The Angel of Death! :: The Nightmare Nurse :: The Case of Beverly Allit

Beverley Allitt, or the "Angel of Death" as she would later become known, exhibited some worrying tendencies early on while growing up as one of four children, including wearing bandages and casts over wounds that she would use to draw attention to herself, without actually allowing the injuries to be examined. Becoming overweight as an adolescent, she became increasingly attention-seeking, often showing aggression toward others. She spent considerable time in hospitals seeking medical attention for a string of physical ailments,
Allitt's behavior in adolescence appeared to be typical of Munchausen's syndrome and, when this behavior failed to elicit the desired reactions in others, she began to harm others in order to satisfy her desire to be noticed. eleanor neale