Genene Jones: The Nursery Killer – Playing God with Children’s Lives

In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unpacks the case of Genene Jones, a pediatric nurse who turned hospital nurseries into her personal killing field. Operating across two Texas medical facilities during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jones preyed on vulnerable infants, injecting them with paralyzing drugs like succinylcholine and heparin—not out of malice, but to create crises she could then “heroically” respond to. Dozens of babies died on her watch, and while hospitals looked the other way to avoid liability, the death toll quietly grew. She was finally arrested after the death of 15-month-old Chelsea McClellan, and is now suspected in the deaths of up to 60 children. This is not just the story of a killer in scrubs—it’s a horrifying portrait of ego, negligence, and systemic failure. Damien Vale guides listeners through the disturbing rise, trial, and shocking aftermath of one of America’s most chilling medical murderers—revealing the true cost of unchecked power in the hands of those we trust most.

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