Harold Shipman

Harold Shipman "Doctor Death", medicine doctor & serial killer. Born in 1946. He became a doctor, married and had four children. In 1975 he started killing older women, all of them his patients. One victims daughter reacted to her mothers will, leaving everything to her doctor. The police investigation showed there were probably as many as 250 murder victims. Shipman's main motive was economical, he forged testaments and death certificates. He was arrested in September 1998. In 2000 Shipman was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life in prison. He died in 2004 from suicide by hanging himself in his cell. Shipman is possibly the most prolific serial killer in history.