His official cause of death was a ‘pulmonary embolism and retroperitoneal haemorrhage’.Īfter his death, his autobiography History Of A Drowning Boy, which he worked on in prison, was published. Nilsen spent the rest of his life at HMP Full Sutton in East Yorkshire, before dying at the age of 72 in May 2018. Police were first alerted in 1983 when neighbours in the block of flats complained there was something wrong with their drains, and a plumber uncovered human flesh and remains when trying to fix it. The murders took place across two addresses in north London, the second and most familiar address being Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill. Appallingly, Nilsen would hide them under the floorboards or dismember them. In particular, a staged sequence in which George heads off to commit murder as the sunlight. The bodies were often kept around Nilsen's house long after his victims had died. Consequently, Eileen comes off terribly in Buried. His killing spree lasted between 19 the number of men he lured to his home before killing remains unknown, with the then 37-year-old confessing to 15. Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell. What is Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes about? To sign up simply follow this link and tick the box next to MEN Coronation Street. It will include the latest action both on and off the cobbles, what you thought about the soap's top storylines and what the stars are up to away from the set. The newsletter will land in your inbox on a Friday and bring you the highlights of everything we've written about Weatherfield that week. Verdict: 4/5.Get a weekly round-up of Coronation Street news, spoilers and fan chat direct to your inbox. But the dramatic retelling of the haunting crimes does get a bit too dramatic after a certain point. Director of Photography Tim Cragg employs the cut shots effectively. Like another Netflix documentary, Murder By The Coast, we find homophobia and sensationalized reporting again have affected this case. Verdict: Homophobia, media trial again play a role here, gets 4/5 As soon as you think you've figured him out, a piece of new information is hurled unforeseen and Andrew Skeet's music enhances these twists with sound on par with top Hollywood murder mysteries. "It's a tale beyond comprehension," says Nilsen, as begins to narrate how he used to pick his victims, and how he disposed their bodies under the floorboard, or garden, or drain. We understand Nilsen has created a perfect illusionary world in his mind where the facts remain the same, but the definition of the hero and villain is subverted.Įxecution: When a tale of horror is narrated by Horror himself Harte is to be praised for using over 250 hours' worth of tapes recorded by Nilsen in his prison cell and juxtaposing his testimony with the statements given by investigating officers or his victims. Little did the police, media, or entire Britain know, they were looking at a serial killer who had killed and disposed of the bodies of at least 15 men.Ĭontent: Nilsen's testament in contrast to other statements creates enjoyable tension Setting: A meek civil servant turns out to be serial killerįirst, to brief you on the notoriety of Nilsen, in 1983, the 37-year-old meek, "ordinary-looking" civil servant was found to have been associated with human bones being discovered in the drain of a London flat.
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