In January 2000 Harold Shipman, a GP practising in an ordinary market town in Manchester, was convicted of 15 murders. But it would soon become clear that he had in fact killed hundreds. And that all of his victims were his own patients. Dating back to the 1970s, the scale of Shipman’s crime was staggering. ibid.
‘The vast bulk of people – there was nothing wrong with them.’ ibid. witness
At the centre of the story was one elderly woman – Kathleen Grundy. Mrs Grundy died at home on 24th June 1998 aged 81. She was a former mayoress of Hyde … Alarmed at what they’d discovered, Kathleen Grundy’s family took the suspect will to the police. ibid.
Greater Manchester Police had looked into Harold Shipman three months before Kathleen Grundy’s death. ibid.
It’s almost as if nobody was prepared to challenge him. ibid.
Harold Shipman, one of Hyde’s most popular GPs, for a long time had been known around town as Doctor Death. ibid.
‘This man was in my grandparents’ bedroom – he’s in their bedroom – and he stood next to my grandfather and he basically killed her in front of him. And my grandfather trusted that man and then made him a coffee in the kitchen.’ The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story II, lady
The number of victims was shocking but there was something oddly low-key about their deaths and the way they were reported. ibid.
In fact, in 1975, Shipman’s only full year in Todmorden, deaths increased by more than 50% on the previous year. ibid.
Shipman’s fellow GPs had discovered that he was addicted to Pethidine … but he wasn’t disqualified from working as a doctor. ibid.
‘The vast bulk of people are living full lives and … these were healthy elderly people who were not going to die for many many more years … and they were part of this community.’ The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story III, Professor Aneez Semail, medical adviser to Shipman inquiry
The Inquiry heard evidence from families, witnesses and experts and examined over 400 cases … ‘I have found that Shipman killed 200 patients. That number is in addition… ’ ibid. Dame Janet Smith, inquiry
‘The serial killer Harold Shipman has been found dead in his cell at Wakefield prison.’ ibid. BBC news
The truth is we’ll never really know. ibid.
For the first time ever, analysing the words and actions of Britain’s most prolific serial killer: the moment Harold Shipman appeared paralysed by fear. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e4: Harold Shipman, DiscoveryPlus 2020
For the leading QC who put him behind bars: ‘At no stage in those six days of cross-examination did I detect any sense at all of regret on his part or for anything he’d done.’ ibid.
The biggest mass murder in British criminal history. Hundreds killed by one man, a local GP Harold Shipman. A position he believed gave him power over life and death. ibid.
But his power was draining away. Linking Mrs Grundy to local drug dealers was wrong and desperate. ibid.
SHIRLEY, MARK: Evil Up Close TV - The Independent online -
Mark Shirley was just sixteen when he raped and killed a defenceless old woman. Released on parole he let slip a chilling warning to a girlfriend. When he attacked, he would taunt his victims with a knife as he brutally raped them. Evil Up Close: Blood Thirsty Killer
He was given sixteen life sentences by the judge. ibid.
A convicted murderer and rapist was told by a judge today that he will probably die in prison after being convicted of another knifepoint sex attack.
Mr Justice Astill handed Kenneth Mark Shirley another 16 life sentences on top of the seven he is already serving.
Shirley, 42, was found guilty of four rapes, 12 assaults by penetration and a single charge of wounding by a jury at Bristol Crown Court.
The judge told Shirley, who is known by his middle name, he would serve a minimum term of 16 years imprisonment but would probably never be released. The Independent online article 27th September 2012
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A judge called this girl literal Hell on Wheels. She got 15 years to life for killing her boyfriend and his friend in one of the most horrific ways possible. Here’s what the judge saw: Mackenzie Shirilla Toyota Camry speeds 100 miles an hour down a quiet street then jumps a curb and rams into a brick warehouse. The whole thing is caught on security cameras … The brake lights don’t flash once. This was no accident according to the judge. True Crime Recaps: Unraveling Hell on Wheels: The Intriguing Shirilla Mackenzie Case, Youtube 6.01, 2023
Mackenzie is rushed to the hospital. She was seriously injured but somehow survived. ibid.
There was no jury; she chose a bench trial. ibid.
Mackenzie said she blacked out and doesn’t remember a thing. ibid.
SHOKER, HARVINDER et al: Murdered By: Burned Alive: The Murder of Gagandip Singh TV -
In the early hours of Saturday morning as firefighters tackled a blaze in a car parked in a lane on Blackheath they discovered a body hidden in the boot. Murdered By: Burned Alive: The Murder of Gagandip Singh, news, Channel 5 2019
News of the horrific murder of 21-year-old Gagandip Singh sent shockwaves through the Sikh community … He was betrayed by those closest to him … ibid.
Police arrest Shoker at his home near Blackheath … former best mate … Both Mahil and Peters also plead not guilty. ibid.
Shoker and Peters hide in her [Mahil] bedroom and wait for Gagandip to arrive. ibid.
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The mysterious and gruesome crime that’s haunted the public for decades. The victims is a young beauty, and like Jack the Ripper or the Zodiac killer her murderer has never been caught or identified … Who killed the Black Dahlia and why? History’s Greatest Mysteries s4e24: The Black Dahlia, History 2024
For seven decades the Los Angeles police department has kept the Black Dahlia murder case open. ibid.
The bisected corpse of a young woman, naked, scrubbed, cleaned, and drained of all her blood. ibid.
The biggest manhunt in LA history kicks off. ibid.
There might be other murders related to this. ibid. criminologist