How They Were Caught: Dr. Death

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 24. 03. 2021
  • The story of Harold Shipman, the UK doctor who murdered over 215 of his patients, and how he was finally caught.
    Credits: www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/...
    Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: bit.ly/2zuaR06.
    MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: bzfd.it/2MDBk2d
    MUSIC
    Dark Pulsating Tension_Main
    Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.
    Eerie Soundscape Drone_Main
    Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.
    Deep Sonar Pulses_Main
    Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.
    Triste_Full
    Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.
    Frozen in Time_Full
    Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.
    Discovery_Full
    Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.
    STILLS
    Licensed via Reuters
    Harold Shipman's old surgery
    Dave Thompson - PA Images/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman's old surgery
    Dave Thompson - PA Images/Getty Images
    Primrose Shipman house
    Owen Humphreys - PA Images/Getty Images
    Primrose Shipman house
    Owen Humphreys - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Death
    Martin Rickett - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Death
    Martin Rickett - PA Images/Getty Images
    Primrose Shipman's House
    Owen Humphreys - PA Images/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman Death
    Gareth Copley - PA Images/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman Found Dead In Prison Cell
    Michael Steele/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman Found Dead In Prison Cell
    Michael Steele/Getty Images
    File Photo Of Doctor Harold Shipman
    Getty Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Inquiry result
    John Giles - PA Images/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman Report
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Report into the serial killer Dr Harold Shipman
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Inquiry result
    John Giles - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Inquiry result
    John Giles - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Family Support Group
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Primrose Shipman
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Press conference on murderer
    Matthew Fearn - PA Images/Getty Images
    Press conference report on murderer
    Matthew Fearn - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman inquiry
    Sean Dempsey - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Service Moss family
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Albert Lilly Shipman Service
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Prayer Service 3
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Doctor Shipman Will
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Doctor Shipman Police Van Courts
    John Giles - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman surgery
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Doctor Shipman Nuttalls Victim
    John Giles - PA Images/Getty Images
    Dr Shipman Diamorphine
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Doctor Shipman Typewriter
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Doctor Shipman Typewriter
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Dr Shipman Diamorphine
    PA Images/Getty Images
    Dr Shipman Case Wife
    Rui Vieira - PA Images/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman trial
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Courts Shipman wife
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    COURTS Doctor/Surgery
    PA Images/Getty Images
    COURTS Shipman/Defence
    Paul Faith - PA Images/Getty Images
    Shipman Justice Forbes
    Paul Barker - PA Images/Getty Images
    COURTS Doctor/wife & son
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    COURTS Doctor/wife
    Phil Noble - PA Images/Getty Images
    Primrose Shipman
    Paul Barker - PA Images/Getty Images
    Primrose Shipman
    Paul Barker - PA Images/Getty Images
    The wife of the doctor Harold Shipman, who is accu
    PETER WILCOCK/Getty Images
    COURTS Doctor/wife
    David Kendall - PA Images/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman.
    Universal History Archive/Getty Images
    VIDEO
    Dr Harold Shipman suicide: Reaction in Hyde
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman suicide
    ITN/Getty Images
    Harold Shipman murder inquiry: Death toll raised to 215
    ITN/Getty Images
    DR HAROLD SHIPMAN: Repercussions
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman suicide
    ITN/Getty Images
    DR HAROLD SHIPMAN: Repercussions
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman found guilty
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman found guilty
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman gives evidence in murder trial
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr. Harold Shipman Found Guilty
    ITN/Getty Images
    DR HAROLD SHIPMAN MURDER TRIAL:
    ITN/Getty Images
    Crime: Dr Harold Shipman Murder Trial
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman: murder trial
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman: new charges brought
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman: murder trial
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman: murder charges
    ITN/Getty Images
    Dr Harold Shipman: charged with two more murders
    ITN/Getty Images

Komentáře • 591

  • @emmahind5035
    @emmahind5035 Před 3 lety +3189

    Imagine successfully reaching old age with a healthy body just to have that taken from you by some psychopath with a god complex

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 Před 3 lety +153

      The police departments and hospitals were inept. It should have been noticed, that people in normal health were dying. Even the insurance companies should have questioned it.

    • @kevindecker4803
      @kevindecker4803 Před 3 lety +47

      @@gusgrizzel8397 literally anybody could have seen this guy was a killer

    • @betrayal6231
      @betrayal6231 Před 3 lety +56

      As a nurse, I would catch this immediately. Or at least I hope I would... I’m sure he was pretty good at concealing it

    • @keir92
      @keir92 Před 3 lety +23

      @@gusgrizzel8397 insurance companies? lol. someone isn’t from the UK

    • @ChroLinkz
      @ChroLinkz Před 3 lety

      My brother promised if I hit 1k subs by April he will buy me something to improve my videos. I really need that!
      Sorry for self promo, not a bot. (Replying to some comments to prove it)

  • @leahtoom6133
    @leahtoom6133 Před 3 lety +1897

    True crime has taught me to assume the most unassuming people are the most dangerous

    • @Returnofthemackburt
      @Returnofthemackburt Před 3 lety +7

      This comment though.

    • @azy5428
      @azy5428 Před 3 lety +2

      I bet dr death is a heartless man and how many did he killed?
      And the other patients had been killed wont forgive him
      And I think the judge is probably letting him kill more people? Pls tell me

    • @TheSaneHatter
      @TheSaneHatter Před 3 lety

      Alfred Hitchcock could have told you THAT.

