Harold Shipman: Britain’s Deadliest Doctor Pt. 2
Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House
4.5 • 713 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
For years, Dr. Harold Shipman operated as a respected physician in Hyde, England, signing death certificates and comforting grieving families. But soon, disturbing patterns began to emerge. An unusually high number of elderly patients were dying under his care. Concerns from undertakers, fellow medical professionals, and eventually law enforcement sparked one of the most significant investigations in British criminal history.
Everything changed after one particularly suspicious death... and an altered will. What followed was a meticulous police inquiry that uncovered falsified medical records, financial motive, and a shocking pattern of lethal injections.
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| 0:50.3 | New episodes drop every Monday. |
| 1:04.7 | Music new episodes drop every Monday. Most people can remember a moment when something didn't feel right, a detail that didn't add up, |
| 1:13.6 | or a gut feeling that wouldn't go away. |
| 1:16.6 | For decades in a small town in England, people had a bad feeling about their local doctor, |
| 1:22.6 | Harold Shipman. |
| 1:23.6 | But for years, people ignored or brushed aside their own misgivings. |
| 1:28.2 | He was someone to trust, someone who took care of everyone. |
| 1:32.5 | And in the process, Harold was able to fly under the radar, committing atrocious crimes |
| 1:38.9 | with no one the wiser. |
| 1:41.5 | Until one day, when Harold went after the wrong family, and all the secrecy he'd |
| 1:47.5 | built up around himself came crashing down. The human mind is powerful. |
| 2:06.9 | It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate. |
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