Dr.
Harold Frederick SHIPMAN
"Doctor Death"
Classification:
Serial killer
Characteristics: Poisoner
- One of the
most prolific serial killers in recorded history
Number of victims: 15 - 215
+
Date of murders: 1974-1975
/ 1977-1998
Date
of arrest:
September 7,
1998
Date of birth: January 14,
1946
Victims profile: Marie
West, 81 / Irene Turner, 67 / Lizzie Adams, 77 / Jean Lilley, 59 / Ivy Lomas,
63 / Muriel Grimshaw, 76 / Marie Quinn, 67 / Kathleen Wagstaff, 81
/ Bianka Pomfret, 49 / Norah Nuttall,
64 / Pamela Hillier, 68 / Maureen Ward, 57 / Winifred Mellor, 73 / Joan Melia,
73 / Kathleen
Grundy, 81 (patients)
Method of murder:
Poisoning
(lethal
injections of diamorphine)
Location: West Yorkshire/Greater
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Status: Found guilty of 15 murders.
Sentenced to life imprisonment and the judge
recommended that he never be released
on January 31, 2000. Committed suicide by
hanging
himself in his cell at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire on January 13,
2004
Shipman's 215 victims
An official report has concluded that former GP Harold Shipman
killed at least 215 patients over more than 25 years.
His confirmed victims, all ruled unlawfully killed at the
inquiry, or for whose murders he had previously been convicted,
are as follows:
17 Mar: Eva Lyons , 70, of Keswick Close, Todmorden
07 Aug: Sarah Hannah Marsland , 86, of Ashton House,
Victoria Street, Hyde.
30 Aug: Mary Ellen Jordan , 73, of Godley Hill Road,
Hyde.
07 Dec: Harold Bramwell , 73, of Bryce Street, Hyde.
20 Dec: Annie Campbell , 88, of Rydal Avenue, Hyde.
10 Aug: Alice Maude Gorton , 76, of Leigh Fold,
Newton, Hyde.
28 Nov: Jack Leslie Shelmerdine , 77, of Hyde.
18 Apr: May Slater , 84, of Hough Lane, Hyde.
26 Aug: Elizabeth Ashworth , 81, of Peel Street,
Hyde.
04 Jan: Percy Ward , 90, of Hollins Avenue, Hyde.
28 Jun: Moira Ashton Fox , 77, of Chartist House,
Mount Street, Hyde.
07 Jan: Dorothy Tucker , 51, of Armadale Road,
Dukinfield.
08 Feb: Gladys Roberts , 78, of Shaw Hall Avenue,
Hyde.
15 Apr: Joseph Bardsley , 83, of Hough Lane, Newton,
Hyde.
24 Apr: Winifred Arrowsmith , 70, of Chartist House,
Hyde.
21 Sep: Mary Winterbottom , 76, of Grange Road South,
Hyde.
27 Nov: Ada Ashworth , 87, of Spring Avenue, Hyde.
17 Dec: Joseph Vincent Everall , 80, of Commercial
Street, Hyde.
18 Dec: Edith Wibberley , 76, of Cheetham Fold Road,
Hyde.
24 Dec: Eileen Theresa Cox , 72, of Hunters Court,
Dukinfield.
02 Jan: Peter Lewis , 41 , of Briardene, Denton.
01 Feb: May Brookes , 74, of Cross Street, Hyde.
04 Feb: Ellen Higson , 84, of Marler Road, Hyde.
15 Feb: Margaret Ann Conway , 69, of Mary Street,
Dukinfield.
22 Feb: Kathleen McDonald , 73, of Carter Place,
Hyde.
26 Jun: Thomas Moult , 70, of Thorpe Hall Grove,
Hyde.
26 Jun: Mildred Robinson , 84, of Mona Street, Hyde.
23 Aug: Frances Elizabeth Turner , 85, of Peveril
Terrace, Hyde.
17 Dec: Selina Mackenzie , 77, of Perrin Street,
Hyde.
