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Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 284 victims over a period of roughly 30 years.
Oct 3, 2023 · British serial killer Harold Shipman, who worked in England as a medical doctor, killed over 200 of his patients before his arrest in 1998.
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Jan 14, 2004 · Harold Shipman, the suburban doctor who won his patients' trust before killing at least 215 of them, committed suicide in his prison cell on Tuesday morning. Prison officials found Dr. Shipman,...
Jan 13, 2004 · The death of Harold Shipman, found hanged in his cell at Wakefield high security jail in West Yorkshire, brings to an end one of the blackest chapters of British criminal history. When the...
Oct 20, 2020 · Mr Harold Shipman, the world’s most prolific serial killer, is the subject of the new three-part documentary on BBC2, the “Shipman Files.” Now Mr Shipman is clearly an extreme outlier, and the very opposite of the heroic medic narrative of the moment.
Doctor Harold Shipman was a British general practitioner and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history. Known as “Dr. Death”, he was convicted of murdering 15 of his own patients but it is suspected that he is responsible for over 200 other deaths.
Sep 22, 2015 · The legacy of Dr Harold Shipman. This single person has changed general practice in Britain in a profound way. There was a time when we had an enviably good general practitioner (GP) service, with individual personal care for each person in our countries.