FROM THE ARCHIVES | Harold Shipman and the Patients He Killed
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.6 • 876 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Twenty-two years after Harold Shipman’s death, the consequences of his crimes still loom large over British medicine and public trust in GPs. In this remastered episode, I revisit a two-part series from my archives, now presented as one continuous story.
This episode explores how Shipman abused his position as a trusted family doctor, the patients who were left vulnerable, and the failures that allowed his crimes to continue unchecked for decades.
More than five decades on from the first confirmed murder, this case remains one of the most disturbing betrayals of trust in British criminal history.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:15.0 | 22 years have passed since the death of Harold Shipman, one of the most prolific serial killers in British history. |
| 0:22.9 | A trusted family doctor, his crimes continue to cast a long shadow over British medicine |
| 0:29.3 | and public trust in GPs. For decades, patients in the quiet town of Hyde placed their lives |
| 0:37.0 | in the hands of a man who was meant to care for them, |
| 0:40.7 | unaware that behind the surgery door, something unthinkable was unfolding. |
| 0:46.7 | In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues, I've gone back into my archives |
| 0:51.9 | to revisit my original 2022 two-part series, now carefully blended |
| 0:57.6 | into one continuous episode. |
| 1:00.7 | This episode reflects my approach at that time, when my focus leaned more heavily toward |
| 1:06.6 | perpetrators than victims, something that has since evolved. |
| 1:11.4 | Given the sheer scale of shipment's crimes, not every victim can be explored in detail, |
| 1:17.5 | but their lives and their loss remain central to this story. |
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| 1:53.3 | With that, here's the episode. |
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