    • @DaGuunOSHO
      @DaGuunOSHO Před 3 lety +18

      The most disturbing killers I met in prison. Looked like they wont hurt a fly

    • @jazzyb8498
      @jazzyb8498 Před 3 lety

      Period.

  • @nelleh.
    @nelleh. Před 3 lety +1698

    it seems he was replaying his mother's death over and over again. it either pleased him to see her dying or traumatized him. go figure.

    • @valdia127
      @valdia127 Před 3 lety +124

      Maybe it was his way of controlling that situation in a way? Idk just some idea this comment gave me.

    • @valdia127
      @valdia127 Před 3 lety +72

      Just looked it up and his mother died at 83, so what I said makes more sense now.

    • @necezsarycoffee
      @necezsarycoffee Před 3 lety +26

      This was what I thought, too---like maybe this was his way to reconnect with her.

    • @AustynYoursTruly
      @AustynYoursTruly Před 3 lety +35

      On the cop shows I’ve seen, that’s called a single moment imprint. It’s a moment in ones life that defines who they are and what they become.

    • @sophialeltz9149
      @sophialeltz9149 Před 3 lety +1

      what does "go figure" mean

  • @coffeetea8577
    @coffeetea8577 Před 3 lety +1239

    This dude is the reason the Controlled Drugs regulation was tightened greatly in the UK. CDs, such as opioids and barbiturates have more legal requirements to fulfil before they’re dispensed. As a pharmacy student his name constantly comes up in our ethics and legal module

    • @spohie88
      @spohie88 Před 3 lety +22

      I’m glad you know about him. I’ve got pre-regs who don’t know who he is and it shocks me

    • @samyooel3079
      @samyooel3079 Před 3 lety +6

      I believe my uncle supplied him with some of his materials back then when he worked at a pharmacy, works pretty high up in the NHS now

    • @ryanfletcher1899
      @ryanfletcher1899 Před 3 lety +36

      @@samyooel3079 not something to announce and shout about lmao

    • @samyooel3079
      @samyooel3079 Před 3 lety +16

      @@ryanfletcher1899 😂 unbeknownst to him of course

    • @FunnyLittleMe
      @FunnyLittleMe Před 3 lety +1

      Ahhh, it was the same a few years ago when I was studying. Still makes me double check all my CD requisitions when I get them!

  • @themagicknightress7132
    @themagicknightress7132 Před 3 lety +834

    That’s not a mass murderer. That’s a serial killer. They do have different definitons

    • @sydneyc8256
      @sydneyc8256 Před 3 lety +42

      Notice how they don't call him a serial killer cuz he's a doctor 😐😐😐

    • @WCWThunderRosa
      @WCWThunderRosa Před 3 lety +15

      I’m sure his victims really care whether we call him a mass murderer or a serial killer...

    • @knittedsquid
      @knittedsquid Před 3 lety +22

      they also use the term gaslighting, then go on to describe nothing resembling gaslighting, so... bad script problems?

    • @Giruga905
      @Giruga905 Před 3 lety +5

      I mean... I think to every normal person both of those are horrifying things to be, but yea I do understand your point that it isn’t the correct term to use.

    • @oneslikeme
      @oneslikeme Před 3 lety +14

      ​@@WCWThunderRosa I would care. The psychology behind those things are different, and if we ever stand a chance of understanding the minds of people like this, we need to define the terms and understand them.

  • @whatsahandlehelppls
    @whatsahandlehelppls Před 3 lety +750

    So you're telling me the only reason this serial killer wasn't caught decades earlier just because of bad administration?

    • @bluegenes2273
      @bluegenes2273 Před 3 lety +14

      Same as it ever was...

    • @trullyfreak
      @trullyfreak Před 3 lety +24

      Welcome to the U.K.

    • @ericpike6949
      @ericpike6949 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bluegenes2273 and still is

    • @rosannaburt3048
      @rosannaburt3048 Před 3 lety +1

      no called him being a narcissist and they are very good at making you look wrong even when u give them proof they leave some like am i wrong ?? he was a psychopath not

    • @Ds-yy5or
      @Ds-yy5or Před 3 lety +1

      It is England

  • @sydneyc8256
    @sydneyc8256 Před 3 lety +441

    What's so frustrating about this case is that he was sooo sloppy and could have easily been stopped earlier if different administrations had done their job. Failure to get caught so many times reinforced his ego and further supported his murder sprees.

    • @hannahlove2017
      @hannahlove2017 Před 3 lety +6

      This is the case in a lot of these situations. People are just never looking for the red flags.

    • @sydneyc8256
      @sydneyc8256 Před 3 lety +14

      @@hannahlove2017 especially when they're white and holding 'established jobs'

    • @phina8392
      @phina8392 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, same as that Beverly Who murdered all the innocent babies while she was a nurse .

