Martha Avery

In the summer of 1974, a shadow fell over Petersburg General Hospital in Virginia as an alarming number of patients began to die unexpectedly. Among them was Martha Avery, an 84-year-old woman whose death on June 25, 1974, would become part of a chilling criminal investigation. The series of deaths, particularly in the coronary care unit, raised suspicions among hospital administrators who could find no medical explanation for the sudden spike in patient mortality.

Investigators soon focu ...