The Terrifying Killer Nurse | Real Stories True Crime Documentary

Trevor McDonald investigates the case of serial child killer Beverley Allitt and reflects on how it was reported at the time. A combination of archive from the time, interviews with victims and expert analysis will piece together this tragic and shocking story.
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[@heather__kay]

Trevor has always been a good interviewer.

[@allylabar21]

Yes my favorite

[@alex506d]

Indeed he is.

[@jeanettelebarron3306]

Great interviewer

[@BackyardButcher]

💯💯

[@giovanna722]

He's wonderful. The music is terrific, too. It never upstages, quiet, tasteful. I love British docs.

[@sj-art]

I will watch anything he narrates. He is able to give dignity and heart to a subject without making you feel he is condoning bad behaviours or making light of things.

[@lillibet7432]

Agree. Class guy.

[@giovanna722]

Yes. He's very special.

[@yesterdayitrained]

He has a very rare talent, and he has put it to such good use. I remember the first time I watched a documentary he narrated- he was interviewing prisoners on death row. I was floored he could ask anything and everything- things most people would be afraid to ask, or not know how to ask. He spoke in such a respectful and forthright way, no one was offended, and always answered his questions- in full. Truly a wise, insightful, compassionate man.

[@FriendlyRider88]

Yes I agree with ya Mate

[@OzarkGiGi]

I know right? He is fantastic!

[@lainiepage23]

I can't believe no one is talking about the fact that she killed four kids and attempted to kill 9 more and she is sitting in the hospital cross stitching. I am so mad right now.

[@sugaboomboom8850]

If only more ppl had Trevor’s compassion and unbiased ways of getting an interview done …. Much respect for him !!!

[@TahtahmesDiary]

Child abuse is SO CRUEL and it lasts a LIFETIME. Kayley was attacked at 15 MONTHS and was still terrified 27 yrs later 💔 It just brought up a memory of me as a teen…I had been abused by my adoptive father for my whole childhood starting at around 4 and told around age 12… I developed an irrational fear of ALL bathroom windows at night after he was arrested, simply terrified he’d come get me for telling. Even in another STATE, even knowing he was in PRISON I had a panic attack in the bathroom one night years later as my fears piled on together and the stress became too much. I had to talk myself down trying to use logic and rationalize. It was just too much as a child, the feelings were real regardless of what I knew. I hope Kayley can eventually find peace and heal, but I totally get why it’s so hard.

[@michellehitt1976]

Oh, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I really hope your doing well today.

[@andreabrava6899]

I do not believe that her fears are related to that incident. Kayley is clearly retarted and who knows what her brain imagined, after such a big deal has been made of it in front of her. 15 Months is much to young. Its not 4 or 12 where you have active memories. My condolences to your terrible experience. People can be monsters. 😢

[@wethufanfics3693]

Be strong girl. No one can ever hurt you. You are way more stronger than you think of course.

[@avemaria9113]

Kayley parent's are to share the blame with this. A 15mth wouldn't even know the name of the person, you can see they've made her terrified.

[@nancyfahey7518]

@@avemaria9113 I believe you are right. I didn't have the guts to say it.

[@a.azazagoth5413]

This man could lend an air of dignity to a Tom and Jerry documentary. The last of a dying breed of investigative journalism.

[@audreyterry1428]

Seriously, she needs to be in PRISON. Hospital is freedom she doesn’t deserve. Thank you Trevor. Excellent update.

[@cynthiaconnors183]

You need the death penalty

[@ginger7344]

Little Bradley, not being able to walk, go to the bathroom, ptsd, and somehow he’s the lucky one 😢 how freaking awful.

[@emilyme23455]

Trevor McDonald is one of the best journalists around .... captivating but compassionate

[@shawnnewell4541]

The torture she put the kids and the parents through is unbelievable.

[@kamdafinesser]

She is really innocent

[@justice-jb5ld]

And the children she killed.

[@kamdafinesser]

@@justice-jb5ld let’s link

[@mariastewart1743]

Thank God for this detective!

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Where is Trevor MacDonald now ?? I hope he's still alive... Is there any doc's on Trevor??? He's by far one of the best investigative journalists ever. God Bless this man. Gr8 work Trev, and thank you for posting this. 🙏

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

Looked it up. Still alive, born in 1939.