    • @XxFuZexToxicxX
      @XxFuZexToxicxX Před rokem

      @@sydneyc8256p there it is, the racial argument. Shut the hell up, its not because hes white. It’s because hes a doctor. A black man and a white man would have had the same go in the same situation. It’s because hes a doctor and people usually trust their doctors whole heartedly especially the elderly. Mainly due to lack of medical knowledge themselves. Stating race as a catalyst is just ignorant

    • @olgaanisimova6916
      @olgaanisimova6916 Před rokem

      Mind blowing. It’s the system AGAIN that failed those victims. It started with a written warning instead of incriminating a criminal, then completely neglecting a background check when multiple murders were suspected. Not surprising he lived a long “fulfilling” life

  • @joetom969
    @joetom969 Před 3 lety +268

    Should just say, when Shipman was signing off the deaths, you only needed 1 doctor to do so. It wasn’t until after he went to jail that the rule changed, stating there must be two doctors from different surgeries to authorise.

  • @crypticcrumb
    @crypticcrumb Před 3 lety +628

    Weird that my step-grandma worked with him. He even got her a wedding gift when she married her husband. Creepy coincidence

    • @peepee-yf7ud
      @peepee-yf7ud Před 3 lety +69

      my teachers friend was one of his patients

    • @ahuddleston6512
      @ahuddleston6512 Před 3 lety +24

      I hear the theme tune from the Twilight Zone playing in the background.

    • @urnansgotclap1219
      @urnansgotclap1219 Před 3 lety +10

      he lived near where i grew up

    • @jasper.rubyftw
      @jasper.rubyftw Před 3 lety +10

      My uncle that lives in the states said he knew someone whos famiy member was a victim of this guy.

    • @Boecafzdobu
      @Boecafzdobu Před 3 lety +3

      Sure bud

  • @xxcazxxmxx
    @xxcazxxmxx Před 3 lety +154

    He lived/ worked in my home town and was the doctor of a family friend. She says how much she liked and trusted him, and how caring etc he was to her and he really helped her after her husband dies. Even though he never physically hurt her, she was really destroyed by what he did. Shows that you can be traumatised without being a victim.

    • @minty6286
      @minty6286 Před 3 lety +2

      That crazy to think about how anyone you trust could kill so many people

    • @laylapeters110
      @laylapeters110 Před 3 lety +2

      I live in todmorden and my dad took my into the old building after it was abandoned before they build the alid on the ground

  • @katymbeke8400
    @katymbeke8400 Před 3 lety +695

    I'm just starting to realise how much I miss Shane and Ryan's commentary on Buzzfeed.

    • @nootly448
      @nootly448 Před 3 lety +26

      yes we all love Shane and Ryan making the story better

    • @amyasonnier9922
      @amyasonnier9922 Před 3 lety +20

      They have a CZcams channel called Watcher

    • @katymbeke8400
      @katymbeke8400 Před 3 lety +8

      @@amyasonnier9922 I know, but...

    • @TheBigperm9
      @TheBigperm9 Před 3 lety +10

      Are they gone from buzzfeed? I’m so out of the loop right now 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @katymbeke8400
      @katymbeke8400 Před 3 lety +11

      @@TheBigperm9 Not really, I think, but due to covid they created the watcher where we see a channel where we get to see more of them.

  • @clumsystitcher
    @clumsystitcher Před 3 lety +66

    I had an art teacher who looked just like Shipman. The killing ruined his life too as he was a teacher in England. Poor man was a very gentle soul but you couldn't look at him with out see the doctor

    • @ellis_lfc767
      @ellis_lfc767 Před rokem +5

      Same thing happened to my grandad lmao, back during Shipman's trial in 2002, I think it was, he was wandering around outside Preston crown court and a camera crew ran up to him for an interview. He found the funny side of it but you can imagine how angry people could get if they saw "Harold Shipman" walking around.

    • @kathryncarter6143
      @kathryncarter6143 Před rokem +2

      Very sad

    • @stephaniesmith119
      @stephaniesmith119 Před rokem +2

      Same with my friend brother, he actually committed suicide because people thought he was one of the Jamie Bulger killers after they were released with new identities. Tragic :-(

    • @clumsystitcher
      @clumsystitcher Před rokem +2

      @stephaniesmith119 I'm so sorry. I hope your friend and their family are doing ok

  • @adelelouise1947
    @adelelouise1947 Před 3 lety +109

    Harold Shipman was our family doctor, always strange to hear stories from my grandmother, she has always said what a seemingly nice man he was on the surface

    • @azy5428
      @azy5428 Před 3 lety +1

      But why did he kill so many people?
      Hes your family then u might know why

    • @azy5428
      @azy5428 Před 3 lety +1

      And I'm so sorry about your grandfather

    • @roofus242
      @roofus242 Před 3 lety +22

      @@azy5428 family doctor, not apart of a family. But just a doctor that treats the whole family, like a family friend, not from the person's family. But their bloodline is known to be a friend of said family.

    • @adelelouise1947
      @adelelouise1947 Před 3 lety +2

      @@azy5428 he was my grandmothers doctor and various other family members, not actually a relative. I wouldn’t even say that my family were “friends” with him more that I’ve always been told he seemed professional, friendly and like a nice man to many

    • @azy5428
      @azy5428 Před 3 lety

      @@adelelouise1947 oh I see then sorry

  • @matrixiekitty2127
    @matrixiekitty2127 Před rokem +7

    The level of negligence in this case is awful. Those were peoples’ grandparents, parents, siblings, friends. They may have been old or terminal but they still deserved to live out the rest of their days peacefully. He robbed them of what little time they had left and that’s cruel. He spared them no time to say goodbye.

