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Dr. Death: The Gruesome Crimes of Christopher Duntsch [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]
As far as the hiring team at Dallas Medical Center knew, their newest doctor, Christopher Duntsch, was a well-respected neurosurgeon with an impressive CV and a bright future ahead. A graduate from the prestigious University of Tennessee at Memphis College of Medicine, he also possessed an official letter of recommendation from senior staff at Baylor-Plano Hospital.
But within Duntsch’s first week of operating privileges in Dallas, he would kill one patient and maim another. The details of these gruesome procedures left his fellow surgeons shocked and concerned. Assigned to perform the corrective surgeries, Dr. Robert Henderson immediately faxed his picture to UT professors fearing the surgeries had been performed by an imposter.
But as they began digging into Duntsch’s brief career, Henderson and Dr. Randall Kirby would discover a shocking pattern of incompetence and destruction. Was Christopher Duntsch a psychopath intentionally causing his patients harm, or was he a grossly incompetent doctor passed along by a series of hospitals more concerned with protecting their own bottom lines?
In the latest episode of Bloody FM’s Murder Made Fiction podcast, Jenn walks Joe through the disturbing story of “Dr. Death” and the medical system that failed to stop him.
CW: graphic descriptions of botched surgical procedures.
And if you want even more Murder Made Fiction, be sure to check out the pod’s Patreon feed, where Jenn and Joe have ~70 hours of exclusive content including full primers on Dr. Christopher Duntsch and Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, episode by episode coverage of Dr. Death season 2, coverage of David Midell’s The Ritual, and a full primer on the exorcism of Anna Ecklund.
Coming Soon & Now Showing is a monthly series on Halloweenies that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors.
This month, Michael Roffman and Justin Gerber discuss the blockbuster weekend involving Backrooms and Obsession. They also brush on some franchise news and dust off oldies for the first time: 1987’s Dead of Winter and 1977’s False Face.
Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, Alien, and the Universal Monsters.This year? Hellraiser!
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Re-Animator, Darkman), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Manhunter, ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.