The Horrific Story of Dr Death who Maimed more than Thirty Patients
Christopher Duntsch deliberately botched surgeries to cause untold pain
Christopher Duntsch was an American neurosurgeon who brutally maimed and killed many of his patients. Although not a killer in the true sense of the word, he is most definitely a sociopath who gained pleasure from inflicting the worse types of pain to his patients. Duntsch has now found himself the lead character in the drama series Dr Death. As with most things, the truth is much worse than fiction.
Born in 1971 in Montana, Duntsch was born into a middle-class family. His father was a physical therapist and Christian missionary, his mother was a school teacher. Duntsch completed his undergraduate in 1995 and moved on to complete his Doctorate of Medicine and Philosophy in 2010. He specialised in neurosurgery. Although there was a suspicion of cocaine use in his fourth year of residency, nothing was proven. During this time, he started a long-term relationship with Wendy Renee Young and had two sons.
It wasn’t long, though, before Duntsch started to show his actual colour within the medical profession. He gained the nickname Dr Death or Dr O and was accused of maiming 33 out of 38 patients in less than two years. Despite the evidence against him, the authorities chose to ignore this and he worked at many hospitals before being caught.