An Appointment With Murder
An Appointment With Murder
Podcast Description
An Appointment With Murder is a forensic examination of those who kill.
In Series 1, we turn the scalpel inward on doctors who kill: trusted professionals who betrayed their oath to save lives. From the calculated crimes of Dr Harold Shipman to the dark legacy of Dr John Bodkin-Adams, this series delves deep into the minds, methods, and motivations of medical murderers.
Hosted by Dr Andrew Johns, a leading forensic psychiatrist who spent years inside Broadmoor Hospital with some of Britain’s most infamous killers, and Dr Harry Brunjes, physician, expert witness, and senior figure in medical ethics, An Appointment with Murder is where medicine meets malice.
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Hosts: Dr Andrew Johns, Dr Harry Brunjes
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Sound Design: John Scott
Exec Producer: Bella Soames
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The podcast focuses on medical professionals who kill, particularly examining cases like Dr Harold Shipman and Dr John Bodkin-Adams. It delves into the psychological profiles of these doctors, their methods, and motivations behind their crimes, offering insights into the betrayal of the Hippocratic oath and the ethical dilemmas involved in medicine.
An Appointment With Murder is a forensic examination of those who kill. In Series 1, we turn the scalpel inward on doctors who kill: trusted professionals who betrayed their oath to save lives. From the calculated crimes of Dr Harold Shipman to the dark legacy of Dr John Bodkin-Adams, this series delves deep into the minds, methods, and motivations of medical murderers. Hosted by Dr Andrew Johns, a leading forensic psychiatrist who spent years inside Broadmoor Hospital with some of Britain’s most infamous killers, and Dr Harry Brunjes, physician, expert witness, and senior figure in medical ethics, An Appointment with Murder is where medicine meets malice.
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Pathogen addict, given to forging prescriptions, a so-called mission-orientated killer and, it’s argued, that he became addicted to killing. Dr Harold Shipman could have been torn from the pages of a particularly bleak crime novel. A loner who would go so far as killing patients in his own clinic, his bloody hands are all over history, even from an early age; even as a junior doctor he certified 133 deaths and was present at a third of all of them. Plainly put, he was at the moment of death twenty more times than any other junior doctor he worked with.
He was dismissive of the people he killed too, if they were in his way, or thought they were, then they were almost certainly doomed. Killing one victim at home as their neighbour literally sat next door in the kitchen, telling the relative of another when asked if they might survive, that ‘I wouldn’t buy him an Easter egg’. Dark as pitch, unfeeling and the only doctor in British history found guilty of murdering his patients.
Join The Crime Desk to hear all episodes in series one straight away. Plus, you’ll get exclusive weekly bonus episodes of our award-winning podcast The Trial, ad-free listening across all of our shows, and early access to brand-new series like our high-stakes investigative series, Heists, Scams & Lies.
Become a member today at thecrimedesk.com.
Hosts: Dr Andrew Johns, Dr Harry Brunjes
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Sound Design: John Scott
Exec Producer: Bella Soames
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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