20 Dec: Vera Bramwell , 79, of Rufford Avenue, Hyde.
31 Dec: Fred Kellett , 79, of Knott Lane, Gee Cross,
Hyde.
07 Jan: Deborah Middleton , 81, of 4 Manor Road,
Hyde.
23 Apr: Dorothy Fletcher , 74, of Charnley House,
Albert Road, Hyde.
06 Jun: Thomas Fowden , 81, of Mona Street, Hyde.
15 Sep: Mona Ashton White , 63, of Thorpe Hall Grove,
Newton, Hyde.
07 Oct: Mary Tomlin , 73, of Thorpe Hall Grove, Hyde.
17 Nov: Beatrice Toft , 59, of Marler Road, Hyde.
16 Dec: Lily Broadbent , 75, of Welbeck Road, Hyde.
23 Dec: James Wood , 82, of Rydal Avenue, Hyde.
30 Mar: Frank Halliday , 76, of Saxon Avenue,
Dukinfield.
01 April: Albert Cheetham , 85, of Brooks Avenue,
Hyde.
16 Apr: Alice Thomas , 83, of Sidley Place, Hyde.
08 May: Jane Frances Rostron , 78, of Hamel Street,
Hyde.
14 Sep: Nancy Anne Brassington , 71, of Laburnum
Avenue, Hyde.
11 Dec: Margaret Townsend , 80, of Busheyfield Close,
Newton, Hyde.
29 Dec: Nellie Bardsley , 69, of Rufford Avenue,
Hyde.
30 Dec: Elizabeth Ann Rogers , 74, of Chartist House,
Mount Street, Hyde.
05 Jan: Elizabeth Fletcher , 90, of St John's Drive,
Godley, Hyde.
15 Jan: Alice Mary Jones , 83, of Garden Street,
Hyde.
09 Feb: Dorothea Hill Renwick , 90, of Dowson Road,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
15 Feb: Ann Cooper , 93, of Old Road, Hyde.
15 Feb: Jane Jones , 83, of Leigh Fold, Hyde.
16 Feb: Lavinia Robinson , 84, of Chartist House,
Mount Street, Hyde.
18 Sep: Rose Ann Adshead , 80, of Lawton Street,
Hyde.
20 Oct: Alice Prestwich , 69, of Ogden Court, Frank
Street, Hyde.
06 Nov: Walter Tingle , 85, of Walker Close, Hyde.
17 Dec: Harry Stafford , 87, of Rock Street, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
19 Dec: Ethel Bennett , 80, of Cunliffe Street, Hyde.
31 Jan: Wilfred Chappell , 80, of Newton Hall Road,
Hyde.
08 Mar: Mary Emma Hamer , 81, of Grange Road South,
Hyde.
12 May: Beatrice Helen Clee , 78, of King Edward
Road, Gee Cross, Hyde.
05 Jun: Josephine Hall , 69, of Garden Street,
Newton, Hyde.
06 Jul: Hilda Fitton , 75, of Burkitt Street, Hyde.
14 Aug: Marion Carradice , 80, of Kensington Street,
Hyde.
22 Sep: Elsie Harrop , 82, of Frank Street, Hyde.
26 Sep: Elizabeth Mary Burke , 82, of Carter Place,
Hyde.
15 Oct: Sarah Jane Williamson , 82, of Thorsby
Avenue, Hyde.
16 Oct: John Charlton , 81, of Ogden Court, Frank
Street, Hyde.
18 Oct: George Edgar Vizor , 67, of Thorpe Hall
Grove, Hyde.
06 Nov: Joseph Frank Wilcockson , 85, of Dow Street,
Hyde.
18 Sep: Dorothy Rowarth , 56, of Farm Lane, Hyde.
30 Dec: Mary Rose Dudley , 69, of The Woodlands,
Werneth Road, Hyde.
07 Oct: Monica Rene Sparkes , 72, of Rock Gardens,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
24 Feb: Hilda Mary Couzens , 92, of Knott Lane, Hyde.
24 Feb: Olive Heginbotham , 86, of Fawley Avenue,
Hyde.
