Charles Graeber

“He was so much more being anonymous. There was power in that role. Anonymous could deny; anonymous could disappear. Anonymous was an…

— Charles Graeber

“But that suicide had taught him something. In crisis, whenever he felt cornered or impotent, Charlie’s instinct had always been to subvert…

— Charles Graeber

“These measures were adopted by thirty-five other states. A hospital in compliance with the provisions would not be liable for civil actions…

— Charles Graeber

“But for all his suicide gestures, the fact was that Charlie wouldn’t kill himself, not really; the nuns in Catholic school had…

— Charles Graeber

“They were asking Cullen to tell them things that Cullen believed he could not tell them. The detectives’ job was to help…

— Charles Graeber

“Everything ends up on paper in an investigation. Detectives knew that, lawyers—especially former prosecutors—knew that, too. There were printouts, records, memos, date…

— Charles Graeber

“He watched the nurses at the station, stirring their coffees, his coffee, helped by what he did, dependent really but not even…

— Charles Graeber

“Experts with an intimate knowledge of the case say that the real number of his total victims is likely closer to four…

— Charles Graeber

“They were still trying when, all of a sudden, Charles Cullen simply went away. The problems with the insulin spikes disappeared with…

— Charles Graeber

“Each body is a death, but not every death is a crime scene.”

— Charles Graeber

“His actions were subtle, his effects public. That affirmed him. That pleased him.”

— Charles Graeber

“It never ends well for saints, no matter how good they are. Castration, defenestration, hot pincers, prison—the saint is a scapegoat, a…

— Charles Graeber

“Over the course of his sixteen years, Charles Cullen had been the subject of dozens of complaints and disciplinary citations, and had…

— Charles Graeber

“This was him, an earnest health-care professional, lovesick and concerned, the sort of foolish heart who had told the policeman that he’d…

— Charles Graeber

“But of course, the ultimate effect was death. The only trick was figuring the right dosage.”

— Charles Graeber

“Charlie considered it one of the neater equations in life: the world pushed, and the pressure suit pushed back. Charlie”

— Charles Graeber

“Stress-relieving impulses like these had driven most of his actions during the previous year. His intervention on behalf of his patients was…

— Charles Graeber

“Not all the nurses noticed at first.7 People die, that’s what happens in a hospital, especially the CCU, and sometimes those deaths…

— Charles Graeber