When Quakers Hill Nursing Home hired a new member of staff without conducting proper background checks, they had no idea of the carnage that would follow, as their night shift nurse Roger Dean became one of the worst mass murderers in Australian history. Murder is always distressing, but when the victims are some of society’s most vulnerable members, it becomes even more poignant.
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Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash
Voice Acting by Hollie Cassar https://www.instagram.com/holliecassar_/
Sources:
A Killer’s Confession, Channel 10, May 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44VFZAPMmxA
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