Doctor Death: Britain's Worst Serial Killer (True Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

Britain’s biggest serial killer was a doctor, Dr Harold Shipman. Unsuspected for many years, Dr. Shipman selected his victims from his patient list. There were clues, but who in the community would believe that a doctor would kill his patients? Suspected of killing over 350 people during his career, it was clumsy attempts at forging the will of one of his victims in his own favour that alerted the police and led to his arrest. Found guilty at his trial and jailed for life, Dr Shipman committed suicide never accepting his guilt.
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[@MrSwanny66]

Shipman actually sent a confession note to police years before he was arrested but nobody could make out his writing

[@DemBigOlEyes]

...Is that a joke on doctor's handwriting?

[@MrSwanny66]

@@DemBigOlEyes It sure is

[@mullerdewet8931]

Damn good joke!

[@stanny.p5057]

That is a class joke

[@OrphansCorpse]

@@DemBigOlEyes You're sharp...

[@shan7180]

The fact he recorded deaths before the person died is chilling, cold and calculating. Unimaginable!

[@alexpennymeme1905]

Reminds me of Elliot Carver from "Tomorrow Never Dies"; he created crimes and murders to be the first to report on it

[@alonemusk2312]

@@alexpennymeme1905 also Nightcrawler (2014)

[@patriceaqa288]

@@alonemusk2312 what's so bizarre about shipman is that he never offered ANY explanation for his crimes. I have a close friend whom worked at Wakefield prison and told me he refused to shave and just stared blankly at staff, when remanded and not formally charged he was friendly and arrogant and socialized regularly, he liked winning prison trivia contests. Once it all came out he said nothing to anyone. Shipman will forever be infamous because no one will ever know what on earth his motives were

[@lw3646]

@@patriceaqa288 I think if you asked why, the answer would probably be, why not? Just seemed he did it out of boredom or habbit or something. It was easy to get away with and maybe gave him a little kick or something. Who knows.

[@sarahhawke5729]

@@patriceaqa288 the evidence clearly speaks for himself Shipman wanted to turn rich of the people, he got rid off without an explanation he would sit there with some truth serum and probably only nod his intelligence and arrogance got him that far that he believed he could get away with murder and that's reason enough from his point of view a confession would lead to nothing, not a good deal or anything for a lesser prison sentence he is what he is a vile human being

[@daniellong4607]

Man, you're talking about your dad's death. I wouldn't hold it against you if you said a curse word or two.

[@martingamby9650]

Init. Even worse, your dads murder though.

[@freyax2506]

My great great auntie was his first female victim

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

Using curse words make you ugly

[@terrorhuhn9192]

@@freyax2506 gz

[@sensationlive3528]

@@martingamby9650 finally someone that spells init correctly

[@Samara.Weaving]

One does wonder how many "Doctors" like him are out there today ???

[@blittz10]

Muwahahahaha.

[@sandernielsen8018]

Maybe that's how Dr Claw started his criminal career.

[@TheJoseph5117]

Who knows ? There would have been at least 30/40 within a a 10 mile radius! What if he was a scapegoat because of his past? I am not saying he was. But what if?

[@TheJoseph5117]

It wouldn't be the first group of weirdos who are in it all together.

[@amandarios448]

My Dr told me she doesn't want to kill me. She said she couldn't be there cause I'm so young... So I'm stalling... Ok I'm not serious, but my Dr. handles elderly (very) terminal patients & here we have a country wide legal euthanasia so she does that a couple times per year, legally. Ofc. This is a good thing, because patients can then have a clearer stance of when they plan to go or not, naturally or not & have a "end of life” group that attends to them straightening out their will, funeral arrangements & such. Sometimes people might turn a blind eye if it's not legal, some patients might beg to die, cease eating, drinking & get hmm easy access to something. People should have the right to die so it all clear that if they are the ones requesting it given they're capable of that decision, it's on no uncertain terms & no foul play suspected (Again in my country this is not willy nilly, there is normally a team, with mental assessment, legal counsel, family counseling & the setting of how the person will be getting their final rest & family normally attends, what music they want, meals etc... Its very humane, I think. & Those who want to die naturally can also choose that & get the fitting support)

[@domeatown]

My dad's GP came to his funeral when he died. She felt terrible, as if she could have prevented it. She said she tried not to think about it. I said "no one could have known this would happen." I know this because she is also my GP. People go into general practitioner careers because they sincerely care. This is still just so unimaginable, even all these years later

[@randymillhouse791]

Maybe you are next?

[@annabelladebonnay8320]

People trust GP''s too much! Annoy your GP by asking numerous questions pertaining to your '',Treatment'!!

[@danielbate13]

@@annabelladebonnay8320 you have to get past the receptionist first sometimes!

[@domeatown]

@@annabelladebonnay8320 idk if they are trusted TOO MUCH, but 100% you should annoy them with questions. Ask every question you can think of. A good doctor will welcome it, as you are an important part of the team when it comes to your own medical care (obviously lmao). But seriously, good doctors welcome scrutiny and second opinions. Greater involvement means better care

[@leighhoppins9273]

I just don’t understand how anyone can do that,

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

“Doctor Death” sounds like a comic book villain.

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

Bridgette Mildred Uh, alright? 😶

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

Bridgette Mildred I did giggle thinking about there being a comic book villain named Doctor Death, yes.

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

Bridgette Mildred How so??? I just thought that the name was kinda funny. How is that childish and pathetic to find my own personal thought funny and to express that openly? Am I not allowed to do that? How else would you have preferred me trying to express that I found the thought funny? Putting “hahahaha” seems a little much. The 😂 emoji was also a little much for the small amount of laughter I had. Therefore I put “lol” because I clicked on the video becauseee of the silly name and how villainous it sounded. I didn’t mean anything bad by it.