[@barneyronnie]

@@JulieCaptivatedinFl He's a true, gangsta newsman!!

[@jamesboamah5472]

@@barneyronnie He's impeccably exceptional in his reporting.

[@barneyronnie]

@@jamesboamah5472 Yes. Indeed, he is, Sir Trevor; one of the best ever.

[@Flamsterette]

Ah, Trevor McDonald! Always a good day when I see him on!

[@justhereforthevideos2798]

Trevor mcdonald❤️❤️❤️ an international treasure

[@realtyteav6986]

I see Trevor McDonald, I click.

[@shanarrdallas2857]

I was brought to tears when kayley began to cry. So heart breaking.

[@witchone5551]

Me too. Seeing her cry almost made me cry. 😢

[@SakuraHailey]

me too.

[@samanthagomez7074]

Me 2

[@bumblebee5059]

Same 😢

[@MissLilyputt]

They need to move her back to the prison. I don’t understand why they didn’t take her back to the prison after a short time.

[@sleepers123]

The only plus here, is that in hospital she wil be much easier to get to. If she had done this to my child I would certainly be in prison and she would certainly be dead. How does she deserve treatment anyway? Can't she get an hour of therapy in prison? That she has to pay for herself? This is too easy and it pisses me off to no end. Normal, hardworking people don't get help like she does. Even the parents of the kids she killed have to pay for their own therapy. How dumb are these therapists???

[@Roses_777]

MY WHOLE POINT!!! There's people OBVIOUSLY protecting Beverly. Officers who've witnessed her not confessing suddenly go back and interrogate her and she finally confesses and they DIDN'T RECORD HER? Lol wow! It's on text that she admitted to the crimes and families were NOT informed? Just WOW💥! And the statement, "well... too lil too late" after they know. I mean she has 13 LIFE SENTENCES right? Why is she still not back inside after all these revelations???? SHE IS BEING PROTECTED by authorities. Meaning if it wanst for Trevor MaCDonald they wouldn't have known...

[@CJ9007]

Few can do it like Trevor McDonald!

[@SakuraHailey]

This is just so scary for any parent ....the hospital is the place you would think your child is safe..I am just so happy she was caught.

[@sandrasalas9813]

Poor little girl. God bless and hope she can forget what's happened. PTSD is the worst to deal. You relive what happened over and over.

[@jillijane9793]

Poor little girl? I think she was 28 at the time this was filmed

[@G9499-b3e]

That is something she's never forget I felt that😔

[@rocky2500]

I can't imagine remembering anything as a baby. 28 years is a long time to suffer remembering that

[@mallorycannon3011]

I've had a child who was in NICU for almost a month at birth. Believe me, there was one nurse who was absolutely horrendous to me and my husband at the time. And another who was so caring and kind. I'll never forget her kind and caring soul. She was one of the most genuine people I've had the pleasure to meet. I cannot wrap my head around a human who would want to hurt innocent babies like this. So incredibly sad and heartbreaking for the victims and their families. God bless them all.🙏💜

[@yettiluch1]

Because most people are dogshit. They just learn to hide it well.

[@sourgummiez]

14 victims in around 8 weeks means if she worked 5 days a week she tried to kill approximately every other shift she worked, for 2 months, til she was caught. She probably wouldn’t have stopped. That’s some seriously false confidence to go after 14 and intend to keep going

[@aliwooz913]

seriously makes me sick to my stomach. I literally get sick to my stomach when my little 3yr old nephew runs around and hurts himself and you got someone purposely killing babies smh

[@snb6642]

This woman makes my blood run cold. Wow she's cold and devious man

[@dawnjohnson7876]

I don’t think I’ve seen him before but he’s excellent!!! Love this please bring more of his stories if possible

[@margaretr5701]

Trevor McDonald does an excellent documentary, interviewing prisoners on death row. It's here on KZbin

[@greyedrose]

Knowing she is eligible for parole and what a master manipulater she is, is simply terrifying!

[@jolo3118]

People really need to stop saying that someone "suffers" from Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. The only ones suffering are those they hurt or kill.