  • @foxsterreacts9445
    @foxsterreacts9445 Před 3 lety +63

    He was a monster. The Police and Coroner in those boroughs/counties were apparently not worthy of holding their jobs since he had 10x the death rate and no one found that suspicious and the final victim's daughter had to do all the investigating and legal work.

    • @keithcitizen4855
      @keithcitizen4855 Před 2 lety

      Somewhere in the story an undertaker and a doctor
      were comparing notes .

  • @justturner9702
    @justturner9702 Před 3 lety +218

    Dr. Death
    Sounds like some Netflix series

    • @vGangHalo
      @vGangHalo Před 3 lety +2

      Fr 😂

    • @aboynamedjayy
      @aboynamedjayy Před 3 lety +9

      It’s a podcast series.

    • @Handlehandle333
      @Handlehandle333 Před 3 lety +3

      Sounds like some sort of super villain

    • @SCBLGamingFilm
      @SCBLGamingFilm Před 3 lety +3

      @@Handlehandle333 kinda was lol

    • @stephanieetm
      @stephanieetm Před 3 lety +2

      There have been lots of "doctor death"s throughout history. Australia has one too, same for the States - an othopaedic surgeon from memory. Awful stuff.

  • @hatori0161
    @hatori0161 Před 3 lety +144

    I'd love for you guys to cover the "korean zodiac killer"/"hwaseong serial killer" case that happened between the years 1986-1991. It was in the news last year.

    • @theshape7214
      @theshape7214 Před 2 lety

      Link please?

    • @AR544_
      @AR544_ Před 2 lety

      Link please? Any videos on it?

    • @hatori0161
      @hatori0161 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/YixWal1_VWk/video.html

    • @AR544_
      @AR544_ Před 2 lety +1

      @P parasite was so good i might check it out

    • @romystumpy1197
      @romystumpy1197 Před rokem

      There are other channels that do a better job on covering murders,this channel is a bit tacky

  • @faithyourfear6401
    @faithyourfear6401 Před 3 lety +316

    Robin Williams could have portrayed him brilliantly. Weird.

    • @sirflimflam
      @sirflimflam Před 3 lety +33

      ...I was literally thinking that every time I saw a picture of him. It would have been scary as hell too

    • @faithyourfear6401
      @faithyourfear6401 Před 3 lety +4

      @@sirflimflam I thought so too - scary as hell. Who knows what that outcome would have been. Maybe no different at all.

    • @ahuddleston6512
      @ahuddleston6512 Před 3 lety +5

      I love that actor! Perfect!

    • @ryanfletcher1899
      @ryanfletcher1899 Před 3 lety +14

      @@ahuddleston6512 “that actor” pfffft come on, it’s Robin Williams not some unnamed actor

    • @timmyhickman6064
      @timmyhickman6064 Před 3 lety

      Fr

  • @rebeccajale4920
    @rebeccajale4920 Před 3 lety +138

    My grandfather’s ex girlfriend’s mother was murdered by this guy

    • @Cj-sb9vn
      @Cj-sb9vn Před 3 lety +14

      That’s so sad 😭

    • @rebeccajale4920
      @rebeccajale4920 Před 3 lety +27

      @@Cj-sb9vn It really is. He was also the doctor of my mum’s best friend; she was a massive hypochondriac so saw him pretty regularly - fortunately she was pretty young at the time so didn’t fit his victim profile but it’s scary nonetheless.

    • @chubsieee
      @chubsieee Před 3 lety +4

      @@rebeccajale4920 i am so sorry.

    • @andrewdoleman2502
      @andrewdoleman2502 Před 3 lety +4

      im so sorry to hear that

    • @justaaveragesportsfan3909
      @justaaveragesportsfan3909 Před 3 lety +2

      This really happened to you I'm so sorry that's really sad

  • @penguin1011986
    @penguin1011986 Před 3 lety +36

    Shows how much ageism played into him getting away with things: "Oh they were old they just died"

  • @killerfrenchy
    @killerfrenchy Před 3 lety +48

    When I saw the title, I thought this was about Dr. Kevorkian and that this video was gonna demonize that hero. Instead I learned about a story far more sinister.

    • @justinnelson9787
      @justinnelson9787 Před 3 lety +4

      Thats exactly what I thought.

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries Před 3 lety +2

      Even if you agree with Dr. Kevorkian, he betrayed his Hippocratic oath.

    • @Ami_E_Bowen
      @Ami_E_Bowen Před 2 lety

      So far there's been at least three doctors nicknamed "Dr. Death" by the media after having committed heinous crimes; this guy, Kavorkian and Duntsch.

  • @urban_gse_
    @urban_gse_ Před 3 lety +277

    Can Ryan and Shane or whoever cover the Betty Satlow case I would cry no joke I love that case and my grandpa covered it.

  • @sopi9663
    @sopi9663 Před 3 lety +84

    I feel like he did it cause he felt devastated after his mother’s death, so he used something that they gave her in order to murder others so that their family could feel the pain that he felt 🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe idk, just my thoughts 💭

    • @jashardwallington
      @jashardwallington Před 3 lety +2

      I think so to

    • @Faerieskit
      @Faerieskit Před 3 lety +1

      This is exactly what I think happened as well! Like he thought if he couldn’t have his mother why should other people. The motive seemed pretty clear

    • @hannahlove2017
      @hannahlove2017 Před 3 lety +4

      It's definitely about the mother and I like this take. Another commenter posited that maybe he was so traumatized or excited by her death that he kept recreating those circumstances in other dying old women.