[@TheBeepbeep2000]

Omg 😂 brilliant

[@louiseh7453]

In the film overboard theres a comic called Dr. Death

[@warhoofdje2227]

3:02 Is he really wearing a disney tie? Was there nobody in his life that said: "Nah, maybe not the right tie for this occasion?" 😂😂

[@lovepet4565]

Warhoofdje lol same hought

[@andrewbetham5671]

I shouldn’t laugh but I can’t help it. A Disney tie!

[@dogosca5082]

Ikr

[@athensmajnoo3661]

May be he came to the church straight after attending his little one year old grandson's birthday!!!

[@gabrielsnotdead6912]

Oh god it was the "fashion"back then. If you wore something disney everyone was jealous u went to Disneyland 🙄

[@Cordy712]

How surprising that a woman had a correct intuition and a host of men shut her down and told her she was being hysterical and unreasonable.

[@sweetcaroline2060]

Why does everything become a sexist issue?

[@Cordy712]

@@sweetcaroline2060 if sexism wasn't a problem, you'd already know the answer to that question

[@beaulieuonnp593]

exactly, I noticed that

[@beaulieuonnp593]

@@sweetcaroline2060 it was

[@hellman1230]

Flabbergasting that a male taxi driver was shut down by his pompous wife who womansplained him into silence. Uno reverse HAHAHAH

[@mollyh9356]

He is the most normal looking dude I have ever seen, which makes this whole thing even scarier. These people are living among us and sometimes, we have no idea. Stay safe out there!

[@gerardjones7881]

he isn't normal looking, the beard is a clue, too neatly trimmed....too perfect.

[@charlesdowns1691]

no he looks like a slob!!!

[@alli-kat2329]

Well if these assholes looked evil, We wouldnt go near em would we!!! So its great cammo tbh

[@louwinters508]

They are "normal people". Some of the worst serial killers blend in perfectly to society.

[@MadScientist267]

Oh no better panic! 🙄

[@sisterindeen8333]

9:53 the funeral director lady is so lovely and well spoken and decent. What a lovely woman

[@MadScientist267]

And she can see around corners!

[@randymillhouse791]

The most lovely lady that will never meet alive.

[@RebeccaQueen-ti1bk]

Dog not allowed ect

[@RebeccaQueen-ti1bk]

​@@randymillhouse791suicide not allowed

[@RebeccaQueen-ti1bk]

​@@MadScientist267suicide not allowed

[@Hulkerine100]

What confused everyone the most is that Shipman's "patients" (aka victims) were all healthy and didn't needed these "home visits".

[@stfuplsok]

he's the angel of death visiting.

[@RockMySkittles]

perhaps they were told, as many may assume, that older women or people are in need of additional attention?

[@lovepet4565]

Hulkerine100 older ladies love the attention

[@racheldemain1940]

And the ones who died in the Surgery, The GP's they spoke to recoiled at this as it had never happened to them.

[@loditx7706]

Hulkerine100: Many, but not all, were probably lonely and feeling forgotten. They saw his calls as visits and looked forward to them. At that time, (and I could be wrong since I'm not British), few doctors were willing to make home visits. In the U.S. NONE are. Get to the office or go to a hospital.

[@One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All]

Killing heaps and heaps of old ladies... nobody cares enough, but don't dare to touch the inheritance!! That is utterly sad about this case

[@pebblepod30]

I don't think that's true. The difference is with the first one, nothing looks wrong - a Doctor's sick Patients dying is kinda normal. But a Patient putting a Doctor in their Will as the sole beneficiary- esp. if the Patient hasn't been singing their praises or told their closest Friends or it is out of Character: that is very suspicious, and a forgery can be investigated. Once one thing gets investigated, then the whole thing will likely unravel.

[@compulsiverambler1352]

What Platypus said. Until he got complacent towards the end, he had always been clever in how he committed murder, but inheritance fraud must have seemed low-risk by comparison and he was unbelievably sloppy about it. Choosing one of his healthiest victims, whose daughter was a solicitor who had the real will in her house, and not even bothering to make sure it looked like a real solicitor wrote it.

[@derekwilkinson7939]

The Lady’s daughter who is a solicitor became suspicious of a very amateurish forgery. And not because of a change in the inheritance. Or at least that’s how I saw it.

[@David-ud9ju]

I think you've totally misunderstood what happened here.

[@Aethelhald]

It's not that nobody cared, it's that nobody suspected anything... at least until later. Elderly patients die and doctors sign their death certificates. It's completely normal. Furthermore, he was a well respected doctor and a well respected man in his community. Nobody suspected such a thing. The reason he was suspected after he was made a beneficiary in the will was because it was because, firstly, his daughter was extremely suspicious that her mother would leave everything to a doctor and not her own children and grandchildren, and secondly because she pursued it and didn't let it drop. It really didn't have anything to do with people not caring.

[@elmienliebenberg9145]

An elderly man goes to surgery to talk to the doctor that diagnosed his SON with cancer and gets killed. Sir, I am so sorry. Your Dad loved you so so much. He is a true hero and your guardian angel. I don't think he would have stopped asking and stopped fighting. If he had been alive during Shipman's trial, he would have been in the front row seeking justice. May he rest in peace.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Shipman really didn't have that many male victims (at least that we know of).

[@alli-kat2329]

What made him think he'd tell him anything anyway...just cos you r fam, dr still cant tell you bout someone elses med file lol so i find that odd!

[@harveybarvey5080]

I don't suppose you belong to a tribe of chosen people?