[@blakejameson1114]

It's use is almost if not fully applied to women. Our culture/society doesn't believe that women are accountable or responsible or capable of malice. Makes me wonder about the phenomenon of SIDS and it's reality.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@@blakejameson1114 It seems likely that Munchausen by Proxy is more prominent in women because in many societies women are typically pushed into certain roles, assumed to be great mothers or at least pressured to become or appear as one, as well as typically in serving positions such as being a nurse. This ACCESS to victims is something most men who are predators simply don’t have, and because of the stereotypes of women being caretakers, people simply don’t suspect or refuse to believe when a woman starts killing off kids.

[@dustsky]

@@blakejameson1114 We went down the comment section precisely to see whether anyone will bring up this point. 👍

[@giovanna722]

@@blakejameson1114 That may have been true at one point, but not for a long time now. Take a look at KZbin and there are quite a few examples of murderous women.

[@salliewashington2119]

It's a psychological disorder.

[@NiNitosix]

I always refer to nurses as angels but this one… she’s an angel alright, the angel of death!! I’ll never understand!! RIP precious babies 💔

[@JustAshley9685]

This is utterly horrendous. I can barely watch this without breaking down into a rage of tears. At around 23:00-27:00 it really hits you in the gut. 🥺

[@Katie-mw7pd]

I was holding it together until around 24:00 when Kayley said she still sees the nurse coming for her when she’s lying in bed.

[@gigiarmany4332]

Mr Crampton always so politely calling her nurse Beverly..I would only adress her a satans demon..

[@sourgummiez]

Omg Kaley has the most loving supportive sweetest parents!!!

[@Sqsq909]

Wouldn’t a doctor or another nurse notice the symptoms of hypoglycemia? No one else observed this patient? Or was the patient also tranqd? Intense investigation of the nhs needs to be ongoing

[@surinderjitsingh8954]

the psychological pain is immeasurable

[@chriswardlaw5733]

I grew up watching Trevor. Fantastic professional. Glad to see he's still keeping busy.

[@amikalewis2278]

Disgusting and very disrespectful to the victims and their families that she is given a chance to live a good life while the victims and their families continue to suffer.

[@entanglementmyaxxz1859]

Bless you Mr Trevor!!!!

[@samanthagomez7074]

Yes yes yes God Bless Him Always 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@beverlyann9929]

My gosh how can any human do this to another. Sad

[@joetabone8836]

Sue is hardles

[@miahlee211]

There is a level of integrity and grace about Sir Trevor. When he goes, I’m afraid it will go with him.

[@Canadasorryeh]

I remember this case.

[@jenniferkipp4974]

I do also, and I recall seeing photos she took of and with some victims. That is pretty sick.

[@Roses_777]

Mr Trevor MaCDonald... is so smooth with this, I learn a lot from his wisdom💜

[@coffeejack7458]

That nurse should star in a saw movie.

[@BackyardButcher]

💯👏

[@Roses_777]

😂 no actor would want to be her colleague

[@kygal]

First of all, I love this narrator. Second, it is beyond my scope of reasoning as to why anyone would willingly take the life of a child. Not to mention watching them suffer first. It takes a truly evil person.

[@elcubanito2442]

Trevor McDonald is amazing at anything he reports on. What an amazing talent this gentleman is.

[@detrajackson5992]

I am sorry, as a healthcare professional, anorexia is NOT enough to be transferred from a prison to hospital after a WEEK!!!!! The beautiful babies and children families don't get that opportunity. She is wearing regular clothes, earrings, rings, completing arts and crafts, and coming and going as she pleased. I know this is painful for all the families.

[@leeyaferguson9019]

And yet.....SHE'S allowed to keep breathing?😠

[@sheilagadde5975]

Thank you for presenting this case. Appreciate the wonderful detective work by all involved.Was this woman a Registered Professional Nurse? Did she pass Stste Boards and have credits towards working on her Masters Degree or Doctorate in Nursing?

[@casandrabullock9497]

I've seen a few documentaries on her and I believe she was just a medical assistant. Yeah. SCARY.

[@barneyronnie]

@@casandrabullock9497 She was registered; not just a m.a.