  • @aleenaasif6040
    @aleenaasif6040 Před 2 lety +31

    I think his logic for the killings was that he was ending the "misery" of the old and terminally ill and in doing so he was helping his mother who was in pain. He took the choice of living from hundreds of others just so he could get closure of his mum's death.

  • @ivyblack2209
    @ivyblack2209 Před 3 lety +49

    I grew up in and around Hyde and most of the kids in my primary school class claimed they knew him from trips to the doctors but I don't know if that's true. Whenever people ask what my hometown is known for, I usually say "the hat-works and Harold Shipman" then watch their faces go 😶

    • @jackbuff_I
      @jackbuff_I Před 3 lety +1

      Sorry but you can't claim the hat museum if you're from Hyde,.. Just no, sunshine😏😏

    • @ivyblack2209
      @ivyblack2209 Před 3 lety +4

      @@jackbuff_I you can if you live in Denton two minutes up the road petal 😏

    • @bluegenes2273
      @bluegenes2273 Před 3 lety +1

      For me it's the old lace works and the show "the office".

  • @GodsThirdEye
    @GodsThirdEye Před 3 lety +38

    Society teaches you to trust doctors because their professionals you'd never think ones a serial killer. That's why he got away with his crimes for so long.

  • @PurplexRock
    @PurplexRock Před 3 lety +10

    I live where he worked for a while. A lot of his patients (the ones not murdered) still live here

  • @muchmoist
    @muchmoist Před 3 lety +74

    isn't this c.c. tinsley's arch nemesis?

    • @christina6300
      @christina6300 Před 3 lety +13

      Pretty sure that’s Dr Fear but they’d make a pretty strong duo! 😄

  • @keijah010
    @keijah010 Před 3 lety +16

    Wow. Never heard of this guy. Thanks for the great video

  • @bellarose9794
    @bellarose9794 Před 3 lety +8

    My mum was very ill as a baby and had to have a serious operation at the age of

    • @iamyoonis
      @iamyoonis Před 3 lety +4

      To be fair, we're all taught not to promise "everything will be ok" even for the most mundane procedures... but maybe his tone left a particular impression on your grandmother.

  • @catsprites9389
    @catsprites9389 Před 3 lety +16

    My dad was a policeman in Manchester at the time and he told me when shipman was put away, he kept killing in prison by telling inmates how to painlessly kill themselves.

    • @Isabella-qq2oi
      @Isabella-qq2oi Před 3 lety +2

      How did he kill tho?

    • @Isabella-qq2oi
      @Isabella-qq2oi Před 3 lety

      @CitizenOWorld no i meant in the prison... Check the main comment

    • @EdithCardellini
      @EdithCardellini Před 3 lety +4

      @CitizenOWorld Inmates hoard medication and create very dangerous and sophisticated weapons in prison. They can easily hurt and even kill themselves and others if they choose to do so.
      -Correctional Officer, 8+ years

  • @zerofox641
    @zerofox641 Před 3 lety +63

    See this is why I don’t go to the doctor. Well that and the lack of healthcare insurance... thanks government

    • @connorberry9766
      @connorberry9766 Před 3 lety +4

      This comment is underrated

    • @Sarahcha_93
      @Sarahcha_93 Před 3 lety +1

      Not all doctors are murderers, very few have been :P as a doctor, I’m so sorry that your government does not provide free healthcare for its people, but I hope that you wouldn’t hesitate to seek medical help in the future should you need it (I hope you won’t need it at all though 😊).

  • @vixtorenema1920
    @vixtorenema1920 Před 3 lety +3

    Imagine the needless suffering of thousands of loved ones.
    Stay strong out there.

  • @michelofelia7735
    @michelofelia7735 Před 3 lety +3

    Another morbid yet fascinating video thanks

  • @charliebosworth6895
    @charliebosworth6895 Před 3 lety +45

    This still blows my mind that he was my mums and grandparents doctor

  • @thebubbs1000
    @thebubbs1000 Před 3 lety +37

    I thought this was going to be about Dr. Duntsch, the other Dr. Death

    • @HamelinSong
      @HamelinSong Před 3 lety +17

      I though it was about Jack Kevorkian, the other other Dr. Death

    • @thebubbs1000
      @thebubbs1000 Před 3 lety +7

      @@HamelinSong how many Dr. Death’s are there

    • @HamelinSong
      @HamelinSong Před 3 lety +8

      @@thebubbs1000 I don't know 😂 But now that I think about it you can also add Josef Mengele to the list

    • @thebubbs1000
      @thebubbs1000 Před 3 lety +1

      @@HamelinSong omg you’re right!

    • @DragonKiller-nw2ju
      @DragonKiller-nw2ju Před 3 lety +4

      @@HamelinSong You may as well add that female doctor who murdered over 200 babies or something like that

  • @chloeboswell2028
    @chloeboswell2028 Před 3 lety +2

    My dad always told me about him.. due to my dad living not that far to him when he was growing up.. its crazy how it’s so close to me and how scary it is to have trust in someone who can harm you..

  • @MrDevilGuy999
    @MrDevilGuy999 Před 3 lety +6

    My dad was a victim of Shipman, luckily he survived. Some of my family members didnt. The kill count is WAY off.

