"The Muswell Hill Murderer" Dennis Nilsen Pt. 1: Background

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Stuart Blues

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🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the season 5 special of British Murders, I'm telling the story of "The Muswell Hill Murderer" Dennis Nilsen.

Nilsen was arrested on suspicion of murder in February 1983 after some of the other tenants at 23 Cranley Gardens called in a plumber to deal with their blocked drains.

The plumber found pieces of human flesh and bones in an outside maintenance hole and the waste pipe leading out of Nilsen's attic flat.

While en route to the police station, Nilsen told the officers that he thought he had killed 15 or 16 people.

In the first episode of this two-part special, I discuss Nilsen's background and upbringing, including his time in the Army and the Metropolitan Police.

Next week, I'll discuss the brutal murders themselves, the trial and the aftermath.

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David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣

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0:32.5	Music Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases, with an occasional glimpse at horror movies.
0:54.5	I'm your host Stuart Blues, and this is the first episode of a two-part special
0:59.1	focusing on the life and crimes of necrophilic Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsson.
1:05.9	Typically on British murders I focus on lesser-known cases and more localised stories. However, at the end of
1:12.6	each season, I like to round it off with an episode or two on one of our small islands more notorious
1:18.4	murderers. The one I'm focusing on this time round is up there with the worst of the worst.
1:25.7	If you're from the UK, you'll undoubtedly have heard of him, especially after ITV's
1:30.6	drama miniseries Des, starring David Tennant, was beamed to our living rooms in September
1:36.2	2020.
1:37.6	In this first episode, I will discuss Dennis's early life and background up until his
1:43.3	arrest in February 1983.
1:46.7	Next week in Part 2, I will discuss Dennis' murderous timeline whilst providing
1:52.2	backgrounds on each of the unfortunate men whose lives were taken away by the man who would
1:57.7	be forever known as the Muswell Hill murderer.
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