[@RebeccaQueen-ti1bk]

​@@harveybarvey5080don't die as a disbeliever

[@RebeccaQueen-ti1bk]

​@@alli-kat2329suicide not allowed

[@lw3646]

Nearly all his victims were old widowed or divorced single women. They were old but in good health, leading quite a vigorous active life before suddenly dying.

[@nosiphodywili35]

All of which reminded him of his mother... I think his first victim was his mother.

[@lw3646]

​@nosiphodywili35 though killing the elderly was likely to raise less attention than asking everyone to believe say the 40-49 year olds in the town were all dying of natural causes. Could have been a combination of both.

[@MrSlugny]

What a decent human the detective is....,

[@MrSlugny]

Sorry Inspector

[@stfuplsok]

the detective is fine. inspector or detective inspector.. the same.

[@racheldemain1940]

It hit him very hard and he was due to retire soon after . It was only originally a Fraud case but very quickly escalated into something more sinister.

[@shabnamrafique7730]

Forensic Scientists should have more respect than Doctors these days.

[@ryantaylor3917]

@@racheldemain1940unfortunately he passed in 2001 from a heart attack too.

[@jonnamechange6854]

At least 215 known murders, all in one small town.

[@michaelangood]

why do prison staff led these killers hang themselves?ie.fred west. epstein. and this evil man. must be a reason!!

[@sweetcaroline2060]

AND, 8 of them living on the same street. Maybe that was to save gas. After all, gas prices were high in the 70's.

[@lukayaroslav9914]

"Anyway, that's how I lost my medical license"

[@AustinTheRandomGamer]

Nice team fortress 2 reference XD

[@neekoneekoni]

Noo!! Dirty man, Don't lie to me!!

[@MizukiUkitake]

I know his name is "Shipman", but throughout the entire documentary, all I heard was "Shitman". Fitting, though.

[@josephhall1995]

If he was still alive he would have got COVID in fricking prison!!!😂

[@laplawspring7180]

Read this less than 2 mins in and now I can’t unhear it 😅 not mad tho

[@josephhall1995]

@@laplawspring7180 definitely he is a wanker!😂

[@josephhall1995]

@@laplawspring7180 it’s true

[@lorimaloney2368]

Me too!😆 thought they must have said it wrong a couple ppl I’m sure but I’m a Canuck accents eh.

[@murdoch691]

The detective said intrusion was the hardest part of his investigation I get that 100% those poor families seeing their loved ones exhumed must have been so painful

[@notdrivingaminimetro]

My Dad used to fix Shipman's photocopier and said he was a sound bloke. I said yeah but he was probably bumping off old dears in the next room when he said he was making you a brew.

[@slayanj-artist4257]

you sure he didn't kill his mom????

[@David-ud9ju]

Was wondering the same, although she definitely had terminal cancer, so would have died anyway.

[@debbiepeter112]

What's the point when she was dying of cancer? I only actually killed relatively healthy people didnt he?

[@desdes5622]

@@debbiepeter112 In general, if someone really hated her, they might have wanted to be the one to do it. Or, maybe they considered it a "mercy kill". Idk if either of those apply, but they are justifications that someone could give to killing someone who's dying.

[@gypsy-nr9zd]

Des Des not all the time. Sometimes it’s for sadistic reasons

[@neverwhere1391]

SlayAnj -Artist good point! Regardless of her dying from Cancer his need to control, his sadistic nature would have overwhelmed him. Killing gave him power.

[@imissmybed3469]

The fact that he input 'Deceased' into his computer before his patients are dead is just...I mean, if he had been killing for as long as he had, this came as no surprise. But still disgusting how he treats a human life.

[@Bakfor]

That undertaker family seems so lovely.

[@Urallrobots731]

Trust no one ..

[@terryyakamoto3488]

"primrose .. Then a pretty 17 year old window dresser," now with the figure of a welsh dresser.

[@JonsTunes]

😂 lol

[@nicolasrose3064]

"Exhumation is a mammoth task, you have to identify the correct grave".......!? You have got to be shittin me.

[@georginaohara42]

Shipman also took jewellery belonging to his victims and gifted it to his wife who refused to give back to the families.

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Show me the jewellery. How much is it in terms of weight?

[@idkzero]

thats why people attend the Manchester Royal Infirmary, instead of some random guy

[@NarcoticDimension]

Stans tie is dope 02:56

[@chaosss]

NarcoticDimension 😂

[@mishaearle]

If the funeral home suspected him, what would be the point in going to Dr Shipman?

[@ronlee1894]

The funeral directors possibly saved a lot of lives. Common sense always prevails.

[@shevaunhodge4444]

it takes a taxi driver to voice is concerns. All the people that worked in the Gp surgery failed to say anything!! A taxi driver took the time to list all of these names, but people who have access to accurate information e.g. doctors records, failed to question anything. Just saying!!

[@jambutty2218]

This is such a tragic bizarre situation. I’m not aware of any GP that has ever behaved in such a way. Horrible man. R.I.P. for all his victims. You hope precautions have been put in place so there is never a repeat of this behaviour. The taxi driver and his victims close relatives, seemed to have noticed something wasn’t right.

[@patriciaR004]

How are you going to be suspicious of someone and go straight to him to express your concerns instead of the police? So many people fail these victims

[@MrKeefy]

He left such a bad feeling in the town His surgery lay empty for about 20 years.

[@royborrill2711]

This is more common than people realise. Doctors have too much influence and power. Nobody questions them.