  • @JoshHill2002
    @JoshHill2002 Před 3 lety +8

    I live in the town next to Hyde & everyone knows someone who had Shipman as a GP

  • @TimmyTheAverageJimmy
    @TimmyTheAverageJimmy Před 3 lety +85

    Well his name does sound like Shitman so I'm not sure what they expected

  • @mayalonde1138
    @mayalonde1138 Před 2 lety

    i like how you also included the outcome and the effect it had on the people and the country because sometimes we only get entertained at the fact that these things occured but not aware of the aftermath of these horrible things

  • @changle3938
    @changle3938 Před 2 lety +3

    My 76 y.o. grandma said he's the reason she shot H for 40+ years of her life. Said if they ever crossed paths she wanted to be prepared. She's so smart. ❤️ you Gam-Gam!

  • @twistedrealitys742
    @twistedrealitys742 Před 3 lety +3

    I am organally from Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside which Hyde is a part of and my childhood GP was Harold Shipmans GP. Tameside has quite a horrible history with links to Shipman, the Moors murders as well as the two female police officers who where killed by Dale Cregan in 2012.
    I am a massive true crime fan who thinks there is so much to learn about our society and how we can learn and improve by studying how these criminals work who they target and why.

  • @soliloqueoneLG
    @soliloqueoneLG Před 3 lety +15

    Man was sick since a child n system kept rewarding and giving him passes bc he was a so called doctor.

  • @johndunnahoo2365
    @johndunnahoo2365 Před 3 lety +20

    Arrogance and evil go hand and hand. Victims were all elderly women? He was a very horrible person.

  • @KittykatBadger
    @KittykatBadger Před 3 lety +9

    he’s from where my dad grew up and his old pharmacy’s been turned into a takeaway or a shop and every time we drive past to go see my nan we point out where it was. weird how such a morbid topic has become an i joke in the family

  • @MsEsquire83
    @MsEsquire83 Před 3 lety +13

    This completely misses the majority of Shipmans childhood, which likely helped cause his later behavior.

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries Před 3 lety

      They talked about his mom's death and that alone is enough for me to understand why he did what he did. Not condoning it but yeah

  • @MustacheCashStash125
    @MustacheCashStash125 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Harold Shipman is literally how we viewed doctors when we were kids

  • @NoName-rl5xn
    @NoName-rl5xn Před 3 lety +6

    normal people : ah yes, a person
    everyone who watches true crime videos : you could be a murderer! you could be a murderer! YOU could also be a murderer!

  • @josephcarvil9474
    @josephcarvil9474 Před 3 lety +53

    Can you do a episode on Spring Heeled Jack! 🙃

  • @thespnshow3456
    @thespnshow3456 Před 2 lety +2

    I live in Hyde, Tameside and walk past where he used to work every time I go to do my shopping. My Grandad had an appointment with him once but luckily it got cancelled. Also one of his friend's mother died after being killed by Dr. Death

  • @samantharedden3906
    @samantharedden3906 Před 3 lety

    LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!

  • @Huss_D
    @Huss_D Před 3 lety +11

    I can’t believe he got away with it for so long. It’s scary to think how many other people there are like this, that don’t want to be caught.

  • @Sophie.1818
    @Sophie.1818 Před 3 lety +5

    AAHH YESSS i love your videos 😌

  • @amberjunocrybabybeauty4526

    i guess he felt like his mom’s death was out of his control so he wanted to be in control of something? idk.

  • @frankieM911
    @frankieM911 Před 3 lety

    I like these kind of vids, maybe you could make one about the nail bomber in England

  • @daxxark1165
    @daxxark1165 Před 3 lety +4

    Don't have many people from Notts but I can awkwardly say I went to the same college as him a few decades later 😱

  • @yesterdaydream
    @yesterdaydream Před 3 lety +10

    I'm glad we've transferred this negative nickname to someone other than my boy Kevorkian

  • @supportyourtroopsathletes6460

    He had a surgery (doctors office in town Centre in my home town of Ashton Under Lyne prior to moving to Florida . I am so happy he was caught

    • @TakemesomewhereniceMCR
      @TakemesomewhereniceMCR Před 3 lety

      Hi there. His both his surgeries was in Hyde from 1979, he was tried in Ashton under Lyne courts. :)

    • @supportyourtroopsathletes6460
      @supportyourtroopsathletes6460 Před 3 lety

      @@TakemesomewhereniceMCR ..I been to the Ashton Under Lynn courts one time when I was a witness to a violent attack, the courts there don't mess around at all. I am a British American and was raised between Ashton-Under-Lynn and Florida all my life since childhood. My ex and daughters were both his patients at one time. I seen him a couple times for diabetic meds but nothing past that. He always have me a uneasy feeling when I did see him. Bought a home in Florida so I am back in Florida now but my two daughters are still in Ashton-Under-Lynn and go back near every year or they come to Florida.

  • @TakemesomewhereniceMCR
    @TakemesomewhereniceMCR Před 3 lety +10

    I met him. His surgery was 15 mins walk from my house in Hyde. I also knew the Kathleen Grundy the lady Mayoress who’s killing sett off the investigation. Possibly the worlds worst serial killer. Looking forward to watching this!

