Harold Shipman | Dr Death | Part 2 | The Murders

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Stuart Blues

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4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In the season 7 special, I tell the story of Dr Harold Shipman, dubbed by the media as "Dr Death".

Shipman was arrested on September 7, 1998, after police raided his home.

The body of Kathleen Grundy, one of Shipman's former patients, was exhumed and examined after her daughter deemed it suspicious that her mother's will excluded her children but left a large sum to Shipman.

Kathleen's body was found to contain traces of diamorphine, which contradicted her death being the result of old age as stated on her death certificate written by, you guessed it, Dr Harold Shipman.

In total, Shipman was convicted of murdering 15 people, but the frightening reality is that his victim count is thought to be more than 250.

In the first episode of this two-part special, I discussed Shipman's early life and background, his journey to becoming a GP with his own practice and what is thought to be his first-ever murder. ⁣

This week, I'll discuss the murders he was convicted of, the trial and its aftermath.

⁣⁣For all things British Murders, please visit my website:⁣

https://www.britishmurders.com/⁣

Intro music:⁣

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣

https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic⁣

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Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone

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Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

Rode PSA-1 Professional Studio Boom Arm

Recorded and Edited in:⁣

Hindenberg PRO

References:⁣

www.britishmurders.com/haroldshipmanpart2/

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0:00.0	You are now listening to British Murders.
0:03.5	Let's my podcast.
0:18.5	Hello everyone and welcome to British Murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British
0:24.4	murder cases and serial killers. I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the second and final part
0:30.5	of the season seven special. Last week in part one, I covered the background, early life and
0:36.6	professional career of British serial killer Dr Harold Shipman.
0:40.8	If you haven't already, please give that episode a listen first, as it provides vital background information regarding our villain.
0:48.2	I'm telling this second part of the story in a way that assumes you've checked out part one.
0:53.4	Here's how I'm going to do it with the second part.
0:55.8	It will be longer than the first part based on my final word count, so bear with me on this
1:00.3	episode.
1:01.1	We know from part one that Harold Shipman is thought to have murdered between 218 and 250 of his
1:07.8	patients whilst working as a GP in several hospitals, including his own practice.
1:13.3	Having said that, most of the victims came to lie after his murder trial.
1:17.8	Therefore, the most logical way for me to complete the story of Harold Shipman is to go through
1:22.9	each of the 15 murders he was found guilty of in court.
1:26.8	I appreciate there are going to be hundreds of victims and their families not being
1:31.1	acknowledged during this episode. No offense is intended. I simply don't have the time and
1:36.4	resources to go through each case in a single podcast episode. The Shipman Inquiry spent
1:42.1	five years looking into it and if you want to read these six published reports, I've linked an archived Shipman Inquiry spent five years looking into it, and if you want to read these six published reports, I've linked an archived Shipman Inquiry website in this episode's show notes.
1:51.0	I'm skipping the icebreakers this week as we did them in part one.
1:54.6	The same applies for my five random facts about the location of this episode, which as you remember is Hyde in Greater Manchester.
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