![]() Most terribly was not listening to victims who got away from Des Nilsen. They offer valuable input about both the influence of the press (which was fed by the police) and the things the police did wrong. Our review of Don’t F**k with Cats here >ĭuring The Nilsen Tapes, we also hear from officers working the case. This was a docu-series that also looked at how the police handled (or rather didn’t) hunting down a known killer. After all, it was made by the creators or the Netflix true-crime megahit Don’t F**k with Cats. I shouldn’t be surprised that this true-crime documentary is so nuanced. Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes on Netflix now! Once you’ve faced death, being yourself in the life you have has an even deeper meaning. Or to be direct: They had it coming for being gay! However, as a strange sort of silver lining, these survivors actually felt that surviving their Des Nilsen attacks gave them the courage to finally come out and be themselves. Met with the sentiment that they were just “gay men who had an unfortunate experience with another man”. Especially since they were ignored by the police when they tried to report this. I believe their words (which are not contradicted by Nilsen, to be fair), and they are still clearly and understandably marked by this. More importantly, we hear from some of the victims who managed to get away from Des Nilsen. Personally, I suspect the truth is somewhere in between their versions of events. Whether you believe him or his mother is another thing. He comments on what he says on these tapes as well. We also hear from his mother who was interviewed back when he was arrested. Especially because it manages to give a more nuanced look at a serial killer than what we’re often given.Įven though the key element in Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes is the huge amount of cassette tapes where Dennis “Des” Nilsen tells his story, they are not left to stand on their own. With a runtime of just 1 hour and 24 minutes, this true-crime documentary is very well crafted. However, he must have been a stonecold psychopath. Here, Des Nilsen talks about his entire life as well as the murders. ![]() He is not being interviewed but rather tapes himself for autobiographical purposes while incarcerated. This is also very obvious from the tapes played during this documentary. MINI-SERIES ABOUT DES NIELSENĭavid Tennant is absolutely stellar as Des Nilsen in the ITV limited series Des > In fact, he won’t stop talking and has a lot to say, and seems to be enjoying himself. ![]() Fortunately, if that’s appropriate to say in this case, Des Nilsen is more than happy to talk. The issue then becomes finding out the identities of these victims. So, instead of finding murder victims and look for the serial killer, the police get the killer and then discover more victims. In fact, he’s the one who leads them to the remains of his victims. The atypical thing about this case was the fact that most bodies were found after Des Nilsen was arrested for murder. All of them were young men or boys and only about half of them were identified. Dennis Nilsen (known more often as Des Nilsen) was a serial killer with “15 or 16 victims” (his words).
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