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|fullname = Harold Fredrick Shipman | |fullname = Harold Fredrick Shipman | ||
|alias = Doctor Death<br>The Angel of Death<br>The Good Doctor | |alias = Doctor Death<br>The Angel of Death<br>The Good Doctor | ||
|origin = Nottingham, England | |origin = Nottingham, England | ||
|occupation = General practitioner | |occupation = General practitioner | ||
|skills = | |skills = Proficiency in medicine<br>High intellect<br>Cunning | ||
|type of villain = Elderly Serial Killer | |type of villain = Elderly Serial Killer | ||
|goals = | |goals = Get away with his crimes (failed) | ||
|crimes = | |crimes = [[Serial murder]]<br>Forgery<br>Theft<br>Fraud<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Misandry]] | ||
|hobby = Killing people<br>Abusing drugs}} | |hobby = Killing people<br>Abusing drugs}}{{Quote|I am not feeling guilty at all. This woman, just like the others, was pitiful. In a way, I cured humanity by killing her off. Therefore, I am not writing this article to explain how I killed and how sorry I am. Once again, I am not sorry. I am innocent and only served the greater good.|Shipman in a letter to Queen Elizabeth II.}} | ||
'''Harold Fredrick Shipman''' (January 14th, 1946 – January 13th, 2004) was a British doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history by proven murders with 250+ murders being positively ascribed to him. He was known by the nicknames '''Doctor Death''', '''The Angel of Death''', and '''The Good Doctor'''. | '''Harold Fredrick Shipman''' (January 14th, 1946 – January 13th, 2004) was a British former doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history by proven murders with 250+ murders being positively ascribed to him. He was known by the nicknames '''Doctor Death''', '''The Angel of Death''', and '''The Good Doctor'''. | ||
On 31 January 2000, a jury found Shipman guilty of 15 murders. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and the judge recommended that he never be released. | On 31 January 2000, a jury found Shipman guilty of 15 murders. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and the judge recommended that he never be released. | ||
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After his trial began on 1 September 2000. Lasting almost two years, it was an investigation into all deaths certified by Shipman. About 80% of his victims were women. His youngest victim was a 41-year-old man. Much of Britain's legal structure concerning health care and medicine was reviewed and modified as a direct and indirect result of Shipman's crimes. Shipman is the only British doctor who has been found guilty of murdering his patients. | After his trial began on 1 September 2000. Lasting almost two years, it was an investigation into all deaths certified by Shipman. About 80% of his victims were women. His youngest victim was a 41-year-old man. Much of Britain's legal structure concerning health care and medicine was reviewed and modified as a direct and indirect result of Shipman's crimes. Shipman is the only British doctor who has been found guilty of murdering his patients. | ||
On 13 January 2004, Shipman committed suicide in his cell at Wakerfield Prison in West Yorkshire. | On 13 January 2004, Shipman committed suicide in his cell at Wakerfield Prison in West Yorkshire. He killed 15 people but its believe that he killed as many as 459 people. | ||
==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
Harold Frederick Shipman was born in Bestwood council estate in Nottingham, England, the second of four children of Vera and Harold Shipman, a lorry driver. His working class parents were devout Methodists. Shipman was particularly close to his mother, who died of lung cancer when he was 17. Her death came in a manner similar to what later became Shipman's own modus operandi: in the later stages of her disease, she had morphine administered at home by a doctor. Shipman witnessed his mother's pain subside in spite of her terminal condition, up until her death on 21 June 1963. | Harold Frederick Shipman was born in Bestwood council estate in Nottingham, England, the second of four children of Vera and Harold Shipman, a lorry driver. His working class parents were devout Methodists. Shipman was particularly close to his mother, who died of lung cancer when he was 17. Her death came in a manner similar to what later became Shipman's own modus operandi: in the later stages of her disease, she had morphine administered at home by a doctor. Shipman witnessed his mother's pain subside in spite of her terminal condition, up until her death on 21 June 1963. | ||
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A memorial garden to Shipman's victims, called the Garden of Tranquillity, opened in Hyde Park (Hyde) on 30 July 2005. As of early 2009, families of the victims of Shipman were still seeking compensation for the loss of their relatives. In September 2009, it was announced that letters written by Shipman during his prison sentence were to be sold at auction, but following complaints from victims' relatives and the media, the letters were removed from sale. | A memorial garden to Shipman's victims, called the Garden of Tranquillity, opened in Hyde Park (Hyde) on 30 July 2005. As of early 2009, families of the victims of Shipman were still seeking compensation for the loss of their relatives. In September 2009, it was announced that letters written by Shipman during his prison sentence were to be sold at auction, but following complaints from victims' relatives and the media, the letters were removed from sale. | ||
==Videos== | |||
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Doctor Intentionally Kills Over 200 Patients (Dr. Death) | |||
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== See Also == | |||
* [[Charles Cullen]] | |||
* [[Jane Toppan]] | |||
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