[@HouseOfMitchell]

the British defo do the best documentaries out of anyone else. the crime ones are just amazing

[@PH-vv1ky]

"at medical school, he met his wife primrose, THEN a pretty young window dresser".. the SHADE 😭

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Lol, they just blurted it out, plain and simple. Aging sucks 😕

[@TheIkaraCult]

We can all imagine being in the position of the man in the yellow shirt at about 6.40. The GP unexpectedly asks us to witness a document, we're at the surgery for some other reason so aren't in the mindset of checking everything we do, and we have this inherant trust in the doctor. And then boom, the woman's life savings are gone. The banality of evil.

[@PEACEWALKER1992]

2:58 Now that's a classic tie, you gotta give him that!

[@djolivierastro]

21:58 '....he (Shipman) met his wife in his first year , then a PRETTY 17 years old windowdresser ....' really cannot imagine this lady ever has been so

[@Gos1234567]

she did not age well,or maybe he pumped her full of some drug

[@gazXspace]

She was the carnival queen at 17 - so she must have been

[@cynthiatolman326]

That first investigation was an absolute sham, even the smallest look would have shown irregularities. The Dr's feelings were more important than patient's lives. The youngest victim had probably told him she was leaving him her assets and too embarrassed to tell him she'd changed it. If she had she might still be alive.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

40:33 her husband says it's possible that she had told him she had changed her will and he murdered her to punish her.

[@cynthiatolman326]

@@MargaritaMagdalena I can see that.

[@ElGibby]

Slightly creepy fact: Todmorden is spelt similar to two German words, Tod and Mörden. Those words mean ‘death’ and ‘murder’.

[@littlemissfinster2337]

Almost. "Tod" means "death", "morden" means "to murder" or "to kill". There is no such word as "Mörden".

[@G555-i3c]

Umlaut forgiven. Nicely spotted, Meine Fraulein

[@ianclarke5404]

Amelia Dwyer, known as the angel maker was Britain's biggest serial killer with 400 victims . She was killing roughly from the 1860's to the 1890's.

[@StarAnnasDream]

Why would go through ALL those YEARS of college?!!...makes no sense

[@Vhlathanosh]

Only to end up being a serial killer? Yeah, I can't understand that either.

[@AE6507]

21:56 key word “then” ded 😂😂😂

[@AE6507]

Do you ever revisit a comment you made, forget the context and then laugh 😆

[@Kristine-h2y]

And all these years later, we have Lucy Letby, a killer of innocent babies! 😢

[@jacklambertAFC]

18:24 sack the barman that pint is horrendous

[@David-cm4ok]

I raised an eyebrow mate, that's simply not good enough.

[@davidmarchant9386]

Typical part time social club pint i'm afraid been to so many i try to stick to bottles

[@boogywoogy638]

I still cant believe he use to practise where my mum and dad grew up

[@rochellestirling2223]

Good good police work love it

[@kayleigh1991]

I know that he was a doctor and that you’d trust him but I don’t understand how you could blindly sign a document without reading it or just asking what it was.

[@Gencturk92]

i dont know why he would forge a will on the typewriter, why would a doctor do that?

[@hensonlaura]

As a witness, you have no right to read someone else's personal business. You are stating that you were there and watched the signing of a document. Weird but true.

[@jennysandberg597]

Perhaps this doctor can answer why these murderers always seem to end up in wheelchairs when they get caught?

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

I didn't see him in a wheelchair?

[@gazXspace]

Doctors are held in the highest regard - they dedicate their lives to healing people- I bet he was arrogant enough to think it was a perfect crime

[@chezza2116]

Im not over the fact he said someone at 81 was a heroin addict.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lotharsoran3604]

This is why you should go with your relatives to doctor's appointments. And not just straight off believe that the plan they are putting forwards for you is the right one for you. At any age. You don't have to be aggressive about it, just say that you'd like to take some time to consider your treatment options. You have a right as a patient to do that. Quite a few times with my doctor, who is excellent, we have gone through my condition a bit more, then decided to go another route, or with another medication. I prefer to stay off painkillers or being put on yet another set of medications, instead to try other options first. As I have to take a lot already, it is much better for my liver and kidneys if we can sort out another way. Now, I firmly believe in medicine, I'm not a holistic therapy nut. I got the COVID vaccine as soon as it was available. I will absolutely accept if I need antibiotics, etc. But, it's my body the medications are being put into, and doctors are only people. No one is infallible. I've had doctors who have gotten annoyed with me questioning them, even the smallest questions. It was something along the lines of "I am on this antidepressant. Will it react in a negative way with this new medication?" He tried to tell me "I know best, don't question me." My answer? "Listen, mate, I respect that you have had training. And I have been completely polite to you. I've got a right to ask questions. You have known me for 15 minutes. If you are offended by a lady asking what the side effects may be with the medications I'm already on, then you need to check your ego. I won't have it. You're here to help me. How long have you read my file? Ten minutes of skimming before you've seen me, right? Right. I've got friends who are doctors. I know how it works. If you aren't willing to take 5 minutes to help me feel comfortable that we are making the right choices, then you shouldn't be practicing. I want a second opinion." That shut him up. As I've said, most doctors are actually happy that I ask questions. Because, they say, it shows that I want to understand and make sure the treatment plan is followed to the letter. I absolutely do, as well, I highly respect medical practitioners. If there is an expert telling me that this is the best way, and I understand why, then I'm fine. I just don't want to be the type that is seen for 5 minutes and then is sent out of the door with some new pills and told to come back in a month. I've been encouraged to keep asking questions, learning, and making sure that my healthcare decisions are right for me. Doctors do make mistakes... they are overworked, and even the most concerned and attentive physicians have very little time per case. Taking some time to go through everything will help to make sure there are no bad reactions from meds you are already on. This is actually beneficial to the doctor because sometimes, I have picked up on mistakes that might otherwise have gotten them in trouble. According to my own doctor, that's the best route. As I've said, 90% of the time, our amazing NHS service is staffed with great people who are truly dedicated to giving the best possible care. There's always that one or two though who consider their opinion unimpeachable, and those I tend to challenge. I encourage others to do the same, but be polite. Don't yell, or swear, or talk over your doctor or nurse. Don't be disrespectful, or think you know better because you've been on Web MD or Facebook, or something ridiculous like that. Getting our free medical treatment is a wonderful and blessed gift, and it should be appreciated.