22 Mar: Amy Whitehead , 82, of Haughton Green Road,
Denton.
08 Apr: Mary Emma Andrew , 86, of Mona Street, Hyde.
17 Apr: Sarah Ashworth , 74, of Bowlacre Road, Hyde.
27 Apr: Marjorie Parker , 74, of Werneth Avenue, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
02 May: Nellie Mullen , 77, of Lanegate, Hyde.
04 May: Edna May Llewellyn , 68, of Carter Place,
Hyde.
12 May: Emily Morgan , 84, of Mansfield Road, Hyde.
13 May: Violet May Bird , 60, of Hyde.
22 Jul: Jose Kathleen Diana Richards , 74, of
Meadowfield Court, Flowery Field, Hyde.
16 Aug: Edith Calverley , 77, of Mansfield Road,
Hyde.
16 Dec: Joseph Leigh , 78, of King George Road, Hyde.
22 Dec: Eileen Robinson , 54, of Marlborough Road,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
31 Dec: Charles Edward Brocklehurst , 90, of Park
Avenue, Hyde.
04 Jan: Joan Milray Harding , 82, of Hyde.
13 Jan: Christine Hancock , 53, of Thistley Fields,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
09 Feb: Elsie Platt , 73, of Stockport Road, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
17 May: Mary Alice Smith , 84, of Chartist House,
Hyde.
25 May: Ronnie Devenport , 57, of Chartist House,
Hyde.
15 Jun: Cicely Sharples , 87, of Swindells Street,
Newton, Hyde.
17 Jun: Alice Christine Kitchen , 70, of Kirkstone
Road, Hyde.
27 Jul: Maria Thornton , 78, of Stockport Road, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
25 Nov: Henrietta Walker , 87, of Orchard Street,
Hyde.
30 Nov: Elizabeth Ellen Mellor , 75, of Sidley Place,
Hyde.
29 Dec: John Bennett Molesdale , 81, of Old Road,
Newton, Hyde.
09 Jan: Alice Kennedy , 88, of Ogden Court, Frank
Street, Hyde.
01 Mar: Lucy Virgin , 70, of Carter Place, Newton,
Hyde.
07 Mar: Netta Ashcroft , 71, of Meadowfield Court,
Flowery Field, Hyde.
07 Mar: Lily Bardsley , 88, of Ashton Road, Hyde.
13 Mar: Marie Antoinette Fernley , 53, of Darwin
Street, Hyde.
21 Mar: John Crompton , 82, of Gloucester Road, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
26 Mar: Frank Crompton , 86, of Knott Lane, Hyde.
31 Mar: Vera Brocklehurst , 70, of Queensway,
Dukinfield.
10 Apr: Angela Philomena Tierney , 71, of Commercial
Street, Hyde.
13 Apr: Edith Scott , 85, of Dowson Road, Hyde.
14 Apr: Clara Hackney , 84, of Booth Street, Hyde.
21 Apr: Renate Eldtraude Overton , 47, of Hyde.
04 May: Kate Maud Sellors , 75, of Ashton House,
Victoria Street, Hyde.
02 Jun: Clifford Barnes Heapey , 85, of Hyde Nursing
Home, Grange Road South, Hyde.
13 Jun: Bertha Moss , 68, of Newton Hall Court, Hyde.
17 Jun: Brenda Ashworth , 63, of Meadowfield Court,
Hyde.
29 Jun: Ernest Rudol , 82, of Forrest Road, Haughton
Green, Denton.
12 Jul: Ada Matley Hilton , 88, of St John's Drive,
Godley, Hyde.
31 Jul: Irene Aitken , 65, of Burkitt Street, Hyde.
29 Aug: Arthur Henderson Stopford , 82, of Rydal
Avenue, Hyde.
14 Sep: Geoffrey Bogle , 72, of Lord Derby Road,
Hyde.
26 Sep: Dora Elizabeth Ashton , 87, of 34 Mona
Street, Hyde.
24 Oct: Muriel Margaret Ward , 87, of Ogden Court,
Frank Street, Hyde.
