"I wished I could stop, but I couldn't. I had no other thrill or happiness” “The Muswell Hill Murderer or the Kindly Killer”

 Scottish Betty White, and a Norwegian Olav Magnus Moksheim, gave birth to him on November 23, 1945 in Fraserburgh, Scotland  He had a brother Olav Jr. and a sister Sylvia  His father was an alcoholic and his parents’ marriage was not a good/healthy one  His parents divorced when he was just four years old  At this point he moved in with his maternal grandfather, who Nilsen loved very much  Nilsen claimed that his beloved grandfather's unexpected death, when he was just six years old, and the traumatizing viewing of his corpse at the funeral, led to his later behavioral psychopathology  Aware of his homosexual attractions, he claimed no sexual encounters as an adolescent  at the age of 16 in September 1961he enlisted in the British army where he became a cook, serving as a butcher in the Army Catering Corps  At his own request he was discharged in November 1972, earning a General Service Medal  He then took up police training, where he discovered a fascination with morgue visits and autopsied bodies… he missed comradeship of the army and therefore he quit  Between December 1973 and May 1974, Nilsen worked as a security guard  He then got a job as a civil servant in May 1974 where his primary role was to find employment for unskilled laborers  In 1979, Nilsen was appointed Acting Executive Officer and was officially promoted to the position of Executive Officer, with additional supervisory responsibilities, in June 1982

CRIMEDATEVICTIM(S)PUNISHMENT Suspicion of murder February All his victims that were flushed down his plumbing arrested Murder February Stephen SinclairBrixton Prison until trial Assault August Prison officers 56 days in solitary confinement Six counts of murder and one of attempted murder November unnamedLife imprisonment- changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994

 Believed to have killed a minimum of 12 young men and boys between 1978 and 1983  Admitted to actually killing 16 young men Quote - During his first arrest for suspicion of murder he was escorted to the police station by Detective Chief Inspector Jay and his colleagues and Nilsen was asked whether the remains in his flat belonged to one person or two. Staring out of the window of the police car, he replied, "15 or 16, since 1978" -With reference to one victim, Kenneth Ockenden, Nilsen harked that Ockenden's "body and skin were very beautiful", adding the sight "almost brought me to tears"

 The evidence found over the course of Dennis Nilsen being in custody to prove him as guilty include  two dissected torsos  a human skull almost completely devoid of flesh  a severed head  a torso with arms attached but hands missing  lower section of a torso  two legs stowed in a bag  a skull  a section of a torso  various bones  over 1,000 fragments of bone  fingerprints on one body matched those on police files of Stephen Sinclair

The judge sentenced Nilsen to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years' imprisonment. Nilsen was sent to Wormwood Scrubs prison to begin his sentence in Over the course of his sentence he was transferred to Parkhurst prison, Wakefield Prison, HMP Full Sutton and Whitemoor Prison. As of 2015, Dennis Nilsen is incarcerated at HMP Full Sutton.

Dennis Nilsen would be an example of the social control theory because growing up Nilsen was aware of his homosexual tendencies but kept them hidden to keep people from judging him. Nilsen also did not have much supervision by his divorced parents growing up and grew up watching them fight. After his parents divorced, he formed a very close bond with his grandfather. When his grandfather suffered an unexpected death, Nilsen became very depressed and psychologists believe that is where his problems started from. Nilsen felt an impulse towards deviance but decided to follow the social norm and take part in the army. After the army he continued to follow the social norm by attending the police academy. While taking part in all of these social jobs, he believed that he was fitting in and doing what others expected of him. Nilsen had had enough of following the social norm and he became interested in dead bodies and his homosexuality. His impulse took over and he captured his first victim on a late night, drinking about his grandfather. I believe this is social contract theory again because he was reminded of the severed strong bond and then started killing. One women victim he captured, he left a note saying how “this was how dad did it.” Also saying this is the social control theory because Nilsen learned the agression from his dad.

The Nilsen File: The Inside Story of the Cricklewood Murders Dennis Nilsen: Conversations with Britain's Most Evil Serial Killer The Drowned Boy: The Life of Dennis Nilsen Movies or shows: TV only Movie- Cold Light of Day Movie loosely based on his murders- Tony The BBC crime series Great Crimes and Trials of the 20th Century features an episode devoted to the case of Dennis Nilsen Serial Killers: Dennis Nilsen- TV documentary Real Crime series has an episode entitled A Mind To Murder, which focuses upon the crimes of Dennis Nilsen Song: You're Dying to Be with Me- Macabre Sitting at my table, having some tea Chatting with a bloke who's dead from strangling I'm a lonely man in need of company I only have to kill men to make them stay with me You're dying to be with me Now you'll have a cup of tea with me You're dying to be with me We will have a chat and some tea You and me I love to be with you, but you're now decomposing The bloody smell so putrid We must soon part company A fire in my backyard should work sufficiently My toilet also used to flush away dead men rotting