killer known as the Muswell Hill Murderer whose despicable crime spree had appalled the nation. “My name is Dennis Nilsen. My companions, as you can hear, are a couple of mating budgies, Hamish and Tweetles.
He’s a good boy Hamish.” The words are spoken in a new documentary, which is based on 250 hours of tapes he recorded in prison.
Job centre worker Nilsen was 37 when he was arrested in 1983 after human remains were found blocking the drain of his flat. He immediately confessed to killing “15 or 16” men.
He explained in chilling detail how he dismembered the bodies, sometimes after keeping them like mannequins in his home for days, before disposing of them.
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