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Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

No.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Now, in the months after Billy Sutherland's murder, Dennis's drinking continued to spiral out of control.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Now, during the day, he was able to maintain his employment and keep up appearances.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

But at night, the alcohol blotted out all the darker parts of his personality.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

And going to work.

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Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Going to work and talking to people while having bodies in his floorboards.

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Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Now, between September and December, he would murder four more men.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

all in more or less the same way as everybody else had been killed they would meet at one pub or another and after a few drinks dennis would invite the man back to his apartment where they would listen to music or watch a movie while they continued drinking once his guests had been subdued or incapacitated from alcohol dennis would climb on top of him

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

straddle him, strangle him with a cord or a necktie.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

And then when the man was dead, he would wash the body, spend as much time as possible before decomposition set in.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

And after that happened, he would store the body under the floorboards and set out to find a new victim.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

He's just keeping everybody in the floorboards at this point.

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Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

It's wild.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

And these victims, when I say he killed four men, he killed five men, they remain unidentified to this day, unfortunately, or I would have given names.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Throughout this period, he started compartmentalizing in a way that allowed him to continue killing without hesitation.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Yeah.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

And without interrupting his appearance of normality.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Which is nuts.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

He's a very interesting case of compartmentalization.

Morbid
Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

Yeah.