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Serial Killer: Dennis Nilsen - Sleeping with the Dead
WARNING: Contains content of real life crimes
Dennis Nilsen was a quiet, ordinary man. His dreadful crimes went undetected until a cold February day when the drains became blocked.
To the tenants living in the flats at 23 Cranley Gardens in the middle-class London suburb of Muswell Hill, Dennis Nilsen had been the perfect neighbor. Quiet, polite and considerate, the shy, bespectacled bachelor lived alone in the top flat with only a small dog and a car for company.
The other four residents had not had the faintest idea that the softly spoken civil servant had spent spare moments over the last five years butchering a series of young men. For Dennis Nilsen, a 37-year old former police officer and soldier, was about to be exposed as the worst mass murderer in British history.
Dennis Nilsen was a quiet, ordinary man. His dreadful crimes went undetected until a cold February day when the drains became blocked.
To the tenants living in the flats at 23 Cranley Gardens in the middle-class London suburb of Muswell Hill, Dennis Nilsen had been the perfect neighbor. Quiet, polite and considerate, the shy, bespectacled bachelor lived alone in the top flat with only a small dog and a car for company.
The other four residents had not had the faintest idea that the softly spoken civil servant had spent spare moments over the last five years butchering a series of young men. For Dennis Nilsen, a 37-year old former police officer and soldier, was about to be exposed as the worst mass murderer in British history.
- GenresTrue Crime
36 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 21, 2016
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December 28, 2017
A good, short read
This was quite well-written and included details that were new to me about the different killings, including one unlucky young man I'd never heard of before reading this book. Oddly, the author started to give the background story on the killer's life, then jolted to a stop in the middle of nowhere, as if he'd changed his mind about telling us all that. Gotta go, bye! What he did tell us was very interesting and worth seeking out.
This was quite well-written and included details that were new to me about the different killings, including one unlucky young man I'd never heard of before reading this book. Oddly, the author started to give the background story on the killer's life, then jolted to a stop in the middle of nowhere, as if he'd changed his mind about telling us all that. Gotta go, bye! What he did tell us was very interesting and worth seeking out.
July 2, 2018
Only for readers who don't mind simplistic journalism
This is a dreadful book, and I can't believe it was actually published. I have learned my lesson: from now on I will read the summary before I buy the book.
First, this book is full of typos. Secondly, it is ridiculously simplistic and brief, and barely more than a newspaper article about the killer would be. The author has made little no attempt to explore this murderer's upbringing, personality, family situation, or the historical background of the times. Third, no mention is made of what happened after the end of the court trial. Which prison was he sent to? Has his behavior been acceptable during his incarceration? Is he still alive and, if not, how did he die? I won't read anymore "books" by this writer, since this book did little to increase my knowledge about this killer. I was left with more questions than answers.
This is a dreadful book, and I can't believe it was actually published. I have learned my lesson: from now on I will read the summary before I buy the book.
First, this book is full of typos. Secondly, it is ridiculously simplistic and brief, and barely more than a newspaper article about the killer would be. The author has made little no attempt to explore this murderer's upbringing, personality, family situation, or the historical background of the times. Third, no mention is made of what happened after the end of the court trial. Which prison was he sent to? Has his behavior been acceptable during his incarceration? Is he still alive and, if not, how did he die? I won't read anymore "books" by this writer, since this book did little to increase my knowledge about this killer. I was left with more questions than answers.
March 24, 2016
Chilling!
Definitely worth the read. Well written and documented. Perfect in length to have a complete fact based understanding of the eerie story.
Definitely worth the read. Well written and documented. Perfect in length to have a complete fact based understanding of the eerie story.
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