This is a post highlighting the acts of Dennis Nilsen a british serial killer who remained active for many years. On the evening of 9 february 1983, Detectives went to 23 Cranley Gardens accomoanied by professor Bowen, the pathologist. The police photographs (attached) show the flat as they found it, with all its gruesome evidence.

Dennis Andrew Nilsen (23 November 1945 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish serial killer[1] and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years; this recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994. In his later years, Nilsen was imprisoned at HM Prison Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

All of Nilsen's murders were committed at the two North London addresses where he lived between 1978 and 1983. His victims would be lured to these addresses through deception and killed by strangulation, sometimes accompanied by drowning. Following each murder, Nilsen would perform a ritual in which he bathed and dressed the victim's body, which he retained for extended periods of time, before dissecting and disposing of the remains by burning them in a bonfire or flushing them down a toilet.

Nilsen became known as the Muswell Hill Murderer, as he committed his later murders in the Muswell Hill district of North London. He died at York Hospital on 12 May 2018 of a pulmonary embolism and a retroperitoneal haemorrhage, which occurred following surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. It is understood Nilsen died in excruciating pain.

A few key details;

Mike Catteran an employee of Dynorod a drain cleaning company discovered human remains in the drains from the house.

Nilsen boiled the heads of his victims as a way of making disposal easier.

Nilsen flushed the boiled remains down the toilet which would ultimately lead to his arrest.

Nilsen was highly cooperative and remained terrifyingly calm throughout his extensive hours of interviews.

Nilsen had a book written

Nilsen admitted to at least 15 murders but only 12 were discovered

Nilsen said he was gay but his victims were targeted on the basis of vulnerability over attraction. He mentions he wanted to help them and give them a hot meal

He never intended to kill and this as he said was just an overwhelming desire to kill for company.