Murder & homicide · 1983 · 1980s

Dennis Nilsen

Between 1978 and 1983 Dennis Nilsen killed at least twelve young men at his flats in north London, disposing of bodies by burning, boiling or hiding them under the floorboards. He was caught when drains became clogged with human remains and died in prison in 2018.

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