Killing for Company: The Story of a Man Addicted to Murder by Brian Masters

Killing for Company: The Story of a Man Addicted to Murder by Brian Masters

In an unremarkable apartment house on an almost-too-placid suburban London street, tenants reported a blockage in the plumbing. Workers were shocked to discover its source: a dense accumulation of human flesh. This horrifying revelation quickly led to the unmasking of one of the most monstrous serial killers of our time. His name - Dennis Nilsen. His crime - the murder of 15 men over a period of 4 years.

While unsuspecting neighbors went about their business, this mild civil servant collected dead bodies. He strangled his victims while they slept, then kept them as companions, dressing them, bathing them, talking to them. Later, he deposited his onetime "friends" in a grave beneath the floorboards, or dismembered them before flushing them down the toilet.

KILLING FOR COMPANY

This masterful work, written with exclusive access to Dennis Nilsen's journals and diaries, is a mesmerizing exploration into the twisted mind of a killer - an a daring odyssey into the nature of madness itself.