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Research Paper On Harold Shipman

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What I established from my research is that Dr. Shipman’s motive for all his murders began at an early age. He became infatuated with his mothers morphine treatment as she battled her cancer. This led to his abuse of a similar drug after becoming a doctor (Harold Shipman, 2014). I also believe Dr. Shipman felt he was superior to others and developed a “God” complex believing he could choose who lived and died. Fortunately for law enforcement, greed also factored into the equation, which provided the break needed to finally catch and stop this evil murderer.

Harold Shipman embraced a sense of entitlement at a young age promoted by his mother (Harold Shipman, 2014). Harold was his mother’s favorite among her three children, whom she made …show more content…

Shipman became addicted to Pethidine, which he illegally prescribed to himself (Harold Shipman, 2014). He was tried and found guilty of this causing him to be fired, which I feel, really drove his serial killer to bloom fully. I say this, because someone who feels such an entitlement and that they are above others must have had a deep-rooted impact on him to be told he was guilty and to take away his prominent employment. Unfortunately for society, Dr. Shipman was able to retain his license and after receiving rehabilitation started to work as a general practitioner again (Harold Shipman, 2014). Taking everything into account, including Dr. Shipman’s early sense of entitlement, intimately involved with his mothers battle with cancer, and his infatuation with morphine-like drugs began his evil endeavor of murdering well over two hundred people. I believe he actually enjoyed deciding who was going to live or die, and probably re-lived his mother’s death each time, which probably justified in his mind that he was doing the right thing. Greed was the final factor for the infamous “Dr. Death” when he forged a Will to obtain a large sum of money from one of his victims (Harold Shipman, 2014). The effort in drafting the forged will seemed so lack-luster, probably because he thought he could just persuade the family into believing this was the wishes of his patient. His arrogance and cocky attitude, I believe, ultimately

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