The story of how the crimes of 'respected' GP Harold Shipman were first discovered and how he was eventually apprehended and charged with the murder of 15 of his own patients.
How the fear of hospitals among elderly patients and the idea of a 'good death' enabled Dr Harold Shipman to murder patients in their own homes and remain undetected for nearly 30 years.
Did Harold Shipman begin killing patients when he was working as a junior doctor in Pontefract? Did preconceptions about the elderly victims allow him to to get away with murdering hundreds of people, in plain sight, for nearly 30 years?
