Interview #10 | Dr Richard Shepherd (Former Forensic Pathologist)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

I welcome Dr Richard Shepherd to the show in this interview episode.

Richard trained as a doctor at St George's Hospital medical school at Hyde Park Corner, qualifying in 1977, and then completed his postgraduate training as a forensic pathologist in 1987.

He is also an experienced Senior Lecturer and Professor who has taught at universities around the world and lectured to professional audiences at national and international conferences.

Richard advised on the management of UK fatalities following the September 11 attacks and was the forensic pathologist expert for the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and the death of Princess Diana.

He was also the pathologist who carried out autopsies on the victims of the 1987 Hungerford massacre and the killer Michael Ryan.

Richard's second book 'The Seven Ages of Death', released in paperback on May 12, 2022, is available to purchase here:

The Seven Ages of Death - Penguin Books UK

You can find and support Dr Richard Shepherd here:

https://drrichardshepherd.com/

For all things British Murders, please visit my website:

https://www.britishmurders.com/

Intro music:

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'

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My recording equipment:

Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone

Cloud Microphone Cloudlifter CL1

Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

Rode PSA-1 Professional Studio Boom Arm

Recorded using:

Zencastr

Edited in:

Hindenberg PRO

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0:32.5	Music Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases with an occasional glimpse at horror movies.
0:54.3	I'm your host Stuart Blues, and this week I am joined by an incredibly special guest.
0:59.1	He is a forensic pathologist who has performed over 23,000 post-mortem examinations in his career,
1:06.7	including some of the most high-profile cases of recent times.
1:10.7	You might recognise him from several true crime documentaries, including
1:14.0	autopsy, the last hours of, death detective and real crime.
1:18.5	He's also a best-selling author, an experienced senior lecturer and professor,
1:23.1	an avid apiarist, I hope I'm saying that right, and an avid aviator who has held his private pilot
1:29.4	license since 2004. He is Jack of All Trade's master of, I'm sure, more than one. Please welcome to the
1:36.3	show, Dr Richard Shepard. Hello, Stuart. How nice of you to invite me to join you.
1:42.7	I'm more than welcome. It took me a fair while to go through your whole website to get every facet of your
1:48.8	achievements, your hobbies, your career.
1:52.3	You've got quite a lot of plates spin in there from what I could see.
1:56.0	Well, yes, but retirement, fortunately, I'm not having to spin quite as many so I can enjoy the
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