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Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer (Part 2)

09 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What was the horrific discovery made on February 8, 1983?

0.031 - 5.653 Ash Kelley

Hey weirdos, I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is Morbid. 🎵

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17.547 - 38.475 Elena

This is Morbid. What's up, Big Red? You know, everybody, it's that time of year. Yeah. We got exposed to COVID. We sure fucking did. We had a COVID outbreak in the office. Yeah. There's a lot of nasty things still going around right now. So wear your masks if you feel so inclined. Yeah, you should.

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Chapter 2: How did Dennis Nilsen confess to his crimes?

38.455 - 63.636 Ash Kelley

um and and be careful out there yeah because i feel like wash your fucking hands yeah wash your goddamn damn if more people just wash their fucking hands we'd be in much better shape like i can't i'm not even getting into it it's true just wash your hands you know it's how like you know the black plague started exactly it washes its hands or it spreads disease again exactly i have that sign in my in one of my bathrooms that's where i got it from yeah

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63.616 - 79.33 Elena

Um, but yeah, so there's still a lot going on in the world. They still have not located Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy. Um, and there's a lot of like stuff happening in the case, but also none at all. Like it's very...

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79.816 - 102.994 Elena

very wild it's just a very interesting situation and it's really sad so i just can't stop looking for updates i feel so bad for that family and i hope that there's a good update soon yeah that's the thing i keep looking being like oh please tell me they that something happened here also just like give them answers because it must be hell again not having any answer yeah I can't imagine that.

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103.614 - 128.638 Elena

I'm trying to think of anything else that I can offer as a fun... Oh, there's more signed editions of The Butcher Legacy that were just added. We initially had like a big chunk at Barnes & Noble of signed editions of The Butcher Legacy. Nice. You guys gobbled them up and then people said, hey, I didn't get one. And Elena said, I'll sign more. And I said, girl, I got you. She said, honey...

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128.618 - 130.763 Elena

I said, give me more to sign.

Chapter 3: What methods did Nilsen use to dispose of his victims?

130.903 - 132.346 Elena

So I got more to sign.

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132.546 - 133.448 Ash Kelley

She said, what's a wrist?

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133.909 - 137.196 Ash Kelley

What's a wrist? She said arthritis. Never heard of her. Yeah. Carpal tunnel.

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137.256 - 151.205 Elena

What's that? Who knows? And I did see like a couple of people were asking, like, are these really signed, like hand signed or are they printed? I guess, which would be like a big bummer. They're hand signed. I promise you that. I feel like, does that happen a lot?

Chapter 4: What was Nilsen's relationship with his victims like?

151.365 - 165.612 Elena

I don't know. When I got the question, I was like, do people do that? I wouldn't think so. You just get like a printed version? Kind of less cool. It'd be kind of a bummer, I feel. But no, these are hand signed. I have a box literally right next to me right now. I can attest. I watch her sign many, many, many, many, many,

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165.592 - 187.347 Elena

tip-ins tip-ins a day and i've just been i'm signing whenever i can so go gobble those up you can pre-order them now the book comes out august 11th gobble them up but pre-order now so you can get your signed copy because i love you and i want you to have your signed copy hell yeah brother um and you know what if you don't want the signed copy or if they run out go get a regular copy

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187.327 - 189.19 Elena

Just get you any copy that you can.

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189.21 - 189.45 Ash Kelley

Pre-order.

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189.51 - 193.896 Elena

You can go to butcherlegacy.com and you can pick where you can get it. Indie stores are great.

Chapter 5: How did Nilsen's actions escalate over time?

194.978 - 196.4 Elena

All that great stuff.

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196.42 - 212.102 Ash Kelley

Everything is great. Just make sure you get a copy. Yeah, just get a copy. Pre-order that shit. Or else you'll feel left out because everybody listening to this mostly probably has a copy. Yeah. So if you're listening and you don't have a copy yet, that's a little bit of a letdown for you. It is. You might not know what happens.

