Dr. Death (Part Two)

04/13/22 • 27 min

3 Listeners

CW: Descriptions of medical battery and drug use.

In the second and final episode about Christopher Duntsch (AKA Dr. Death), we discuss what it took to stop him from killing, maiming, and injuring more patients, plus the criminal proceedings that followed.
We also answer the million-dollar question: Could it happen again? (The answer, unfortunately, is yes - and it is happening right now in Texas and every other state in the country.)
Sources for this episode:

Previous Episode

Dr. Death (Part One)

2 Recommendations

CW: Descriptions of surgical procedures, medical battery, and drug use.
Buckle up because this episode is a doozy! This week, we're talking about Christopher Duntsch, better known as Dr. Death.
In 2010, Dr. Christopher Duntsch came to Texas to start a neurosurgery practice. In the two years that Duntsch practiced medicine in Dallas, he operated on 37 patients, maiming 31 of them and killing two.
But the real tragedy of this story is the fact that it could have been prevented.
Safeguards designed to protect patients from dangerous doctors failed repeatedly. Hospitals chose to let Duntsch go quietly to protect themselves. Even as the Texas Medical Board investigated recurring complaints from fellow doctors and even lawyers about Duntsch, he continued to operate, severely injuring one patient after another.
Check back next week for Part Two of this story!
Sources for this episode:

Next Episode

The Headphone Game (Whisper Challenge)

2 Recommendations

To celebrate our 25th (!!!) episode, we're playing the Headphone Game (AKA the Whisper Challenge). Also, we have a very special guest appearance at the end of this episode.
Similar to the game 'Telephone' that you probably played as a kid, the rules are simple: One player puts on headphones and listens to music. The other player asks them a series of questions that they have to answer. The person wearing the headphones can't hear the questions as they are being asked, forcing them to lipread. As you can probably imagine, this leads to some HYSTERICAL conversations.
We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!
Special thanks to Kelly Dooly.

If you like this episode you’ll love

All My Relations Podcast

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

The Mash-Up Americans

Weird Science Marvel Comics Weekly Review Shows

Episode Comments

Generate a badge

Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode

Select type & size

Copy