Dr Death: Modern History's Worst Serial Killer

We’re at the point. We’re I can click on a random YouTube video and just unsurprisingly go “oh shit it’s a Simon Whistler channel.”

My Nan worked as a nurse at the hospital Shipman worked at. She told me he was friendly and good with kids. He diagnosed my uncle (her son) with Asthma. Crazy to think someone you know so casually could just so happen to be one of the most prolific killers in history

I'm a doctor. I was training when Shipman was caught. To this day, the amount of trust that strangers place in me because of the word 'doctor' in front of my name is crazy. The number of people, over the years, whom I have asked: "why do you take this drug?" and comes the answer: "I don't know. Because my GP told me to." Could a Shipman situation happen again? Absolutely, yes. Not as prolifically, not in such great numbers, as these things are now monitored. But, over a 40-year career, could you get away with this every so often, and would the numbers be hidden in the statistical noise? Yes. Absolutely.

I work for a GP surgery in the UK and we all have a really dark sense of humour... there’s a GP who looks after all the care homes (LOTS of old people and covid is really not helping) and during particularly bad weeks she some times get called Harold or Dr Shipman. I have seen her come into 6 deaths after Christmas and someone handed her the death certificate book while saying ‘Steady on Harold’

I am very grateful that you didn´t decide to make this available only in podcast form as watching this on youtube on my computer is way more convenient for me

how many channels do you want Simon? Simon: yes

i live in Hyde and he murdered one of my friends, Geoff Bogle who taught me some studio photography. Geoff was a gentleman who had an old-school courtesy about him. the people of hyde had such high regard for him and a lot of people didn't believe he did it even after his conviction. he often left the door of the victims house open so the victims could be found and most of his victims were elderly sat in there chairs with a sleeve rolled up

You’ve left out my favorite part of his story. He even killed ladies in his sugary. That’s right, in office murders. Another doctor when questioned how often persons had just, dropped dead while during an examination he replied “never, that absolutely never happens”. Unsurprisingly with Dr. Death it was a thing.

A friend of mine lost her grandfather thanks to Shipman as he was one of his victims. I also think he killed himself because his ego couldn't take the fact that he'd been caught.

It is precisely the fact that he got away with so many murders for so long that led him to become so sloppy. His confidence was raised and he felt that he would never be caught. This got a number of other serial killers caught too.

How in the hell do you have so many channels? You are a certified workaholic and one of the best content creators I have ever seen.

"I'm giving all my money to the doctor....BURN ME!" not at all suspicious

Half of the episode is Simon trolling the serial killer. "What are you doing, Herald?"

He probably got away so long because his victims were expected to be at or near death's door already. A 20 year old with stab wounds is infinitely more suspicious than a 90 year old found at home in a recliner.

Hearing the number of victims compared to how many double decker buses they would fit into is probably the most British thing I've heard in all the true crime I've watched, omg.

My grandfather's in his 90s but still going strong. If he suddenly died after a visit with a doctor, I'd be immediately suspicious, but then I'm not a very trusting person and my grandparents are pretty open with their conditions. So if the doctor was like, oh, well, he had heart failure, you know, happens to people in their 90s, I'd be like, this is the first time I'm hearing about heart trouble, and he or my grandmother would have told me because I knew about his bowel troubles, my grandmother's hip troubles, etc. so I don't believe you, I want an autopsy. Guess it pays to be open with your loved ones about your conditions and to not trust people just because they're doctors or priests or whatever. Doesn't mean be paranoid, but do verify.

24:40 "This makes you very unlikeable Harold, and all the murdering as well" Simon trolling the killer Blaze-style, the entire video. Just..... awesome new channel!

Also funny that the town is called Todmorden. That’s German „Tod-„ (death), and „Morden“ (to murder). Very on the nose.

Im from Hyde and know this case extremely well. A little known fact is that his daughter is a practicing GP in the Hyde area still. She lives under a new identity and is a well loved family doctor by a lot of people, although i don/t think many know who she actually is.

"Life without parole is a rare sentence here in the UK" Meanwhile, in America we hand that shit out like candy with a sprinkling of the death penalty.