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Apartment so we requested a search warrant. then we made a beeline for where mike lived. landlord let us in. we were absolutely astonished. this guy had a chemistry lab in his kitchen. >> they found poisons, all different kind of poisons. >> he had strict nine, poison for rats, ants, taking pictures, do you see any ant infestation? no. we searched his whole apartment. knob ants. >> and they found recipe cards how to make cyanide bombs rice botulism. >> like somebody would have a box of recipes, ...

>> mike wanted to volunteer to work the ambulance to follow the guy around. we were like, no way. we are not sure what hes capable of so we went to the administrator and started telling him about it. thats when the police were called. detective meyer came in and started taking our reports. >> they started laying out all these facts and all these things. my head was swimming before the day was over because im thinking what on earth am i getting into here. >> i couldnt figure out why he would do w...

He set mine down and it was open. i looked at him and said what did you did pee in my soda? he said, no. he said his stomach was upset so he drank a little to settle it. i poured it into and ice with glass, drank probably 3 maybe 4 big drinks of it. pretty soon i was getting sick to my stomach. so i ran into the restroom and i started vomiting and i really thought i was going to die. a lady friend of mine came in to check on me and i looked up and i told her i think something is not right. go ou...

All of it? i drank half of it and in bed three days. >> we documented everything we had. we sent it over to the states attorneys office and we went from there to the arrest situation. >> the paramedics and the police set up a trap to get dr. michael swango to show up at a location where he could be arrested without incident. they got the help of the county coroner wayne johnson to help bring him in. >> mike was dying to become a deputy coroner. he wanted to be in the coroners office and how they...

Favored him. he was the only child of of the 3 sent to a private school. >> he was very bright. valedictorian high school class. >> he was considered pretty much the star of the family. he really was quite and excellent musician. when he first went to college it was in music gifted with a clarinet, he had a music scholarship. >> mike was just a normal guy. he was pretty straight laced but he was easley agitated. people would just kid him all the time. and of course, rooming with him, i would hea...

Police in columbus, ohio, were investigating the suspicious deaths that had occurred at the ohio state university hospital where dr. michael swango had been an intern. entertainment, dr. michael swango was on trial for poisoning his paramedic colleagues in quincy, illinois. >> from the very beginning, it was controversial. because mike swango had a lot of friends that he went to school with who were convinced that he was being railroaded. >> we had a lot of people thinking we were setting mike u...

Drank it and ten minutes later he was vomiting. she looks at me and says, i think mike is behind this. every time hes around people are getting sick. hes the only one not getting sick. dont take anything from mike. >> no way. it was hard to accept. if you knew mike you would never have guessed him to do something like? >> michael swango seemed to get long with his coworkers fine. he had and odd sense of humor. it would turn the stomach of most people. >> he had this intense fascination with deat...

The members morning, my phone rang at home and it was mike. he started questioning me, how did you feel? what did you feel like? what did it make you do? how do you feel now? he wanted to know the symptoms and everything. and im thinking, this isnt right. >> the paramedic said we think we got something really suspicious going on. we got to get to the bottom of this. they got together themselves and started discussing and skpairg notes. >> i was telling the secretary who was the aunt of one of th...

As a physician for a hundred dollars and hour? i remember i asked him he said i got burned out, had to take a leave of absence. technically hes sound. im working with him. im watching in detail how quickly he can assess the injury and manage the trauma. >> he was a hard worker and very proficient. he loved to work and he loved to deal with medical crises. >> we were friends. we all got along. he fit in. just a down to earth kind of guy like the rest of us. i was getting off shift that morning. m...

Soda and started the third quarter, oh my god i feel like im going to get sick. mike come up and said what do you feel like, nausea, vomiting. he snickers, laughs a little bit. very, very odd. two new ihop lunch and dinner menu items for twice the goodness, twice the flavor,