[@raiyyanproductionsHD]

Problem is we have no choice but to remain polite and calm etc. This is because if we were to start pointing fingers at the profession which some are clearly incompetent. It starts to form underlying agendas and believe me the doctor will have something against you whether that be lowkey etc. I guess that's the flaw of being a human being they'll unconsciously start doing stuff and not giving u the correct treatment. Best advice is just remaining completely healthy and avoiding these places to a minimum, scary times. Same could be said for all professions plumbers, builders, teachers the whole list. I wouldn't be surprised if my doctor was to write on my nhs record without me knowing of being a violent patient etc. In this matrix of a world we really are forced to put a fake image in when dealing with unknown people even potentially begging them. Its crazyyy maybe I'm overthinking it but the real world is crazy. I'm just a college student who transitioned to uni, but took a gap year out and saw the real world that brought shivers to me. Imagine trapped into a 9-5 working in me local tesco truly scary. Only those who open there eyes see the true true reality, but it's easier to ignore hence no one cares.

[@wenif.constantino3161]

The hardest thing to find in the world are what we call the good and caring doctor. Unfortunate are those people who consulted Dr. KILLER without knowing real identity of the said doctor then everything's too late. So very sad.😔 Dr. KILLER is definitely mentally disturbed.🤔

[@skipernipper7773]

Plot twist, patients actually begged him to end their suffering

[@harshvardhansinghchauhan8421]

Love the Sr. Detective's Tie @ 3:01 lol

[@Jaggybabs]

I live near Todmorden where he started and there's something about that town where weird stuff happens. I went once and there was a pile of snow in the middle of a path on a blazing hot day in the middle of summer.

[@dara2732]

Very interesting documentary, thanks :)

[@r13hd22]

Amelia Elizabeth Dyer killed MORE than this guy, possibly DOUBLED his numbers. She killed between 200-400 BABIES... So, unless they mean "Tallest", he is NOT the biggest British serial killer.

[@jadepixie2719]

True. I told other people on the comments section that.

[@murdershe......7378]

Thank you for posting this as I had never heard of her before and looked it up on Wikipedia and wow she was truly evil.

[@narrakasa81194]

I think they mean in ‘modern history’

[@CalamityHillMusic]

It said he is one of the worlds most prolific.

[@evolutionaryadvantage]

Richard Depaola jr I think he is the worlds prolific serial killer with known/proven victims rather than just an estimate or probable victim count. There is a difference :-)

[@fisherbird1739]

the narrator calls him Fred Shipman near the beginning; it's Harold

[@konijaya]

He may have administered morphine in small doses initially to have his patients hooked. Once they were addicted, he could pull a lot of strings with them. And even administer a lethal dose if they started getting out of line.

[@nzungu833]

I lived in a few countries and I have to say it the British police is simply amateur. Most of the time they give information to the tourists and accuse you of being racist if you indicate a racial description to the potential suspect. Once I went to the police station to report that I saw a gypsy people with a very blonde boy .... I was accused of being racist at one of the police station and the second told me there are only 2-3 kids kidnapped every year in the UK whereas the real number is around 300-400. They are extremely unprofessional and there is no analytical or abstract thinking at all. Therefore the doctor killed over 200 people in a small town because the police is extremely unprofessional, naive and intellectually unprepared to the job.

[@bassinblue]

r.i.p to all the people who were murdered and also to Detective Egerton, who died not too long after this documentary.

[@mariemccann5895]

Who was his doctor?

[@melonheadr9821]

I'm a taxi driver and you get to now your customers.The amount of old people who die after having the flue jab is unbelievable

[@discharge29]

the vicar at the beginning was the most evil sounding thing on here

[@rogerramjet6615]

Nowhere near Britain's worst serial killer. Take Tony Blair for example. In recent times there are thousands of doctors responsible for hundreds of victims each.

[@wilsonm.d6923]

No doctor should be allowed to practice alone & unsupervised. Partnerships and regular auditing and oversight from a 3rd party should always be in place.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

Why?

[@lw3646]

The detective died in 2001 of a heart attack, aged only 58.

[@stuman455]

16:44 you see the face in the tree. look at reflection on window.

[@MrTomb789]

Thought I was the first to notice, it seems not, the face also looks like Shipman....

[@_--_--_]

Congratulations, you mastered the test in random pattern recognition for 3 year olds, you want a cookie now?

[@yoeleumpmp2852]

This is sick. And this isn't the only case out there. There are doctors who are incompetent and all they get is what, a slap on the wrist still operating and the families are left broken of how their family member was taken away just like that without any punishment for the doctors or medical practitioners.

[@dannybeun948]

Great documentaire like always 👌

[@solidsnakesasscheeks.]

Wearing a Disney tie to light candles for the victims is a power move

[@gregk.6723]

The taxi driver was the best detective of them all.

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

I haven't watched the video yet , but I agree

[@141sharon270]

Shame he didn't come forward sooner, but then would he be taken seriously, it was a different world back then.

[@cshields99]

Really threw his wife under the bus, she must've been pissed when she watched this

[@scottinbristol]

He was a detective

[@shabnamrafique7730]

Irony is that the Taxi driver profession isn't looked upon very well in society.