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212.082 - 212.943 Elena

And we don't want that.

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213.083 - 216.287 Ash Kelley

And you know, it's not too late to buy all three. It's true. It's not too late.

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216.488 - 218.23 Elena

So you can always buy all three.

Chapter 6: What impact did the police's inaction have on Nilsen's victims?

218.25 - 218.51 Ash Kelley

You can.

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218.67 - 219.111 Elena

That's one.

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219.251 - 223.737 Ash Kelley

You have free will. Yeah. You can buy all three. It's a great use of free will.

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223.797 - 227.101 Elena

I would say adult money. You got it. Use it. Adult money.

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227.121 - 235.392 Ash Kelley

This is what you use. I can't take it with you. So I always think that whenever I buy something crazy, I go, I can't take it with me. Can't take it with me. But I can take this book with me.

Chapter 7: What were the psychological aspects of Nilsen's killings?

235.572 - 236.453 Ash Kelley

Yeah, you can. Hell yeah.

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236.473 - 237.735 Elena

Put it in your back pocket. In fact,

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237.715 - 252.878 Ash Kelley

I went to Barnes and Noble the other day and I got reckless up in there. Hell yeah. I bought every book that Emily Henry has to offer. You went into a flow state. I went into a flow state. I got this book, Bunny.

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252.898 - 255.683 Elena

Oh, I've heard a lot about that book.

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255.703 - 260.59 Ash Kelley

I have seen everybody raving about that book and I've been wanting to get it. And I like always look at it and I'm like, well, I don't know.

260.67 - 261.071 Elena

I don't know.

261.111 - 261.732 Ash Kelley

I bought it.

Chapter 8: How did Nilsen's killing spree come to an end?

261.712 - 277.028 Ash Kelley

Yes, as you should. But first, I'm rereading The Butcher and the Wren. Oh, yeah. And I'm going to reread The Butcher Game. Yeah. And then I'm going to read for the first time Butcher Legacy. And that's my reading list right now. And then I'm going to definitely need to go back to a place of romance. Yes, absolutely. It's like a palate cleanser.

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277.469 - 296.19 Ash Kelley

But my goal, I got this, I got them for both of us, actually. Oh, yeah. Hold on. I got these little book counter things. Oh, yes. And they come with four little cubes. And I'm like, who's reading a thousand books a year? Thank you. I was like, who gets to four digits? I was like, if you're getting to four digits, tell me your secrets.

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296.21 - 297.171 Elena

Tell me how you do it.

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298.232 - 318.337 Ash Kelley

But hold on. Let me get to my delivered tab over here. But yeah, there's and you can get these little like charms, quote unquote, with them. So I got Elena a ghost and a candlestick. Yeah, it's so cute. And I got myself a little teacup and a candle. It was really cute. So let me. They're adorable. Let me find where I got them on the TikTok shop. I'll send Mikey the link to the show notes.

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318.358 - 319.579 Ash Kelley

Yeah, we can link it.

319.559 - 345.043 Ash Kelley

because it is a fun little way to count i buy so much on the tiktok shop it's really sick the tiktok shop has me in a chokehold i'm same a true chokehold oh my god okay so they're elegant designs but they e and elegant the first e is a three oh and they're a silver star seller oh my god so yeah i'll give this to mikey to put in the show notes and get you a book counter because it's fun and my goal for this year is to read two books a month

345.023 - 348.709 Ash Kelley

I think that's a good goal. Yeah, I'm trying. And if I can do more, I'll do more.

348.729 - 357.883 Elena

Yeah, just at least. But in January, I read two. I need to get on my shit. I just haven't had a lot of time to because... Well, you also write the books, so it's hard to read the books and write the books.

357.903 - 364.433 Ash Kelley

It is hard to read, but it's necessary as well to read the books. And write the morbids and say the morbids. It's a lot.

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