[@DrunkinaGraveyard]

She was not a Registered Nurse. She was a State Enrolled Nurse that took a reduced two year education program. This is no longer offered in the UK. It sounds a bit similar to the LPN/LVN classification. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_practical_nurse#United_Kingdom

[@DrunkinaGraveyard]

@@barneyronnie she wasn’t an RN. she was State Enrolled (more like an LPN)

[@barneyronnie]

@@DrunkinaGraveyard Thanks. I am in the States, but it DID say something about being registered. Apparently, that's different in the UK. That's why I was confused. My sister is an RN, but I'm a mathematician 😉

[@Sara-rc4mn]

You just never know. I caught a Sunday school teacher digging hee nails in my kids hands. Nobody believed me. I always raise awareness. The teacher was beautiful and young and very charming and bubbly.

[@tieiatalks]

How did Kayley know that she was attacked? She was so young. Poor girl.

[@andreabrava6899]

She does not. But she catched on to it because people talk about it and its part of her families history.

[@justice-jb5ld]

Probably her parents and people around her keep telling her the story as a child, and also the name of the woman.

[@LeauxNBehold]

I thought the same thing. I think that her family‘s retelling of the story over the years is probably what scared her because I doubt she is actually afraid of the real woman, knows what she looks like, or is even aware of what happened at the time. I think she’s currently afraid based on what she grew up hearing about it.

[@margaretgrupski4548]

A lot of children can remember back to when they were about 18-24 months of age.

[@snb6642]

Kayley made me cried.

[@jmo2104]

Whaaaaat!? They need to fix this. She needs to be in prison serving the sentence she was given. She's got somebody working behind the scenes for her.

[@Roses_777]

13 Life sentence.... now parole on 2023? Wtf? The justice system is f'd up.

[@carolrashee6346]

Poor babies.

[@cindikachnic2068]

Very interesting and as always, all things Trevor McDonald, very well done.

[@patriciasdollydreamz6569]

He’s fantastic at narrating anything ❤❤

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

Reminds me so much of Annie Wilkes from Misery

[@aliciasilva5963]

Striking resemblance to Kathy Bates in movie "Misery" where she was a nurse too 😮

[@katielainedesigns]

Love anything Trevor does! ❤❤

[@samanthagomez7074]

Me 2

[@catherineboyd1539]

What a wonderful voice!

[@canelle09]

Sir Trevor Mc Donald, so talented! A Legend !

[@marilynvallance]

Detectives have a sixth sense, they don’t develope it.

[@terde9651]

What a snug, cocky individual! My heart breaks for the survivors! She's left such fear and devastation!

[@annmariejones12110]

TM IS A TRULY CLASSY GUY

[@Roses_777]

😁 he definitely IS SMOOTH...

[@colinthewood2348]

Trevor McDonald is wonderful at his job, any job. I always enjoy his work. Regarding the Killer Nurse, I would not believe a word passing her lips. I hope she is put back into prison and stays there for as long as is allowed.

[@youuuknooow7699]

Thank you Mr McDonald ☺️

[@minkorrh]

Another amazing presentation by Trevor McDonald. Definitely bingeworthy videos. How someone could do this to helpless children is beyond my comprehension. Munchausen by proxy? WTF?

[@TheSeanquinn]

I stop what I’m doing for sir Trevor

[@ginanichols1170]

I love this Gentleman

[@virginiafry9854]

Trevor Macdonald is an awesome presenter!

[@lizabethgussman331]

The is, or was, a killer nurse here in Texas too.

[@Michelle-gw4db]

I love Trevor, He makes some very Interesting videos. I eatch him everyday.

[@alco9999]

what a bunch of crap put her in prison

[@franny5295]

I can kind of understand these killer nurses killing old people at the end of life. Kind of. I mean, very much kind of. I don't understand why they would target little kids with their whole rest of their lives ahead of them. There's something really, very, sickeningly sinister about that.

[@alison4316]

I hate watching docs on Beverly Allitt, as it's heartbreaking and sickening. But I do love Trevor McDonald.

[@eddiewilson8119]

And these kinds of people should never work in the medical department!

[@Theresebonath6077]

How does anyone become so evil

[@jeannineterese1037]

Harming a child is the most heinous crime anyone can commit.

[@lmoree00]

Harming any innocent being for kicks is cruel af.

[@jeannineterese1037]

@@lmoree00 duh

[@bz3548]

This nurse manage to manipulate the courts and she succeeded! What’s wrong with their system! Can they see she’s performing an act! She should be in jail; general population. There is no justice for the babies at all.