[@lailahepburnandmischka]

i actually see nothing wrong with him going for a run in the rain til 2am after his mum dying ....time to think about things, i really dont see how thats odd.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Laila Hepburn no me either. Seems quite natural to me, especially for a teenage boy, especially if the house was filled with grieving relatives

[@CalamityHillMusic]

It depends on what he was wearing. If he put on his jogging outfit and and a pair of Nike Cortez then i can see how people might raise a eyebrow.

[@evolutionaryadvantage]

Calamity James lol!

[@damienholland8103]

Because most people in any given society have a set of ideas that they consider 'normal' and anyone that moves outside those boundaries is weird. Stupid but that's how it is no matter where you live. If you don't like the laws or social rules you can still quietly break them, anyway.

[@compulsiverambler1352]

It was the casual way he talked about it so soon afterwards that was odd, not the going for a run. In retrospect though it does make you wonder if that run was when the idea came to him of how easy it would be to get away with both killing people for the thrill of it, and taking as much morphine as he wanted, if he became a doctor like the ones caring for his mother.

[@heavenlymilano]

"56 hand picked detectives" 31:06 Don't waste public money. The taxi driver and the undertaker lady can do a better job!?

[@RawOlympia]

indeed

[@raechel381]

Because they’re not detectives and they don’t have to follow the law during their investigation. The laws are strict to keep innocent people from being incarcerated. Unfortunately, sometimes this is a bad thing. Don’t blame the detectives.

[@goodiesohhi]

The UK police is pretty incompetent imo.

[@djmaster1995]

Lol they both decided he was not doing anything wrong.

[@justkillingtime8622]

A ridiculous statement brought on by arrogance

[@petitmeowmeow]

Imagine the taxi driver's wife ever trying to tell him he's wrong about something now.

[@kherona]

Oh she will. That's a woman thing (even if he was always right)

[@truk1073]

mohammed khair who cares

[@kherona]

@@truk1073 it seems you care lol

[@skylerpierce6937]

true

[@skylerpierce6937]

@@kherona you obviusly cared too bc u took the time to comment that

[@VeeSeven700]

"then, a pretty window dresser" That is unbelievably savage for a documentary of this sort. I shouldn't have laughed. But I did.

[@hraesvelgML]

Bro, I laughed when they showed her and that line came up. That was lowkey comedy gold.

[@laceneil4570]

She deserved that burn cuz she kept on claiming that Dr Shipman was innocent all along. And when he killed himself, she tried to get an investigation going cuz she thought he'd been murdered, but no-one gave a crap.

[@sluttymctits4496]

I was looking for this comment. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved that low-key savagery. We're bad people in good company. 😂

[@makeorwellfictionagain3553]

Ultimate burn.

[@dementedopossum8148]

For a British documentary it's a savage burn.

[@seraphimboys3699]

“That son of a b- gun”

[@racheldemain1940]

He wanted to didn't he!!

[@truk1073]

Rachel Demain stfu

[@Mizai]

@@truk1073 Stfu

[@kingsleyoppong-wereko7239]

They should have let him.

[@hellfiregrowler]

First time I have heard a Manchester mixed with Texan...

[@ParagonPKC]

Doesn't this guy have nurses or other doctors looking at his work and to say "wtf are you doing??"

[@hraesvelgML]

I don't get this part at all. Surely, he needs to have at least 1 assistant or something. I don't know much about medicine but he can't be operating fully alone, can he?

[@notthedoctor8621]

No. Just doing their job and going home.

[@TheSilverwing999]

Depends on what kind of doctor he is. My doctor doesn't have any nurses on hire for example. Just receptionists. So basically he is acting alone yeah, but there are other doctors in the building too. I dont think they check each other's work though

[@verygoodbrother]

See the part between 24:00 and 26:00. He was part of a practice then went it alone whilst taking a bunch of patients with him.

[@beanceline]

@@verygoodbrother yeah but even then he mustve had medical assistants.

[@edwinfox4625]

Harold Shipman used to be my sister's doctor when she was younger. She is very fortunate and grateful to be here still as is everyone else in my family!

[@notdanny4985]

That has to be scary, figuring out that your doctor is a murderer. Best of luck to your sister and your family Edit: and too you too

[@gerrit8480]

Bruh that's terrifying

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Apparently many of Shipman's patients thought he was great - a very conscientious and caring family GP who really looked after them. In fact, the documentary even basically implies that's how he got away with it. He actually did have some quite modern ideas for the time and in 1982 appeared on the _World In Action_ programme, talking about how mental health patients could be cared for in the community and how it would be much better for them instead of just being yeeted out to asylums. That was absolute bleeding edge thinking for those days and he really did fight quite hard for those people.

[@gerrit8480]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 he did still kill 200 people though.

[@patriceaqa288]

@@gerrit8480 patients loved him. If you've ever been a carer for an elderly relative you can instinctively understand why he got away with it. Elderly patients love nothing more than being paid attention to, and hope given to continue living. Shipman got away with it on that basis

[@jumakumajuma]

this proves two things to me . One , we put two much trust in uniforms and titles like Dr and in authority , and , TWO , following on from the we need to question authority if we feel the need .

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

We can't even be sure Doctor shirtman did it

[@ScottishPEACEguy]

I don't. People think that he didn't have any offspring, but he did and I've met them.

[@lovepet4565]

I already do , ? Every Dr

[@tomg2143]

I dont put trust in a uniform to the point iv been looked at likr im crazy to be questioning them lol

[@sheristewart3940]

Amen! My sentiments exactly. Doctors are considered by authorities in our society as little gods that cannot do any wrong, even though every day at least one is charged with fraud, malpractice and/or negligence. Then in the state of Florida it requires another 3 doctors to corroborate the medical malpractice and/or negligence to ensure bad doctors are able to continue "Practicing" medicine ~ probably in the hope that maybe someday they will get it right.

