The Good Nurse

2022 - 10 - 26

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Where Is Charles Cullen From 'The Good Nurse' Now? All About ... (Women's Health)

Thanks to Loughren's help, Cullen was caught and arrested in December of 2003. A decade later, a journalist named Charles Graeber wrote a book on Cullen's ...

One of his victims was just 21 years old, per the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/nyregion/as-victims-relatives-watch-nurse-who-killed-29-gets-11-life-terms.html).He was also fired or forced out of at least six medical centers, the outlet reported. (According to some [reports](https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/prolific-serial-killer-nurse-charles-cullen-may-have-killed-as-many-as-400-patients), though, Cullen may have killed up to 400 people in his care.) [The Good Nurse](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/a41714995/jessica-chastain-legs-minidress-heels-the-good-nurse-photo/) tells the story of Cullen's crimes from the perspective of his friend and coworker, Amy Loughren. [The Good Nurse](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a41722781/the-good-nurse-true-story-charles-cullen-amy-loughren/) tells the [terrifying tale](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a41574730/the-watcher-netflix-theories/) of a nurse named Charles Cullen who murdered dozens of patients over the course of 16 years. He’s currently serving time at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, and his earliest possible parole date would be June 10, 2388. Cullen enlisted in the US Navy but was medically discharged in 1984 after attempting to take his own life. It’s hard to say for sure. [charged with the murder](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a41251138/jeffrey-dahmer-now/) of 29 patients. Thanks to Loughren's help, Cullen was caught and arrested in December of 2003. [Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/nyregion/killer-donated-his-kidney-lawyer-says.html) says. IRL, after she learned what Cullen was doing, she helped authorities catch him. [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/nyregion/killer-donated-his-kidney-lawyer-says.html).

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The Horrifying True Story Behind The Good Nurse on Netflix (ELLE.com)

The Good Nurse stars Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne and tells the story of serial killer Charles Cullen, who murdered of dozens of patients under his ...

“But...I was able to see how charismatic he was and how easy it was to be drawn in. In one instance he left a job over misconduct allegations when an elderly woman complained that he was not the nurse assigned to her but was continually entering her room to give her injections. The autopsy revealed a lethal level of digoxin in his system. In December 2003, Loughren asked Cullen to meet her at a restaurant and wore a wire. He enlisted in the the Navy shortly after. She was approached by detectives Tim Braun and Danny Baldwin, who were investigating the deaths of a few patients who had high levels of a drug called digoxin, which affects the heart, in their systems. The list was long, sometimes half a dozen in a night. Then, time and time again, Charlie ordered a restock from the pharmacy. After Cullen's arrest, he eventually confessed to 40 murders in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She and Cullen were actually fairly close, working many night shifts in the intensive care unit together, which can be a bonding experience. How much of what is portrayed in the film really happened? Based on a true crime book of the same name by journalist Charles Graeber, the drama stars Eddie Redmayne as Cullen and Jessica Chastain as his co-worker Amy Loughren, who wore a wire to gain evidence that took Cullen down.

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Is The Good Nurse Based on a True Story? (TownandCountrymag.com)

Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who wrote the new thriller, on the real-life events that inspired it.

We were walking out, and I said, ‘This is hard,’ and she was like, ‘This isn’t even the hardest things I’ve done this week.’ I said, ‘Well, you did catch a serial killer that one time,’ and she told me, ‘That’s not even the hardest thing I did. “Because you're hamstrung by what actually happened, that makes you have to be more inventive, more creative, and it makes you have to really double down into the essential,” the screenwriter says. “When we were about to go on stage at the Toronto International Film Festival, Amy and I were a bit nervous; it was the first time an audience had watched the film. “She was the person who used her humanity to awaken his,” she says. In The Good Nurse, Redmayne takes a chilling turn as Cullen, while Chastain plays Amy Loughren, another hospital nurse who befriends Cullen before realizing that something is terribly wrong and sets out to stop it. The Good Nurse, the new drama streaming now on Netflix, has all the makings of a classic thriller: There’s a seemingly unstoppable villain, a heroine forced to display incredible bravery, and stakes as high as they can possibly be.

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'The Good Nurse' Ending Explained: Friendship Elicits a Deadly ... (Collider.com)

The Good Nurse, starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, is a haunting drama that ends with a cold, dark conclusion.

Amy goes to lunch with Charlie and wears a wire, but doesn’t manage to get a confession. A slight date error was enough to be considered a breach of contract, and Charlie was terminated. Before the credits roll, we’re given updates on the real-life Amy Loughren and Charles Cullen. Amy agrees to meet with him and requests his handcuffs be removed. Fortunately, Amy is about to get some help on the job, as the hospital hired a man with “tons of experience” and “great recommendations.” This, of course, is none other than Charles Cullen. This minor breach of contract was a convenient way for the hospital (who was withholding information from authorities that would further confirm Charlie's guilt) to get Charlie off their backs. Amy explains to the detectives that a double medication error is incredibly rare, and that she doesn’t believe Charlie has anything to do with it for several reasons. The detectives discover that in 1995 during his time at a hospital in Pennsylvania, Charles was charged with criminal trespassing and harassment for slashing a co-worker’s tires post-breakup. It was also hard for her to believe that someone so loyal and genuinely caring could be capable of such a crime. Amy tells the detectives what she discovered and pleads with them not to reveal her name as the source of the new information because she will get fired. The film’s opening scene thrusts the audience into the unpredictable reality of working in a hospital. [Jessica Chastain](https://collider.com/tag/jessica-chastain/)) and Charles Cullen ( [Eddie Redmayne](https://collider.com/tag/eddie-redmayne/)), a new nurse in Amy’s unit.

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<i>The Good Nurse</i> Is a True-Crime Story Dressed Up with a ... (TIME)

Few places inspire more anxiety and vulnerability than hospitals, which makes the idea of a serial killer prowling the corridors especially ...

[social statement about hospitals’ lack of scruples](https://time.com/6080714/dr-death-true-story/)—pay close attention to that hospital risk manager, played by Kim Dickens, who takes great pains to cover up deaths that happen on her watch—its garden-variety [true-crime roots](https://time.com/6214152/new-york-daily-news-history-tabloid/) are painfully visible. She’s the movie’s pulse, a vibration that registers even amid the bedpan clatter of its dressed-up tawdriness. [Jessica Chastain](https://time.com/5118504/jessica-chastain-octavia-spencer-wage-gap/)), a single mom with two small kids and a heart condition that will require surgery, if it doesn’t kill her first. She sees Charles as a human being, which means she feels a sharp sense of loss when she discovers the truth about him. Though it works hard to make us believe it’s really a That’s the dramatic gamble of The Good Nurse, based on the story of Charles Cullen, currently serving multiple life sentences for murdering at least 29 patients across New Jersey and Pennsylvania between 1988 and 2003.

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