08 Nov: Edith Brock , 74, of Carter Place, Hyde.
22 Nov: Charles Henry Barlow , 88, of Dowson Road,
Hyde.
25 Nov: Konrad Peter Ovcar-Robinson , 43, of Hyde.
14 Dec: Elizabeth Teresa Sigley , 67, of Stockport
Road, Gee Cross, Hyde.
14 Dec: Kenneth Wharmby Woodhead , 75, of Sawyer
Brow, Hyde.
02 Jan: Hilda Mary Hibbert , 81, of Joel Lane, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
11 Jan: Erla Copeland , 79, of Grosvenor Crescent,
Hyde.
21 Feb: Jane Elizabeth Shelmerdine , 80, of Napier
Street, Gee Cross, Hyde.
27 Feb: John Sheard Greenhalgh , 88, of Cheetham Fold
Road, Hyde.
12 Mar: Minnie Doris Irene Galpin , 71, of
Meadowfield Court, Hyde.
18 Apr: Marjorie Hope Waller , 79, of Kew Avenue,
Hyde.
24 Apr: John Stone , 77, of Dukinfield Road, Hyde.
07 May: Elsie Godfrey , 85, of Chartist House, Hyde.
13 May: Edith Brady , 72. Ruled unlawful killing at
inquiry.
29 May: Valerie Cuthbert , 54, of Daisy Bank, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
30 May: Lilian Cullen , 77, of Foxholes Road, Hyde.
06 Jun: Renee Lacey , 63, of Windsor Road, Hyde.
10 Jun: Leah Fogg , 82, of Haughton Green Road,
Denton.
17 Jun: Gladys Saunders , 82, of Ogden Court, Hyde.
25 Jun: Nellie Bennett , 86, of Ravensfield, Gorse
Hall Road, Dukinfield.
25 Jun: Margaret Mary Vickers , 81, of Bennett
Street, Hyde.
02 Jul: Tom Balfour Russell , 77, of 18 Harrison
Street, Gee Cross, Hyde.
11 Jul: Irene Turner , 67, of St Pauls Hill Road,
Hyde. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
16 Jul: Carrie Leigh , 81, of Joel Lane, Gee Cross,
Hyde.
19 Jul: Marion Elizabeth Higham , 84, of Joel Lane,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
24 Jul: Elsie Hannible , 85, of Rydal Avenue, Hyde.
29 Jul: Elsie Barker , 84, of Green Street, Hyde.
30 Aug: Sidney Arthur Smith , 76, of Garden Street,
Newton, Hyde.
12 Sep: Dorothy Mary Andrew , 85, of Sheffield Road,
Godley, Hyde.
20 Sep: Anne Lilian Ralphs , 75, of Baron Road, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
23 Oct: Millicent Garside , 76, of St John's Drive,
Godley, Hyde.
20 Nov: Irene Heathcote , 76, of Coronation Avenue,
Hyde.
23 Nov: Samuel Mills , 89, of Ogden Court, Hyde.
04 Dec: Thomas Cheetham , 78, of Garden Street,
Newton, Hyde.
17 Dec: Kenneth Ernest Smith , 73, of Garden Street,
Newton, Hyde.
02 Jan: Eileen Daphne Crompton , 75, of Charnley
House, Albert Road, Hyde.
03 Jan: David Alan Harrison , 47, of Talbot Road,
Hyde.
08 Jan: Elsie Lorna Dean , 69, of Wood Street, Hyde.
20 Jan: Irene Brooder , 76, of St Johns Drive,
Godley, Hyde.
27 Jan: Charlotte Bennison , 89, of Rowbotham Street,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
03 Feb: Charles Henry Killan , 90, of Bagshaw Street,
Newton, Hyde.
04 Feb: Betty Royston , 70, of Ogden Court, Hyde.
23 Feb: Joyce Woodhead , 74, of Sawyer Brow, Newton,
Hyde.
28 Feb: Lizzie Adams ,77, of Coronation Avenue, Hyde.
Shipman conviced of her murder in January 2000.