[@wings06]

21:58, here he met Primrose Oxtoby "THEN" a pretty 17yr old window dresser ...ouch

[@lowkeyIbes]

🤣😭

[@e8onics133]

My thoughts exactly 🤣🤣

[@Coastfog]

Woooooow, I mean... yeah, but...wow... Why even open that can of worms, dear writer of this programme?

[@nickyriding8139]

He was my family doctor in the 70's mad to think he was Britain's worst serial killer!

[@imthiyazahmed7467]

He was also my history teacher's doctor turns out the last prescription harold gave was to my teacher later that day at lunch harold was arrested.

[@imthiyazahmed7467]

@@Summer_Beneath_The_Trees cuz my history teacher told me and my class because were on the topic of serial killers more specifically Jack the Ripper and I know that my teacher was a kid at that time because I know his general age. How else would I know.

[@imthiyazahmed7467]

@@Summer_Beneath_The_Trees who knows maybe I could ask my teacher to show the class the last prescription he ever gave to my teacher.

[@imthiyazahmed7467]

@@Summer_Beneath_The_Trees whatever you say big man

[@leannedavies4982]

@@Summer_Beneath_The_Trees lolol

[@anitamitchell3452]

It's so backwards ... The doctor has the respect of the community to the point the police are embarrassed to question him ... the simple caring taxi driver feels no one will believe him if he voices his concern and suspicions. Oj Simpson got away with murder too ... for the same exact reasons ... it's other people who put them up so high and they knock down anyone who says different. Beware of what you create.

[@MasterCedar]

Not to mention our respected religious kiddy fiddlers who also fall under that umbrella.

[@jeremysmith54565]

Not even just those used to have a friend (not any longer a friend of course) who was a practising religious person who has been sentenced for abusing children, a paedophile quite essentially. Actually quite shocked and highly appalled of course, it's not just the church's management thats the problem or rather workers I don't know the correct phrase to use but yeah.....

[@theresajones2683]

Anita Mitchell b

[@shaunflavour6366]

Many serial killers have the respect of the community, high up in the social ladder and held in high regard by everyone they meet. That's the scary thing

[@onefeather2]

Well said, I agree people are so into power and job title they are too blame in some way also I believe.

[@charlottebruce979]

It was good the funeral directors became suspicious and tried to do something about it, shipman was making a very good living for them, they couid have kept quiet and reaped the rewards!!

[@hraesvelgML]

Yes, they couldn't have been worse people for sure. They benefit from his murders.

[@king0liver705]

Reaped* No pun intended?

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

Uhm, almost no-one in the world will keep silent about mass murder even if they benefit from it financially. It's not good, it's normal.

[@Mm-vr9mt]

@@MargaritaMagdalena History tells a different story

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

@d R Do you know anyone who you think would keep silent if they knew about a serial killer if they'd make money off it?

[@williamgj6777]

Imagine your grandma leaving ur will to a doctor 😂

[@levimacdonald5188]

WELL it does happen.. what if THE person had no relatives or never sees THERE family often-

[@DFord-dp5cm]

I've left all mine to dogs home

[@stevensheath8992]

I remember a lady leaving hers to her nurse. She had family but they never ever visited, whereas the nurse always visited even when not working.

[@goblinthetargetpractice6049]

@@levimacdonald5188 THEIR instead of THERE. You'RE welcome for being a colossal pain in the neck!

[@ruthrandall2451]

@@levimacdonald5188 their...

[@silvialimeme3706]

Primrose Oxtaby sounds like a harry potter character name and according to the narrator savage comment maybe she looks like one now!

[@elsden722]

🤣

[@ayarriba9093]

Loooooool 😂😂

[@G555-i3c]

Nice one

[@Fractalchemystical]

You've called Shipman a mass muderer in this documentary but he was not a mass murderer. A serial killer and a mass murderer are not the same thing. A school shooter is an example of a mass murderer, someone who kills a lot of people in one single killing spree. Shipman was not that, he was a serial killer, someone who killed numerous people over a longer period of time.

[@msatxgault560]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@martinepeters9891]

Thanks for the explanation. Im not a native English speaker, but always like to learn more.

[@barbararoca27]

who cares of the linguistic. He was a killer period!

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

He was my godmother's doctor during both of her pregnancies. She says he was a nice, professional doctor to her, but then that's probably just because she was the 20-something that she was. Most of us live our lives taking people's niceness at surface level (and we should, because its not a happy life constantly waiting for someone to try and murder you), but its scary to think of how many nice people you've met have been horrible, or criminal, the second you turned around.

[@johnsavage3910]

Has anyone asked the question how much Primrose Shipman knew about her husbands actions?

[@gazXspace]

That's harsh- primrose was on the town council and in the WI

[@judibiggerstaff8054]

@@gazXspace So?

[@gigiis526]

@@gazXspace You are naive!

[@G555-i3c]

@@gazXspace Ted Bundy used to host a help line giving advice to rape victims - Do you suppose they fried the wrong guy?

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I don't think she knew that much. She wrote to him in prison asking him to tell her everything, no matter what. There isn't any record of whether he replied or what his reply contained. Certainly the Shipman children all changed their names and scattered after his trial.

[@amyroberts127]

Why do I find serial killer documentaries so comforting and calming?! What is wrong with me?! 😂

[@kellysheridan3149]

Haha same

[@FallenAngel53]

Because no matter what sort of person you are , you’re never that bad .

