiet sort of inquiry.

Charles was repeatedly implicated in these investigations, but his bosses could never quite prove it.

查爾斯在這些調查中反覆被牽連，但他的老闆們始終無法完全證明。

Well, they could call the police, begin a proper criminal investigation,

好吧，他們本可以報警，開始正式的刑事調查，

and open themselves to a liability and PR nightmare.

但這會讓自己陷入法律責任和公關噩夢。

They'd hired a serial killer to care for patients.

他們聘請了一名連環殺手來照顧病人。

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for your next checkup.

這對於下次找你去做檢查來說，可不是什麼有力的推薦。

So these hospitals did what now seems unthinkable:

所以這些醫院做出了現在看來不可思議的事：

他們和查爾斯達成了一項交易。

If he resigned, they'd end their investigation and give him neutral references.

如果他辭職，他們就會終止調查並提供「中性」的推薦信。

This left Charles without a job, but with an active nursing license and a spotless record.

這讓查爾斯雖然丟了工作，卻保留了有效的護理執照和清白的記錄。

He ultimately worked at about 10 hospitals,

leaving a trail of death behind him as he kept getting more and more work.

隨著他不斷獲得更多工作，身後留下了一串死亡痕跡。

One time, Charles even received a phone call offering him a nursing position

有一次，查爾斯甚至接到電話通知他錄取了護理職位，

while he himself was being held in a psychiatric facility while having a mental breakdown.

而當時他正因為精神崩潰而被關在精神病房裡。

Charles happily worked grueling ICU night shifts.

查爾斯非常樂意承擔艱苦的 ICU 夜班。

And it wouldn't be right to deny him a job for simply seeking mental health support, would it?

僅僅因為他尋求精神健康支持就拒絕給他工作是不對的，對吧？

So Charles kept working and kept killing.

於是查爾斯繼續工作，繼續殺人。

Up and down the New Jersey Turnpike he went,

他在紐澤西州收費公路上往返，

injecting recovering patients with Digoxin or insulin at whichever hospital would give him a look.

在任何願意僱用他的醫院，給正在康復的病人注射地高辛或胰島素。

Until it all came to an end at Somerset Medical Center.

直到這一切在薩默塞特醫學中心（Somerset Medical Center）終結。

A cluster of patients started dying with bizarre lab results, including unexplained spikes in insulin and Digoxin.

一群病人開始死於異常的檢驗結果，包括不明原因的胰島素和地高辛飆升。

And that finally got someone's attention.

And after three months—during which time Charles killed five more people—the authorities were finally called.

三個月後——期間查爾斯又殺了五個人——當局終於接到了通報。

With a mountain of circumstantial evidence before them,

detectives picked up the phone and called around the state,

learning that similar deaths had occurred at other hospitals where Charles had worked.

得知在查爾斯工作過的其他醫院也發生過類似的死亡事件。

He had a police record too, having been arrested years before for stalking a former co-worker and breaking into her house.

他也有犯罪記錄，多年前曾因跟蹤前同事並闖入其住所而被捕。

The detectives could tell Charles was their man, but they couldn't quite prove it.

偵探們能斷定查爾斯就是兇手，但他們無法完全證明。

There were no eyewitnesses, no late-night security camera footage.

沒有目擊者，沒有深夜監視錄影畫面。

The hospitals that swept Charles's murders under the rug were panicking about legal ramifications.

那些將查爾斯的殺行掩蓋起來的醫院正因法律後果而恐慌。

So they stonewalled detectives and rarely gave up legit evidence.

因此他們阻撓偵探調查，極少交出合法的證據。

Somerset Medical Center, the scene of the crime, made it particularly hard to investigate the case.

犯罪現場薩默塞特醫學中心特別讓案件調查變得困難。

They barred their staff from speaking to police unless their lawyer was present.

他們禁止員工與警方交談，除非有律師在場。

They told police the Pyxis machines only kept records for 30 days.

他們告訴警方 Pyxis 給藥機的紀錄僅保存 30 天。

It was only after detectives called the manufacturer that they learned this wasn't even true.

直到偵探致電製造商後，才得知這根本不是事實。

Somerset either didn't know how the machines worked, or they flat-out lied.

薩默塞特要麼是不知道機器如何運作，要麼就是公然撒謊。

There was only one option: they needed a confession.

剩下唯一的選擇：他們需要一份口供。

Detectives enlisted nurse Amy, a co-worker of Charles, to help bring him in.

偵探們說服了護理師艾米（Amy）——查爾斯的同事——協助抓捕他。

At first, Amy laughed off the idea that Charles was a murderer.

起初，艾米對查爾斯是殺手的想法付之一笑。

He took shifts nobody else wanted and was one of her closest friends.

他承擔了沒人想要的值班，而且是她最親近的朋友之一。

Then they walked her through the entire story, showing her all the evidence they'd gathered so far.

接著他們帶她梳理了整個故事，展示了目前收集到的所有證據。

This made her nervous, so she contacted an old friend of hers that had worked with Charles years before.

這讓她感到緊張，於是她聯絡了一位多年前曾與查爾斯共事的老友。

She corroborated the story, saying he was a creep and that she was surprised to learn that he was still nursing.

對方證實了這個故事，說他是個怪胎，且驚訝於他居然還在從事護理工作。