  • @thestudio66
    @thestudio66 Před 3 lety +33

    My only 2 critiques (bcs I do want this channel to thrive) as a film-student, etc are: the narrator is somewhat robotic, perhaps reading the script more times would help - I say this bcs I do the same unintentionally. Lastly, his motives weren't unknown, if anything, they are spelled out amongst his crimes, and own words - so that sentence at the beginning did turn me off for a bit, the rest of the video, however, was much more informative than most regarding this particular case. Thank You for keeping the Unsolved Legacy active

    • @Internationale7
      @Internationale7 Před 3 lety +6

      Agreed, I really love the Unsolved channel but the narrators for these kinda vids always let them down.

    • @Faith-rm5ls
      @Faith-rm5ls Před 3 lety +17

      Hi, film grad and current employee at WB, the video is supposed to be informative rather than comedic like older unsolved videos, so it’s more appropriate for the narrator to be more monotone/robotic because she isn’t giving her own opinion or bias. And although we may be able to see patterns and essentially get at why he did that, he never explicitly said WHY, we can only speculate. So by definition, his motive is unknown. Great perspective and input but those changes would not necessarily make the video better or worse

    • @hotpinkcrayolas
      @hotpinkcrayolas Před 3 lety +15

      I like the neutral voice since it is more informative than entertaining, but the repetitive use of the same stock images started to get annoying x

    • @sney7972
      @sney7972 Před 2 lety

      @@Faith-rm5ls 100% agreed

  • @getthefekir5040
    @getthefekir5040 Před 2 lety

    Props for the research, haven't seen a 10 pack of regal in a very long time

  • @jackbuff_I
    @jackbuff_I Před 3 lety +2

    I live half a mile from Hyde town center and I can't think of anything in it that's decent. It once had a Gabbotts.. Thats gone. It's got a quite good lawnmower shop I guess.....

  • @josefkonderla8947
    @josefkonderla8947 Před 3 lety +2

    His Employers in Hyde did know about his previous pethidine addition. He told them about it in the interview.

  • @jodipearson567
    @jodipearson567 Před 3 lety +5

    Welcome to the newest episode of
    "Why do I always watch these in bed when everyone who lives with me is out"
    Today we will be ensuring you lie awake staring at the ceiling and questioning humanity... Again

    • @GrimzNZ
      @GrimzNZ Před 3 lety

      I'll watch it with you

  • @hannahbeverley673
    @hannahbeverley673 Před 3 lety +2

    He was my grandads doctor for a while luckily nothing bad happened

  • @taylor7956
    @taylor7956 Před 3 lety

    I love this series! A suggestion for the next video, maybe how Jeffery Dahmer was caught?

  • @migacmagic6675
    @migacmagic6675 Před 3 lety +3

    Shipman visited my grandmother in Newton Aycliffe
    My grandfather was there whenever he visited, he was a medic in WW2 so he knew what he was trying to inject

  • @Life_Of_AL
    @Life_Of_AL Před 2 lety +2

    The last thing his victims will have said to him was likely “Thankyou Doctor”
    I find that harrowing

  • @aimeehx13
    @aimeehx13 Před 3 lety +6

    This was my Aunties doctor in Manchester for years 😬😂

  • @kj-gn3tr
    @kj-gn3tr Před 3 lety +10

    Most doctors/surgeons I’ve worked for were conceited and arrogant, idk it might just be a dr thing 😭

    • @braedenmiller8538
      @braedenmiller8538 Před 3 lety +1

      it is, and in any other scenario i think thats a good thing. I would want the dude thats cutting me open to keep me alive to be super confident.

  • @aalllllllexx
    @aalllllllexx Před 3 lety +3

    Another Dr death, chris duntsch, is the subject of the eponymous podcast and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't listened.

  • @matewhatthefuck6516
    @matewhatthefuck6516 Před 3 lety +2

    He actually told his new colleagues after his rehabilitation of his struggle with drug addiction. Because of his honesty and supposed genuine regret of that past, they hired him. There's a better, longer documentary about him on a British programme called Real Stories, if I'm not mistaken. He got caught because he hurriedly forged a will of his last victim, bequeathing him all of the old lady's estate. Her daughter was in the legal field and caught wind of this and investigated. It then led to the unpacking of his whole affairs. This video really isn't making justice of the interesting, but sinister tale of this guy.

  • @marinew25
    @marinew25 Před 3 lety +1

    I live in Wakefield & people still talk about Shipman to this day - he was kept in an underground cell at HMP Wakefield and complete isolated from other inmates.
    HMP Wakefield is an incredibly high security prison that houses some of England’s most prolific murderers, rapists and paedophiles.
    It’s worth reading the prison’s Wikipedia page!

  • @jackielosey9446
    @jackielosey9446 Před 3 lety +3

    Hospise works within the law He was awful. As a nurse hospice is there for those needing it. He was definitely a monster

  • @hiro7466
    @hiro7466 Před 3 lety

    he lived in my home town before moving, crazy

  • @JamesBodz
    @JamesBodz Před 3 lety +24

    🤦‍♂️ Mass murderers kill multiple people at once in a single event. Serial killers kill many individuals on separate occasions. With 4.5 million subscribers I'd expect you to understand the basic terminology. 🤦‍♂️

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 Před 3 lety +2

      You are correct.

