A £493,000 two-bed flat in suburban North London might sound like a steal. But it's the place serial killer Dennis Nilsen murdered in his own words "12 or 13" victims and hid their bodies under his floorboards until the stench became too unbearable. ⠀ Beginning his murder spree in 1978, Nilsen would lure victims to his home with the promise of a meal and alcohol. He would kill them, usually by strangulation, then chop up their bodies and burn them in a bonfire in his garden.⠀ ⠀ In 1981, Nilsen moved to flat 23D, Cranley Gardens, where he killed another three victims and boiled them in his kitchen to dissolve the flesh - because he had no garden this time.⠀ ⠀ He would then flush smaller parts down the toilet - clogging the drains and causing such a stink that the neighbors and even Nilsen himself complained to the landlord.⠀ ⠀ It was the rotting corpses that would lead to Nilsen's downfall, as police were called after drain clearage company visited the property and dis...
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