22 Mar: Rose Garlick , 76, of Taylor Gardens, Hyde.
27 Mar: May Lowe , 84, of Allen Avenue, Hyde.
21 Apr: Mary Coutts , 80, of Marler Road, Hyde.
25 Apr: Elsie Cheetham , 76, of Garden Street, Hyde.
25 Apr: Jean Lilley , 58, of Jackson Street, Hyde.
Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
02 May: Lena Norah Slater , 68, of Newton Hall Court,
Hyde.
12 May: Ethel May Kellet , 74, of Bankfield, Newton,
Hyde.
21 May: Doris Earls , 79, of Brabyns Road, Gee Cross,
Hyde.
29 May: Ivy Lomas , 63, of Thornley Street, Hyde.
Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
24 Jun: Vera Whittingslow , 69, of Dowson Road, Hyde.
07 Jul: Maureen Lamonnier Jackson , 51, of Mottram
Road, Hyde.
14 Jul: Muriel Grimshaw , 76, of Berkley Crescent,
Hyde. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
25 July: John Louden Livesey , 69, of Dowson Road,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
28 Jul: Lily Newby Taylor , 86, of Brabyns Road,
Hyde.
10 Aug: Dorothy Doretta Hopkins , 72, of Darwin
Street, Hyde.
01 Sep: Nancy Jackson , 81, of Gower Court, King
Edward Road, Hyde.
22 Sep: Mavis Mary Pickup , 79, of Spring Avenue, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
26 Sep: Bessie Swann , 79, of Brooks Avenue, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
29 Sep: Enid Otter , 77, of Waverley Road, Hyde.
10 Nov: Florence Lewis , 79, of Mansfield Road, Hyde.
14 Nov: Mary Walls , 78, of Werneth Avenue, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
21 Nov: Elizabeth Mary Baddeley , 83, of Rowan Court,
Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde.
24 Nov: Marie Quinn , 67, of Paul Street, Hyde.
Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
08 Dec: Elizabeth Battersby , 70, of Norbury Avenue,
Hyde.
09 Dec: Laura Kathleen Wagstaff , 81, of Rock
Gardens, Hyde. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
10 Dec: Bianka Pomfret , 49, of Fountain Street,
Hyde. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
18 Dec: Alice Black , 73, of Plain Pitt Street, Hyde.
24 Dec: James Joseph King , 83, of Ogden Court, Hyde.
22 Jan: Mabel Shawcross , 79, of Stockport Road,
Hyde.
26 Jan: Norah Nuttall , 64, of Baron Road, Hyde.
Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
02 Feb: Cissie Davies , 73, of Lodge Lane, Newton,
Hyde.
09 Feb: Pamela Marguerite Hillier , 68, of
Stalybridge Road, Mottram. Shipman convicted of her murder in
January 2000.
13 Feb: Laura Frances Linn , 83, of Acorn Avenue, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
15 Feb: Irene Berry , 74, Rufford Avenue, Hyde.
18 Feb: Maureen Alice Ward , 57, of Ogden Court,
Hyde. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
27 Feb: Joan Edwina Dean , 75, of Joel Lane, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
04 Mar: Harold Eddleston , 77, of Rufford Avenue,
Hyde.
06 Mar: Margaret Anne Waldron , 65, of Woodend Lane,
Gee Cross, Hyde.
07 Mar: Irene Chapman , 74, of Clarendon Road, Hyde.
13 Mar: Dorothy Long , 84, of Woodfield Avenue, Hyde.
17 Mar: Lily Higgins , 83, of Stockport Road, Gee
Cross, Hyde.
20 Mar: Ada Warburton , 77, of Grange Road North,
Hyde.
24 Mar: Martha Marley , 88, of Mona Street, Hyde.
11 May: Winifred Mellor , 73, of Coronation Avenue,
Hude. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
12 Jun: Joan May Melia , 73, of Commercial Street,
Hyde. Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
24 Jun: Kathleen Grundy , 81, of Joel Lane, Hyde.
Shipman convicted of her murder in January 2000.