    • @artic9993
      @artic9993 Před 3 lety +1

      “oH wOw YoU hAvE a LoT oF sUbS sO yOu ShOuLd KnOw EvErYtHiNg” just shut up it doesn’t matter

    • @Wildwonkywhack
      @Wildwonkywhack Před 2 lety

      Imagine getting hung up on semantics

  • @Alexis-dx9sp
    @Alexis-dx9sp Před 3 lety +15

    Who else is watching this in the middle of a tornado warning

    • @Alexis-dx9sp
      @Alexis-dx9sp Před 3 lety

      Hell yeah

    • @idkidc6480
      @idkidc6480 Před 3 lety

      Where is this happening?

    • @idkidc6480
      @idkidc6480 Před 3 lety

      @Salazar Slytherin thank you for informing me! Luckily im not in north america atm btw you watch harry potter?

    • @supportyourtroopsathletes6460
      @supportyourtroopsathletes6460 Před 3 lety

      Fun fun

    • @supportyourtroopsathletes6460
      @supportyourtroopsathletes6460 Před 3 lety

      @Salazar Slytherin ... The news reported a unusual tornado outbreak was going to happen today. If you were so concerned you would of already made emergency plans so posting online while watching a video, you obviously are not really concerned.

  • @pizzolo313
    @pizzolo313 Před 3 lety +7

    I feel like I'm one of the few people who agree with assisted suicide.. wait wrong dr death.

  • @sourgreendolly7685
    @sourgreendolly7685 Před 3 lety +2

    Do they not do background checks when hiring doctors in the UK? I don’t understand how they would need to be told of his conviction, it should be on his record

  • @rach3511
    @rach3511 Před 3 lety

    I live in the town next to Hyde this is so close to home 😭😭😭

  • @treyhosack9964
    @treyhosack9964 Před 3 lety +2

    Please do an episode on Jack Kevorkian

    • @justinnelson9787
      @justinnelson9787 Před 3 lety

      I hope they don't demonize him. Kevorkian was a humanitarian and did what he did out of compassion

  • @willow899
    @willow899 Před 3 lety

    I have a friend who is related to this man, and he was born in the same place as myself

  • @billylucius7288
    @billylucius7288 Před 3 lety

    WOW I thought my relatives were BAD but this guy tops them all.

  • @DragonKiller-nw2ju
    @DragonKiller-nw2ju Před 3 lety +2

    I was thinking that what if Shipman murdered these patients because he enacted out his nightmare of his mother's death. Some people tend to make their nightmares a reality.

  • @Mindcreat0r
    @Mindcreat0r Před 2 lety +1

    How do you not check somebody’s criminal record during a criminal investigation???

  • @zachjester1490
    @zachjester1490 Před 3 lety

    I thought this was about Dr. Death Steve Williams, and now I'm sad

  • @amymitchell785
    @amymitchell785 Před 3 lety

    This guy used to live where I grow up only a couple steers away tho he wasn’t a doctor in the Area and it pretty much the secret that no ones talks about

  • @kjoy1646
    @kjoy1646 Před 3 lety +1

    He looks like the old neighbor from home alone😭😭💀

  • @Salmaniack
    @Salmaniack Před 3 lety +1

    Childhood's the most important time of anybody's life. If that's ruined, well....

  • @_ducjk
    @_ducjk Před 3 lety +27

    0:04 I THOUGHT SHE SAID “SHITMAN”

  • @judahmartinez8552
    @judahmartinez8552 Před 3 lety +68

    Who else mad BF crime season 7 was shorter then Ryan's height?

  • @alygurl1635
    @alygurl1635 Před 3 lety +2

    Cases like these are why I don't trust health professionals. They can say and do so much with little to no repercussions under the guise of helping the sick and in need. I am highly apprehensive when I go to any doctor because their word is valued so much more over the word of patients and their families.

    • @Nessainthebuilding
      @Nessainthebuilding Před 3 lety +2

      People do have a tendency of holding doctors at some higher esteem which I don't get. They just went to school for a really long time. They're just human beings like the rest of us. Maybe I feel that way because my mom is a nurse and she's always questioning doctors and whenever she has a difficult one (by which I mean horrible bedside manner) she tells them off or reports them

  • @cheeseplate5701
    @cheeseplate5701 Před 3 lety +4

    i wouldnt wanna be treated by him

  • @oneslikeme
    @oneslikeme Před 3 lety +8

    I'm really thrown on the cremation. lol. He just... had them cremated on his own authority? Was there never any challenge to that from families? Or do most people do cremation anyway, so they don't question it?
    Edit: Haha, that's how he was caught lol. Still though, did no other families challenge it?

  • @latenightcoffeeshop7112

    My aunt worked as a Student Nurse under him whilst he worked at Pontefract.

  • @laylapeters110
    @laylapeters110 Před 3 lety

    I live near where one of his offices was...when it was abandoned my dad took me inside the building

  • @phoebejacob
    @phoebejacob Před 3 lety

    West Yorkshire is my favourite “town” also 😅

  • @WhaleManMan
    @WhaleManMan Před 3 lety +4

    Why did yall start the video with his nose up on the lens.

  • @vampirequeen953
    @vampirequeen953 Před 3 lety +3

    He without a doubt was a phycopathic human being!! It makes me wonder why people do the things that they do and what in the world was going through their mind?! Talk about being disturbed!!!!