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Dr. Harold Shipman, the victims were men and women, some in hospitals, some living at home, who were part of his patient roster.5 He murdered several hundred patients (the exact number will never be known)-mostly with opiates.
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Michael H. Stone (The Anatomy of Evil)
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why do other βsnobsβ β and indeed everyone who dreams of a big house and an exciting social life β not turn to serial murder, too?
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David Wilson (A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond)
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there were so many men buying sexual services that the police could not keep track of the cars they were trying to record. In one night in Manchester, for example, four thousand cars were sighted and logged.
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David Wilson (A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond)
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John Scripps, who murdered three people in Singapore and Thailand,
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David Wilson (A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond)
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That GP was none other than Harold Shipman, who many years later would be identified as one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history.
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Linda Fairley (Bundles of Joy: Two Thousand Miracles. One Unstoppable Manchester Midwife)
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Who would not like to be given a little more credit for oneβs achievements, and a little less criticism for oneβs failings?
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David Wilson (A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond)
Richard Henriques (From Crime to Crime: Harold Shipman to Operation Midland - 17 cases that shocked the world)
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Alec personifies all those elderly people who are no longer seen as living human beings with hopes, fears and desires but simply as bodies, which makes it so much easier to ignore them when they disappear or die.
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David Wilson (A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond)