Peter Rogan's Role

Did Roger Ehmen Wear a Wire?

The Steam Bath Incident

Mysterious Note Passing

Employees' Fears

Joint Commission

Hospital Board

More Note Passing

Peter Rogan Fired

58-Count Indictment

Roger Ehmen Pleads Guilty

Did Peter Pay Off Roger?

Fraudulent Money

Edgewater Hospital Closes

Edgewater Hospital management feared someone might be cooperating with the FBI and wearing a wire. That led to staff meetings conducted in unusual places. And then the investigation came to a screeching halt leaving everyone asking: "Now what?".

Read the 58-count indictment on the episode page of our website: IftheWallsCouldTalkPodcast.com

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This episode was written and produced by: Todd Ganz

**Meet Stephani and Todd at the Elmhurst Library, Mon., 2/16/26 at 7pm for "Sick & Corrupt: The True Crimes at Edgewater Hospital". In-person or online. Get more details and register here.

 

Edgewater Hospital management feared someone might be cooperating with the FBI and wearing a wire. That led to staff meetings conducted in unusual places. And then the investigation came to a screeching halt leaving everyone asking: "Now what?".
Read the 58-count indictment on the episode page of our website: <a href="https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com/episodes/something-we-had-to-do/">IftheWallsCouldTalkPodcast.com</a>
Hear bonus content, additional stories, interviews and behind-the-scenes content by supporting us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast">Patreon</a>.
Additional photos are on our <a href="https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com/">website</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ifthewalls">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ifthewalls">Facebook Group</a>.
Music in this episode comes from the YouTube Audio Library. Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ </a>Artist: <a href="http://audionautix.com/">http://audionautix.com/</a>
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This episode was written and produced by: Todd Ganz
**Meet Stephani and Todd at the Elmhurst Library, Mon., 2/16/26 at 7pm for "Sick &amp; Corrupt: The True Crimes at Edgewater Hospital". In-person or online. <a href="https://elmhurstpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/15140893">Get more details and register here</a>.
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A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the '90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital.

A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the '90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital.

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If the Walls Could Talk

A struggling hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients simply to pad its bottom line. The fraud scheme at Chicago's Edgewater Hospital during the 1990s and 2000s claimed the lives of multiple patients. Hear former hospital employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Edgewater Hospital and how the villainous owner got away with it.

A struggling hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients simply to pad its bottom line. The fraud scheme at Chicago's Edgewater Hospital during the 1990s and 2000s claimed the lives of multiple patients. Hear former hospital employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Edgewater Hospital and how the villainous owner got away with it.

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