[@samanthagomez7074]

Wow RIP 4 Beautiful Angel 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Sad Story For Real 🙏🏻🌹 Poor Innocent Babies 🌹🙏🏻😟😟😟😟 Sick Woman For Real From Edinburg Texas

[@kkaamils]

Being civilised comes at, rather at times, fumingly frustrating cost. Her "No Reply" would have been very quickly turned into full, coherent and wafting cooperation had she been in countries outside the western world.

[@jenniesalse7406]

devil doesn't like children

[@joaquimrodriguez8961]

That woman doesn't like children.

[@jeromepoole3067]

Satan himself will not hurt children. She is a different type of evil.

[@MrsDuck356]

@@jeromepoole3067 are you satan?

[@trevorowens6198]

this is heartbreaking 💔

[@GalCharlotteOG]

Today, Lucy Letby’s trial started…

[@marie3539]

Love you Trevor. Thank you

[@Blingchachink]

Really a good house type at narrating

[@franceswomble8083]

It is truly scary to say at the hospital.

[@wendyerskine6951]

I'm sorry, but to the retired policeman's final comment, nice man that he is it's not a profession, it's a subprofession and l have kept from my own doctoral research the newspaper cuttings 30 years ago when they said ' we are not here to mop your brow or wipe your backsides. Your families need to come in and do that'. Why do you think we have thousands of carers now? It's because social workers and the NHS dumped the unwanted onto others. As a carer whilst doing my PhD we fought hard to get a man with Down's syndrome and dementia into Nine Wells in Dundee onto a ward. I went in in the afternoon to sit at his bed. I was there all night and at lunchtime l asked one of the nurses if l could get 15 mins to go to the toilet and buy a sandwich and tea. The answer given to me? " Well you better hurry up. You're not leaving us with that' The poor soul didn't cause any noise or trouble, so there's your caring profession. This is a tiny example of the same attitude everywhere and every time l found.

[@CodeGrayHere]

I wonder how Kayley can remember being nearly killed at 18 months?

[@nadiafedorova3438]

Extremely creepy. Worse than any ghost hunting documentary or any nightmares.

[@cruisepaige]

Trever you just get handsomer and more debonair was the years pass.

[@DakotahMe]

Just a FYI YOU CANT SHOCK ASYSTOLE!!! The point of shocking a heart is to STOP the heart in hopes it start again in a normal rhythm. The ONLay time you shock is for VTACH and SVT which are extremely FAST heart beats!

[@crystalhogan3834]

How can anyone hurt innocent children 😮😢

[@Michelle-gw4db]

This nurse says she didn't do it. Are you kidding me 😭 she is a baby killer, I pray she never sees the light of day. What did she do this to those innocent babies 😭. I feel so heartbreakin for the family's that lost their baby because she killed them.

[@satghazanfar8870]

she was so cruel never listen or c before

[@ippmoeproject8502]

Her voice, my God she sounds like she is 6 years old !!!!

[@angelataylor4540]

My opinion on nurses is they all get into nursing for the right reasons, but after they've been working for a while they become desensitized to the suffering of patients and think that they're just causing a fuss over nothing, I mean if the Dr has prescribed medication for them and they're taking the medication and are complaining of not feeling better at all, the nurse will make a note of it with the thought of updating the Dr and maybe a different medication might be better for the patient. I don't believe that nurses are awear that some people are immune to morphine it doesn't stop pain for those patients but they're getting more morphine. Dangerous for the patients and doesn't work.

[@Reese493]

Unfortunately, from my experience, it's all about the money. Even people without empathy or love for the job do it so. It's scary the things they do man

[@dejuannaAlexander]

True

[@dropas4136]

I think Ian Brady is waiting down there for you Beverly!...time is coming one beatiful day.......

[@Nick-fy1zp]

of course she played the hospital card. it was an easy game back then even up to 2-3,yes back it was doable how day think Dake cregan done it

[@cynthiaconnors183]

If it was munchausen, she would've been seen saving the children's lives. That did not happen

[@Kjazz-jazz]

WHY did she do this ? Anyone curious ? Save on health care costs ? Vengence ?

[@dearnapst]

She did it because she enjoined inflicting pain and the attention she got of it.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I thought you established that she thought she could save them. End of story. End of her.