Authors: Lauren Dusek, Katelin Leibin, and Jennifer Sycz 

In this episode, we explore two similar killers taking advantage of their status and occupation to commit medical malpractice. The first is that of Dr. Harold Shipman and the second is Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Dr. Harold Shipman took advantage of over 200 patients and led them to their death unknowingly. To Shipman, he believed he was saving these patients from suffering, but to the horror of the patients’ families, he was a murderer. On the other hand, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was helping with physician-assisted suicide, claiming the lives of approximately 100 patients. Despite Shipman and Kevorkian's different methods of committing these heinous crimes, both were medical professionals, and both were killers. 

Sources: 

(Dr. Harold Shipman) 

https://proxy.library.kent.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.cbmh20.23&site=eds-live&scope=siteLinks to an external site. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116792/Links to an external site. 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-ShipmanLinks to an external site. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC318504/Links to an external site. 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/harold-shipman-victims-list-who-14579587Links to an external site. 

(Dr. Jack Kevorkian) 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-KevorkianLinks to an external site.  

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/12/08/study-kevorkian-patients-weren-t-dying/Links to an external site. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12577944Links to an external site. 

Music: Sound Cloud: Eerie Music by Dungeon Master Sound Effe (Copyright free)Links to an external site.