Killing For Company: the true crime classic behind the ITV drama ‘Des’

On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked drains. ‘Are we talking about 1 body or 2′, a detective asked. Nilsen replied ’15 or 16, since 1978. I’ll tell you everything’. Within days he had confessed to 15 gruesome murders over a period of 4 years. His victims, all young homosexual men, had never been missed. Brian Masters, with Nilsen’s full cooperation, has produced a study of a murderer’s mind which is unique of its kind.