Necrophilia in the ER-Igor (March 2026 Update)

Quick Overview

The ER nurse, Igor, shared multiple extreme experiences from his career in downtown Los Angeles, detailing a case of suspected necrophilia involving a missing person's body, a patient being stabbed after discharge, the overwhelming effect of PCP and crystal meth intoxication on patients, and the consistent chaos that occurs during a full moon.

Key Points: Igor recounted a suspected necrophilia case where police investigated a man found with a deceased woman exhibiting rigor mortis, but the police released him, and he subsequently told the ER staff, "night still young fellas," before leaving in his RV. The nurse described a patient he discharged returning shortly after being stabbed twice in the throat by someone who refused to surrender a knife at the metal detector, noting the patient became much nicer when pleading for his life. Igor stated that crystal meth and PCP are the drugs most likely to induce exceptionally crazy behavior, recounting an incident where six staff members struggled to restrain a PCP-high patient, resulting in the nurse subluxating his thumb. The nurse observed that during a full moon, the emergency department experiences chaos, including a homicidal patient who was found to have a machete hidden under him on the gurney after being sedated. Igor detailed receiving a patient who had been lying in the gutter for possibly 3-4 days in the rain, performing CPR for five hours until the body reached core temperature, after which the patient briefly revived before dying two hours later. He contrasted his downtown LA work (Skid Row, MacArthur Park) with his new work on the West Side (Santa Monica), noting the West Side hospital is better funded, more organized, and patients are proactive, seeing stage one disease versus stage three downtown. When dealing with difficult resuscitation scenarios without family present, the staff often jokes about mundane topics like lunch orders as a coping mechanism to remain emotionally detached and professional.