HORROR: Meet The Nurse Who Murdered 38 Patients For 'Pleasure' [Photos]

41-year-old Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali, took photos of herself alongside dead patients she had murdered for 'pleasure'.

Daniela Poggiali murdered 38 patients for pleasure

According to her, she took it as a challenge upon herself to murder patients whose relatives she thought were 'pushy relatives' including patients she found annoying.

Poggiali was arrested after the unexpected death of one 78-year-old patient Rosa Calderoni, who was admitted with a routine illness and was beginning to recover.

As the police widened their investigation, they discovered 38 deaths of which 10 were described as 'very suspicious.'

The investigation had it that Mrs Calderoni died the same morning Ms Poggiali resumed her day shift after she was switched from night by doctors who became worried due to the alarming rates of sudden deaths on her watch.

The magistrate who headed the inquiry, Alessandro Mancini, told The Times:

"I believe she saw this change in shifts as a challenge and wanted to show she could kill by day as well," said Mr Mancini. 

"She put pressure on one nurse to take photos of her standing over a patient who had just died. She appears euphoric in the photo, next to someone she may have just killed,' he added.

Posting the photo online, Poggiali captioned it: "Mm... Life and Death."

Mr Mancini continued..

"We believe she is sound of mind, but simply took satisfaction, and real pleasure in killing."

"The photos reveal an unbearable cruelty that I have not seen in 30 years on the job."