Dr Harold Shipman remains the only Doctor in British history found guilty of murdering his patients. His victims were elderly, female and numerous – he was eventually convicted of killing fifteen by poisoning with morphine, though the actual number runs into the hundreds. 

A serial killer who became addicted to killing and had been murdering his victims from the very start of his career, sometimes in his clinic, sometimes on the wards he stalked, at one point killing three patients in the space of forty-five minutes. Not content with just killing those who were meant to be under his care, he also appeared to enjoy killing the bereaved, murdering the surviving partner within weeks of the death of their husband or wife. A latter-day ghoul.

Presenters: Dr Harry Brunjes & Dr Andrew Johns

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Sound Design: John Scott

Executive Producer: Jamie East 

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