![]() I was afraid that I must somehow look different and that my innermost thoughts would be exposed by my nakedness."Īccording to Brian Masters' " The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer," Dahmer's first victim was a man named Steven Hicks, a hitchhiking teenager from Illinois who got into Dahmer's car and went with him back to his home, to talk and drink alcohol - a trap that Dahmer would lay for many of his victims in the years that followed. As Nilsen told Masters: "I never took a shower, always a bath. Nilsen also strove to keep his homosexuality a secret from those around him, avoiding nudity in front of the other recruits and joining in with homophobic jibes when the occasion called for it. ![]() This was an outlet for his sexual urges that he was unable to indulge with his fellow soldiers, who were used to enjoying liaisons with local women. Per Masters, Dahmer found in the sex shops of Frankfurt a place to supply himself with a steady stream of pornography. Nilsen's parents later divorced, and when his grandfather, to whom he was closest, died, Nilsen, who characterized himself as a naturally unhappy child, found himself adrift.īoth were stationed in West Germany, though Nilsen's service began in 1964 (per "Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen") and Dahmer's in 1979 - a year after the latter had committed his first murder, according to Brian Masters' "The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer." Yet another commonality between the two killers was that they took non-combat roles within the military Dahmer was trained and deployed as a medic, while Nilsen was an army chef.įor both men, the military was also a background in which their closet homosexuality came to the fore. His father, Olav, was absent throughout his infancy, and the future serial killer had an unfriendly rivalry with his brother, Olav Jr. ![]() In this milieu, Dahmer began to collect and experiment with the bones and other remains of dead animals, employing bleaching techniques taught to him by his father.Īccording to "Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen," Nilsen, who would become known as The Muswell Hill Murderer after the crimes he committed in the London area, had a similarly difficult childhood in his native Scotland. Set against the backdrop of 1980s Britain, when mass unemployment drew young men to London in search of their fortunes, only to find themselves destitute and easy prey, and weaving together interviews from police, journalists, survivors, bereaved families, and - for the first time - the killer’s own voice, this feature-length documentary explores how Nilsen was able to get away with multiple murders and attacks, unchallenged, for five years.The young Dahmer's childhood was a difficult one, according to "The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer." His father, a chemist, was often overloaded with work or away from home, while his mother, who Dahmer's father physically abused in the boy's presence, suffered from severe depression: relying on medication that kept her in a sedative state for much of Dahmer's youth. From a young boy growing up in a quiet Scottish fishing village to a cold-blooded murderer prowling the streets of London. Now, with unique access to a wealth of personal archive left in his cell after his death, including over 250 hours of never-before-published cassette tapes of his private recordings, this film will take us into Nilsen’s world. The truth about how and why he killed has been the subject of much speculation in books and documentaries over the decades since. Over a five-year period, he picked up vulnerable young men, lured them back to his home and strangled them, before disposing of their bodies under the floorboards. Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes launches globally on Netflix on 18th August 2021.īritain’s most notorious serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, confessed to killing 15 people in 1983.
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