Join us this week as we head back across the pond to Scotland! Loren is taking us on a chilling journey from Scotland--where our story begins-- to London--where it all comes crashing down.

Dennis Nilsen killed, defiled, and dismembered 15 young men between December 1978 and February 1983, practically under the noses of his neighbors. 

At the onset of puberty, Nilsen discovered he was homosexual, which initially confused and shamed him. He kept his sexuality hidden from his family and his few friends. Though Nilsen eventually recognized his sexual desires, he was never comfortable with them. Nilsen's first victim was in 1978 and over the next five years, he went on to kill-- according to his confession-- twelve young men and dissect their bodies before disposing of them in various ways. He said he went into a trance during the killings, saying of one victim: “In the morning he was lying there dead on one of the beds, fully clothed. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can’t remember strangling him.”

When police finally arrested him in 1983, it quickly became apparent that, had they linked a series of reported incidents from lucky escapees over the previous five years, they may have halted his hellish killing spree considerably sooner. Grab some whiskey, because you may need it for this one...and make sure you're done eating. Join us to hear all the chilling details!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Nilsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIC_4iehLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSW9Q7h3Efs

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/dennis-nilsen

https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nilsen-dennis.htm

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12672021/how-dennis-nilsen-die/