Harold Shipman

The scientist credited with naming the biological structure known as the cell is Robert Hooke. He first observed and described cells in his book "Micrographia" published in 1665.

It is true that Shipman benefited greatly from the deaths of his victims but his crimes were not just about financial gain. For most serial killers the need for power and control is the true basis of their obsessions. Shipman's crimes were not of a sexual nature but there is no doubt he enjoyed killing and empowered by them, at least for a brief time.

Just after 6am yesterday, Harold Shipman, described as a man addicted to murder by the judge inquiring into his 23-year killing spree, wound one end of a prison sheet round his neck and the other round the bars of his cell and took his own life on the eve of his 58th birthday. Shipman, Britain's most prolific serial killer, will go to his grave having apparently left no explanation as to why he murdered 215 of his patients. His "obnoxious" arrogance and rudeness to prison staff had quickly led him into trouble.

Before Harold Shipman, legislation such as the NHS Act 1977 and the Medical Act 1983 governed medical practices in the UK. These laws focused on regulating medical professionals and ensuring patient safety.

Harold Shipman, a British doctor, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for the murder of 15 patients. He is suspected of killing over 200 patients during his career. Shipman was found dead in his prison cell in 2004, suspected to have committed suicide.

There is no publicly available information to suggest that Dr. Harold Shipman was Jewish. Shipman was a British doctor who was convicted of being a prolific serial killer, known as the "Doctor Death," for murdering his patients.

Dr. Harold Shipman committed his crimes in the United Kingdom, primarily in the area of Greater Manchester. He was a general practitioner who was convicted of murdering at least 15 of his patients.

Without a doubt, Shipman was an organized killer. His crimes were planned and well-thought out before hand. He made few mistakes which explains his long career as a killer. The organized serial killer is the most difficult to apprehend.

Dr. Shipman's physical appearance and demeanor lead one to believe he was a benevolent father-figure. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It is believed that Shipman killed for gain, which it correct. He was a con artist after monetary gain. But at some point Dr. Shipman begain to enjoy the killing for killing's sake itself. Most serial murder is about power, I think this is true of Shipman also. He enjoyed watching the life slip from his patients, enjoyed the powerful feelings it gave him. Yes Dr. Shipman killed for money initially, but found he enjoyed the feelings he derived from his murderous acts.

The coroner was alerted to the unusual death rate of Shipman's patients by a local Funeral director and the local crematorium in March 1998. He was questioned but the police found insufficient evidence of any wrong doing. He killed a further 3 patients including the former Mayor of Hyde, Kathleen Grundy in June and he forged a will leaving himself £385,000. Grundy's daughter was a lawyer and her solicitor was suspicious about the will, so she informed the police. Shipman was found to own a typewriter of the same model that was used to type the will. When Grundy's body was exhumed it was discovered to contain a high level of Diamorphine. This added up to a lot of circumstantial evidence against Shipman.

Further investigations revealed that he had altered records of his visits to patients on his Computer, making it appear that he had visited them earlier than the day that they died. This was the first tangible evidence of any misconduct by Shipman.

After being caught, Harold Shipman was convicted of 15 murders, but it is believed he may have been responsible for hundreds more. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and he committed suicide in his prison cell in 2004.

Back then, medicines were not restricted to doctors like now. Noone was keeping track of how much morphine Dr. Shipman was keeping to himself. A nurse noticed many of his patients dying and came through with reporting that Shipman was killing his patient but she didn't know if it was a malpractice or intentioned.

Serial killers take time to aprehend because if noone witness the crime most times the person can't be placed in the time of the murder.

A doctor by profession, he is one of the most prolific known serial killers in global history with 215 murders being positively ascribed to him, although the real number is likely to be higher than this. His youngest victim was Peter Lewis, 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, especially after the findings of the Shipman Inquiry, which began on 1 September 2000 and lasted almost two years. Shipman died on 13 January 2004, after hanging himself in his cell at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire. Histoy doest not offers information about the time the doctor killed his patients.

Harold Shipman, also known as Dr. Death, was a British general practitioner who is considered one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history. He was convicted of murdering 15 patients, but it is believed that he may have been responsible for over 200 deaths by administering lethal doses of prescription drugs. Shipman's crimes were predominantly committed between the 1970s and 1990s in the UK.

Dr. Harold Shipman was apprehended on 7 Sept., 1998, at the age of 52.

No. Dr. Harold Shipman was not a kidnapper; rather, he poisoned an estimated 250 of his patients, many of whom died in their homes, thinking that their beloved doctor was only doing what was best for them.

He used opium to kill 260 patients, and the reason was for money. His victims were mainly elderly ladies who had substantial assets, but few relatives. Shipman would forge their wills, steal their jewels, take their cash and bonds. He even got a kickback from the cremation facilities. In March 1998, Dr. Linda Reynolds of the Brooke Surgery in Hyde-prompted by Deborah Massey from Frank Massey and Son's funeral parlour-expressed concerns to John Pollard, the coroner for the South Manchester District, about the high death rate among Shipman's patients. In particular, she was concerned about the large number of cremation forms for elderly women that he had needed countersigned. She claimed Shipman was, either through negligence or intent, killing his patients.

Although medical doctors that kill are not new, they are in the minority. America's 19th century Dr. Mudgett and late 20th century's Dr. Michael Swango are Harold Shipman's equals. But as to an actual copycat crime spree like Shipman's I could find no information on the subject.

Born into a working class family on June 14, 1946, Harold Frederick Shipman, called Fred or Freddy, knew a childhood far from normal. He maintained a distance between himself and his contemporaries - mainly due to the influence of his mother, Vera. This distance was to manifest itself in later years.

One neighbor notes, "Vera was friendly enough, but she really did see her family as superior to the rest of us. Not only that, you could tell Harold (Freddy) was her favorite - the one she saw as the most promising of her three children."

Vera decided who Harold could play with, and when. She wanted to distinguish him from the other boys - he was the one who always wore a tie when the others were allowed more casual dress. His sister Pauline was seven years older, his brother Clive, four years his junior. But in his mother's eyes, Harold was the one she held the most hope for.

As a student, Shipman was comparatively bright in his early school years, but rather mediocre when he reached upper school level. Nonetheless, he was a plodder determined to succeed, even when it meant re-sitting his entrance examinations for medical school.

Strangely, he had every opportunity to be part of the group - he was an accomplished athlete on the football field and the running track. In spite of this, his belief in his superiority appears to have precluded forming meaningful friendships with his contemporaries.

And there was something else that isolated him from the group. His beloved mother had terminal lung cancer. As she wasted away, Harold willingly played a major supportive role.

-Ted Ottley-

Harold Shipman, a British doctor, was convicted of 15 counts of murder in January 2000. He was found guilty of killing patients through lethal injections of diamorphine (a powerful painkiller). Shipman later received a life sentence and was known as one of the most prolific serial killers in British history.

you might find a ship wreck in wide oceans.

most likely the Bermuda triangle, if you can get into it and remain alive.

This area is known for having many ships in the process of passing by without making it to the other side.

He was not in serial killer for the thrill of the suffering, he was a serial killer based on finacial gain so he kept the money as a trophy.

It seemed initially that Shipman's motivation was financial gain. But like most serial killers Shipman enjoyed murdering his patients.

Harold Shipman went by Freddy, and Doctor Death.

Dr. Shipman certainly had no problem with taking "trophies" from his victims. Jewelry, heirlooms, etc. anything of worth Shipman would take. In fact Shipman took one victim's car.