[@emmacollins7668]

I find it so relaxing it helps me sleep

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

A doctor killed my grandmother with an overdose of Dilaudid. She walked into the ER with leg cramps and never walked out. We proved that (at the very least) the doctor was negligent. All the doctor got was a slap on the wrist and a letter in her file. No lawyer would take our case because my grandmother was "too old" for a good payout. After watching this documentary, I'm wondering if my grandmother was murdered. I've mostly been of the opinion that it was gross incompetence, but it seems awfully convenient that she received TWO doses of Dilaudid, the second after she reported a pain level of zero.

[@xrpvegas5407]

Sounds fishy for sure

[@PIERRECLARY]

🤮 some quacks think they're god...

[@veggieeater]

People like that so-called doctor have no idea of the weight of pain they inflict on people. If I was ever responsible of somebody dying, I'd NEVER get over that. But it seems when people think they have a big title with a bunch of initials behind their name, they think they're above everybody to do anything they want. I've worked around enough of them to experience it for myself. I hate the healthcare setting sometimes.

[@skyladanielson765]

This happened to my nana as well with morphine at our local hospital. She had a fall and had broken her shoulder and never came out of the hospital, she recieved 2 doses of morphine almost back to back. She only weighed about 95lbs.

[@gultenadiguzel7888]

Sorry for your loss.Have you taken this up to Health Ombudsman.

[@Aelwyn666]

If you can't trust a Doctor, who can you trust? What a truly despicable, utterly cruel and wicked monster Shipman was. I will never understand what drives a person to do the things he did.

[@talonmedic1967]

Why not a Dr or nurse? They are just like all of society, some good, some bad. Never trust anyone totally if something feels wrong don't feel bad checking on it. Sometimes gut feeling is your best truth detector

[@mariemccann5895]

You obviously haven't met my mother in law.

[@HelenaMikas]

Yourself and never be afraid to speak out .and say no ...

[@dunstanjuniormapuma1832]

21"57 "Then a pretty 17 year old window dresser,"...kikiki, .this statement though

[@REVERSE_BIAS]

I know! It tickled me too! Almost like they were gonna say "although she's a moose now" 😂

[@bfdcluberlang5681]

They do have a point tho......

[@Vhlathanosh]

@@bfdcluberlang5681 they do but damn, that's some shade

[@marconeill9510]

“Then a pretty 17 year old window dresser...” Now, not so much 😂

[@AshlanReddy]

@Marc Oneill 😂 Yeah that part got me too, like an indirect insult.

[@scottmalkinson9545]

Keyword “then” I’m glad he got that fly wee dig in at her 😂

[@lw3646]

@@scottmalkinson9545 outch!

[@scottmalkinson9545]

@@lw3646 ouch indeed I’m glad you replied to my comment I just watched this again and laughed at that bit again lmao

[@TheLadyDiazepam]

1:37 Shipman was only 53 years old when he was jailed? I would have guessed him to be much older.

[@jaijai5250]

That surprised me, I also thought he was a lot older

[@robertstronghill2107]

That's cos he was a smack head for 30yrs

[@G555-i3c]

Killing people must take years off your life. Just say no to murder, Kids.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

He always looked old. There's a clip of him from the 1980s when he was supposedly in his mid-30s - he was overweight and had a full beard in that clip so he passed for more like early 40s. Had he not done what he did, not been jailed, and simply carried on practicing medicine he would probably have retired around the year 2009 or so. He'd be 76 right now had he lived.

[@hana8565]

8:14 im accually astounded how little this doctor is mentioned considering she was the person who really kicked off the case. she realised how almost every one of shipmans patients were dying, and well how even for a gp specializing in older people it was a really disrturbing amount, and im also surprised how they didnt care to mention how she was intially brushed off with her number of concerns i really recommend watching the shipman files crime documentary for yourself as its really informative and goes really in depth on the wholr story

[@airport4173]

SHIPMAN was PROTECTED FOR MANY YEARS and the woman doctor who reported him was VILIFIED by FREEMASONS as shipman was 'FEEDING THE HIVE'

[@gillymac9363]

@@airport4173 sounds legit. I mean.. Saville

[@alli-kat2329]

Actually dr Sue Booth WASN'T the first one to be alerted, it was the undertaker's daughter Debbie who then WENT to Dr Booth who took it from there.... sooooo you may wanna look into this properly lol! 😒

[@runiedunie]

She was actually a funeral direction I believe?

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

@@runiedunie “general practitioner” so I think a doctor

[@beakyturf6336]

My late aunt knew him, said he was a lovely man. Thank God she didn't have a lot of money.

[@cadaverdog1424]

I also heard he was lovely. A gentleman. People condemn others because of a few small mistakes. We all make mistakes.

[@_--_--_]

@@cadaverdog1424 300+ counts of murder are "small mistakes"? Are you dilusional or are you a troll? I'd say too many people give too much of a damn about outwards appearance and fake facades, otherwise his doings would have been questioned and unfolded much sooner, considering this has been going on for over 20 years.

[@cantbelieveitsnotredacted1117]

@@cadaverdog1424 this attitude right here is why most serial killers get away with it. Being nice to strangers doesn’t make you good and it certainly doesn’t define your character. “He’s too nice to murder those people.” Well, he might be very different behind closed doors. People can be very good at faking it because people like you believe whatever bs they say. Look at the evidence and stop relying on people’s words.

[@dboy2462]

@@Theo-bk6qj It was funny to me. The fact that people are affected by it is irrelevant as many jokes involve incidents that affect other people.

[@sweetcaroline2060]

@@cantbelieveitsnotredacted1117 😆 🤣 😂. "Oh, he's too nice to kill anyone". Spare me. 😭