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Oct 27, 2022 · The story of how his crimes were finally uncovered is explored in the new Netflix film The Good Nurse, starring Eddie Redmayne as Cullen and Jessica Chastain as a fellow nurse Amy Loughren,...
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- Did Cullen Really Show Up at Loughren's House unannounced?
- Did Investigators Actually Dig Up A Victim’S Grave?
- Did Amy Really Wear A Wire to Get Charles’ Confession?
- Did Charles Actually Kill as Many as 400 Patients?
- Why Was Charles Able to Get Away with Murder For So Long?
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Early in the movie, Amy befriends Charles during a night shift at the fictional Parkfield Memorial Hospital. He helps Amy around the house as she battles cardiomyopathy, a serious heart condition, by cooking dinner and doing homework with the single mom's two young daughters. "They were incredibly close," Wilson-Cairns says. "They were best friends...
Amy grows more wary of Charles after a young female patient's mysterious deaths and agrees to help detectives Danny Baldwin (Nnamdi Asomugha) and Tim Braun (Noah Emmerich) by sneaking documents out of Parkfield. When they suspect that Charles was stealing insulin and contaminating IV bags with it, the investigators order the woman's casket exhumed ...
In the film's nail-biting climax, Amy agrees to wear a wire and meet Charles at a diner, where she coaxes a confession out of him as detectives wait outside. Charles had recently been let go from Parkfield but had already found a job at a new hospital, which added urgency to stopping him before he could kill more patients. Graeber provided Wilson-C...
Cullen was convicted of 29 murders and sentenced to 11 consecutive life prison sentences in 2006. Although he admitted to killing as many as 40 people, experts estimate that he may have been responsible for as many as 400 deaths, according to the film. "That comes from Charles Graeber's book, and the ballpark is between 400 and 1,000," Wilson-Cairn...
To this day, there have been no criminal proceedings against any of the five hospitals where Cullen worked as a nurse. "The question was, 'Why wasn't he caught earlier?' " Graeber says. "According to Charlie, the answer is that he was (caught) over and over and over again. And each time, he was allowed to move on with positive or neutral (job) refe...
Graeber spoke to Cullen extensively while writing his book, through letters and in prison visits. Cullen would often shut down when asked directly about murder, although Graeber was able to deduce his motives. "There were a couple different versions of 'why' for him," Graeber says. "One of them was 'because he could.' It made him feel special and e...
The Good Nurse is a 2022 American thriller film starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, about the serial killer Charles Cullen and the fellow nurse who suspects him. The film is based on the 2013 true-crime book of the same name by Charles Graeber.
Oct 28, 2022 · New Jersey. Where Is Charles Cullen Now? Is ‘The Good Nurse' True? And More Questions Answered. One of New Jersey's most prolific serial killers, whose story has gone untold on the big screen...
Oct 26, 2022 · Eddie Redmayne plays serial killer Charles Cullen, while Jessica Chastain plays the co-worker who helped bring him down.
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Nov 4, 2022 · Netflix. Yet another true crime drama is out on Netflix, after The Watcher and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The Good Nurse is a gripping flick that follows Amy Loughren (Jessica...
Oct 26, 2022 · What’s fact and what’s fiction in Netflix’s tale of serial killer Charles Cullen. Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren in the title role of “The Good Nurse” on Netflix. (JoJo Whilden ...
