Case 260
The Alpine Manor Murders
*** Content warning: Elder abuse ***
The Director of Nursing at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was thrilled when Catherine Wood and Gwen Graham joined their team of nursing aides in the mid 1980s. They were hard working, enthusiastic and well-liked.
But soon after they started, some residents of Alpine Manor began telling the staff that their lives were in peril. When those same residents began to pass away, their deaths were put down to natural causes. Was it old age that killed these residents? Or was there a more sinister explanation?
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Jessica Forsayeth
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
BOOKS
Forever and Five Days – Lowell Cauffiel
ARTICLES
Killings of elderly said to be ‘for fun’ – Detroit Free Press
‘She could do it again’: Alpine Manor killer released from prison – woodtv.com
Alpine Manor Nursing Home killer granted parole – woodtv.com
Nursing home investigation pains family – Associated Press
Ex-nurses aide convicted of 5 murders – Associated Press
Care givers? – Lansing State Journal
Nursing home deaths called difficult to prove as murder – Detroit Free Press
Ex-nurses aide gets 20-40 year sentence – Associated Press
AUDIO/VIDEO
Alpine Manor victims families will fight to keep killer in prison – WoodTV8