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Evil Beyond Belief
- Narrated by: Karl Jenkinson
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics
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Summary
This is the shocking story of a doctor who was addicted to murder: a man who wickedly abused the trust of his patients with horrifying results.
He was a pillar of the community: attentive, kind, never too busy to chat. Yet behind this charming facade lay the world's most prolific serial killer, with at least 200 victims. Small, bespectacled Dr Shipman was making house calls - and then committing murder with bloodcurdling expertise and professionalism. He saw himself as playing God.
This sensational book looks behind the man and reveals how, throughout his 25-year campaign of evil, Shipman continued to be a doting husband and father, trusted and adored by the majority of his patients. Evil Beyond Belief looks at how he was able to get away with murder for so long and - most important of all - why he was driven by a twisted, insatiable lust for death. It also looks at the events leading up to Shipman's suicide and examines the effect that this dramatic event had on the families of his numerous victims.
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- craig
- 08-01-20
Excellent
I have been listening to true crime Audiobooks for more years thank I care to think about, I must say this is the best audiobook I have ever had the pleasure of listening to, written so well and narrated so brilliant I must give this a well deserved 10/10..
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- Miss Catherine O'Connor
- 02-06-20
Fascinating and horrific.
Just how I like my audiobooks! Couldn't stop listening. Lots of research and background that I had not heard before.
14 people found this helpful
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- Rachel Martin
- 08-10-20
Good book. Detailed and very interesting
An excellent book. Lots of insight into this case. Well narrated. Would recommend to all.
11 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-04-21
very good
Good story loads of information about the whole sad saga highlights a few injustices in the process
8 people found this helpful
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- Kindleblorp
- 22-05-21
Sensible Delve Into a Serial Killer
A gripping yet non-sensational look at Shipman, I found this far more interesting than I would have imagined. Though it scrutinized Shipman, it also placed his family and the victims and the world at large under the microscope, as well as the mistakes in the medical bodies that allowed him to go unchallenged for so long.
Narrator is superb too.
6 people found this helpful
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- Reno
- 08-03-21
Fascinating, but very matter-of-fact
It took me a while to get into this book, as I had just come from a very person book on self discovery by another author - so switching to a very matter of fact style of writing was a bit jarring at first. This book is more like a very long newspaper article, and while it attempts to paint a picture, a lot of it (especially the first half) is “Fred Shipman did such and such”, “Fred Shipman said this”, “Fred Shipman went to this place” - in many respects it’s like a list of events with a few deeper considerations added in-between. This isn’t a criticism though, it’s just something I noticed. The amount of detail is commendable, the choice of narrator is engaging and by the second half I was totally hooked - I listened to the last 4 hours in a single day! I highly recommend this listen, it’s truly fascinating and the final paragraph of the last chapter made me gasp out loud.
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- carrosvoss
- 10-06-20
Well researched but heavy on psychology
It’s a book about the most prolific serial killer in history. Shipman killed in vicinity of 400 people, mostly elderly women by injections of diamorphine. It is a chilling story of an ordinary man, respected and trusted by many thousands of patients.
The book is a biography with a heavy emphasis on psychology. That makes is a bit tedious at moments (I listened to audiobook) and I zoned out on more than one occasion. But it is extremely well researched, attentive to detail and respectful.
There are some factual repetitions but they don’t detract from the flow of the story too much.
I will say is a must read in the category of ‘Does evil really exist?’.
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- John L
- 07-04-20
fascinating read.
informative and insightful well worth a listen esp. true crime fans and serial killer fans
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-22
Unbelievable Tale !
I had no idea this guy was the worst in history.. A great listen.
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- Ludwig van El
- 19-03-22
Can't tell about historical accuracy, grizzly tale
The author paints a credible tale of Dr. Shipman's descent into murderousness, giving insight into how it happened.
Though: I can't escape feeling the author used speculation.
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