Harold Shipman never admitted his crimes. Dr David Stone
He was so well respected in the town [Hyde], well liked, and his patients loved him. You know, they all wanted to be on his list. He was a very popular doctor. Dr Sue Booth, general practitioner
A man who exercised the ultimate power of controlling life and death. The prosecution alleged that the Hyde GP enjoyed killing his patients. Crimes that Shook Britain s1e1: Harold Shipman, CI 2008
Dr Shipman is now the biggest single mass-murderer the world has ever seen. After he was finally accused of 215 killings. ibid.
In the following months the Funeral Directors grow increasingly concerned. More of Shipman’s patients are found in unusual circumstances. ibid.
He [Dr Shipman] has callously murdered Kathleen [Grundy] and tried to forge her will to inherit nearly £400,000. (Murder Cases: Shipman & Doctor) ibid.
Shipman reveals nothing. ibid.
Shipman’s killing spree spanned more than twenty years. ibid.
The Shipman Inquiry made some major recommendations to the Health Authority in monitoring practitioners. ibid.
The true death toll could actually be closer to five hundred. ibid.
Harold Shipman committed suicide in Wakefield Prison in 2004. He never offered any explanation for his crimes. ibid.
Shipman had altered Kathleen Grundy’s will. Murders that Shocked Britain: Shipman
Shipman would visit his patients, administer a fatal dose of diamorphine, then posthumously change the medical reports. ibid.
Shipman took his secrets to the grave. ibid.
Why did he do it? Just how did he get away with it for so long? Colin Baker, ITN senior correspondent
It’s an extreme way of trying to maintain control. Dr Richard Badcock, former psychiatrist
The murderous activity of British biggest serial killer was literally unearthed. Harold Shipman: Dr Death, ITV 2002
Detectives investigated the deaths of nearly one hundred and fifty patients of Dr Harold Shipman. ibid.
Four years later Shipman hanged himself in his prison cell. ibid.
Shipman’s greed was his undoing. ibid.
Experts quickly established that Shipman’s typewriter had been used to forge the will. ibid.
Some believe this early introduction to morphine and death had a lasting effect on Shipman. ibid.
He was a drug addict with a huge dependency on Pethidine. ibid.
He was fined a total of £600. ibid.
Shipman applied to join a group practice in Hyde. ibid.
In 1991 Shipman delivered a bombshell to his partners: after almost twelve years he decided to go it alone in a single-handed practice. He glibly announced he was taking his three-thousand patients with him. ibid.
Shipman was altering patient records to conceal his crimes. ibid.
The number of patients that Dr Shipman murdered is still unknown. Harold Shipman: Born to Kill? Channel 5 2012
Was Harold Shipman born to kill? ibid.
Over the years doctors, funeral directors and even pharmacists had raised suspicions about Dr Shipman. ibid.
Dr Shipman might have carried on killing for years had it not been for the suspicious death of Kathleen Grundy on 24th June 1998. ibid.
The Shipman Inquiry now documents that he killed 284 people over a period of thirty years. ibid.
It was discovered he had a drug addiction. ibid.
Mistake #1: Shipman’s use of the drug morphine – morphine is one of the few poisons that can remain in the body tissue for centuries; Mistake #2: the typewriter and the badly forged will. ibid.
Shipman saved his cellmate’s life. ibid.
Could a family doctor turn out to be Britain’s worst serial killer ever? Killer Trials s1e5: Do No Harm, Youtube 2016
They are all women whose death certificates Doctor Shipman signed. ibid.
Shipman’s secret stash of morphine is a smoking gun. ibid.
Shipman: The British government sets up a public inquiry. ibid.
One murder every ten days. ibid.
A popular physician with the perfect bedside manner. But behind it a gifted actor with a mysterious past. Masterminds: Bad Medicine e60, truTV 2003
Barnes’s carelessness is about to have catastrophic consequences. ibid.
The Medical Board immediately notifies the Orange County Prosecutor’s Office. ibid.
How could an untrained impostor fool dozens of doctors and hundreds of patients? ibid.
The clinic never even asks to see a medical licence. ibid.
For years Barnes’ scheme works perfectly. ibid.
He is sentenced to three years in prison. ibid.
Another round of cat and mouse with investigators is about to begin. ibid.
Four more times his schemes land him in prison. But nothing stops him. ibid.
But, Juliet, you are a doctor; you kill people every day. Shallow Grave 1994/5 starring Ewan McGregor & Christopher Eccleston & Kerry Fox & Ken Stott & Keith Allen & Colin McCredie & Gary Lewis et al, director Danny Boyle, Alex
That’s what doctors are there for – to help. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s3e4: Equilibrium, Bashir
I had a feeling he would become a doctor. He had the hands of a surgeon. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s5e6: Trials and Tribble-ations ***** Dax to Sisko of Leonard McCoy
I’ve become accustomed to being treated like a hypo-spray. Star Trek: Voyager s1e7: Eye of the Needle ***** Doctor to Kes
This exact procedure was developed by Dr Leonard McCoy in the year 2253. Star Trek: Voyager s2e19: Lifesigns, Doctor to Vidiian
Another patient snatched from the jaws of death. Star Trek: Voyager s3e20: Favourite Son, Doctor
But what if they have an equal chance of survival? What then? Star Trek: Voyager s5e11: Latent Image, Doctor to Neelix
I found him hovering over my bed with a hypo-spray. Star Trek: Voyager s6e24: Life Line, Zimmerman
That feeling you get from healing someone: infectious isn’t it? Star Trek: Voyager s7e5: Critical Care, Doctor
You were prepared to sacrifice an individual to benefit a collective? ibid. Seven of Nine to Doctor
In Germany they unfolded an unprecedented internal war in which more and more doctors became executioners. It began with sterilisation and abortion and ended with murder. They called it, ‘The Destruction of All Who Are Unworthy of Life’. So-called Euthanasia. Murder a hundred thousand fold. Medicine in step with the dictatorship. Now white coats were a uniform too. No longer was the oath to Hippocrates, but to the absolute ruler. Hitler’s Henchmen II: Mengele, History 2017
I can strongly recommend a course of leeches. Blackadder II: Bells, Doctor to Blackadder, BBC 1986
Physician, heal thyself. Early 15th century proverb
A woman told her doctor, ‘I’ve got a bad back.’ The doctor said, ‘It’s old age.’ The woman said, ‘I want a second opinion.’ The doctor says, ‘OK you’re ugly as well.’ Tommy Cooper