Michael Swango "Dr Death"

In April 2004, friends of 48-year-old Tommy Hope became concerned after not hearing from him for several days. When they went to his Camdenton, Missouri, home, they discovered Tommy brutally murdered inside. Investigators learned that Tommy’s troubled past, struggles with addicti ...  Show more

Gallaudet University freshman Eric Plunkett was beaten and strangled to death inside his dorm room just weeks after arriving on campus. Months later, fellow freshman Benjamin Varner was found brutally murdered in the same dorm, leaving the close-knit university terrified that a k ...  Show more

Michael Swango is a former American physician and convicted serial killer believed to have caused the deaths of up to 60 individuals across the United States and Zimbabwe. 

He was a doctor sworn to save lives—but Michael Swango used his white coat to cover up a far more sinister obsession. In Part 1, we trace his chilling evolution from a traumatized child to a doctor obsessed with suffering. How many people had to die before the truth came out? Fin ...  Show more

Between 1981 and 1997, Dr. Michael Swango targeted both helpless patients and unsuspecting colleagues in his quest for mayhem. But before he carried out his murderous practice, he was a medical school student with an unhealthy obsession for calamity. Learn more about your ad choi ...  Show more

Michael Swango faked his medical credentials, charmed his way into hospitals, and left a trail of bodies in his wake. In Part 2, we expose his years-long killing spree, the fiancée whose death raised suspicions—and the global manhunt that finally stopped him. This is how one of A ...  Show more