Charles Cullen 16 Year Killing Spree

If you caught CBS 60 Minutes this weekend, they ran the story of Charles Cullen, a critical care nurse who managed to kill his patients for over 16 years before being held accountable.

What is so disturbing is that hospitals were suspicious of him for years and fired him--only to let him go forward to another institution--over and over again.  That's right--because they didn't want to attract attention to their hospital and face lawsuits.  And as a result dozens and dozens of people were killed. Some estimate as many as several hundred.

Pretty sad when that trumps human life.

It's a difficult story to watch knowing that.

Charles Cullen is a fascinating study of human behavior.  He gives amazing clues to the questions asked of him in the 60 Minutes interview.

From that interview, I truly believe that Charles Cullen enjoyed killing his victims.  He got pleasure out of it--he just couldn't admit it. He did, however, admit to killing at least 40 people over the 16 years.

This is one man that can never be released into society again.  Chilling.