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Shipman's method of killing was through administering lethal doses of diamorphine, also known as heroin. He would often falsify medical records to cover up his actions and make it appear as if the patients had died from natural causes. Shipman's reign of terror ended when he was caught forging a will and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

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Harold Shipman was born on January 14, 1946, in Nottingham, England. He was the second of four children and grew up in a working-class family. His father was a lorry driver and his mother worked as a clerk. As a child, Shipman was described as quiet and introverted. He excelled academically and went on to study medicine at Leeds University. However, his childhood may have played a role in his later actions as he reportedly had a difficult relationship with his mother and witnessed the death of his grandfather due to medical malpractice.

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Harold Shipman was a British doctor who was convicted of murdering 15 of his patients in 2000. However, it is believed that he may have killed up to 250 people over the course of his career. Shipman's modus operandi was to administer lethal doses of diamorphine to his victims, often disguising their deaths as natural causes. His crimes were only discovered when a colleague noticed an unusually high number of deaths under Shipman's care. The subsequent investigation revealed a pattern of suspicious behavior and evidence linking him to the murders. Shipman was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and died by suicide in 2004.