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|Image = | |Image = Harold_Shipman.jpg | ||
|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}}{{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.}} | |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 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'''. | '''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'''. | ||
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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== | ||
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== See Also == | |||
* [[Charles Cullen]] | |||
* [[Jane Toppan]] | |||
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