8 Shocking Facts about Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen
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Here is your weekly dose of “Everything Strange,” literally a list of everything strange happening around us. So let’s start with
Today's Strange History (September 16, 2020)
Slavery: Exactly 172 years ago, in 1848 slavery was abolished in all French territories.
South Pole: In 1906, Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David and Alistair Mackay claimed to have discovered the Magnetic South Pole in Antarctica.
Hitler: Today in 1941, Adolf Hitler ordered that for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavs should be killed.
Sabra and Shatila massacre: In 1982, massacre of 1000+ Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites refugees at Shatila & Sabra began.
Dictator: 29 years ago, today in 1991 US trial of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega began. United States Invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause helped him bring to justice for his crimes.
Prayers: In 2019, a study published in "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" put prices on value of "thoughts and prayers". It said, average Christian willing to pay US$4 for a prayer, average atheists would pay US$3 not to receive one.
Prison: 1 year ago, today in 2019 according to an investigation by "The New York Times" - Guantánamo Bay is the world's most expensive prison at US$13 million per prisoner.
Surveillance: In 2019, personal data of every Ecuadorean citizen was discovered online on unsecured cloud servers.
What is today?
Today i.e. 16th September is
🖐️ Play Doh Day
👪 Stepfamily Day
🥑 Guacamole Day
👍 Collect Rocks Day
🌏 World Ozone Day
💼 Working Parents Day
💪 Teenager Workout Day
🍞 Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Day
Strange Case of the day: 8 Strange Facts about Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen
After I sent last week's newsletter - Life & Death of Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen, I received so many emails of yours to do another piece on him aka the Muswell Hill Murderer. So here you go
8. He sexually fondled his own younger sister and older brother.
7. He used a free-standing mirror where he would create an effect whereby positioning a mirror so his head was out of view - so he could visualise himself engaged in a sexual act with another man. Often termed as 'Split personality'.
6. He said intercourse with a female is both "over-rated" and "depressing".0
5. If his victim had been strangled into unconsciousness, Nilsen then drowned him in his bathtub, his sink or a bucket of water before observing a ritual in which he bathed, clothed and retained the bodies inside his residences for several weeks or, occasionally, months before he dismembered them.
4. Nilsen's second victim was Kenneth Ockenden - they went home and listened to music through a pair of headphones. Later on that evening, he strangled the man with those same headphones; only to sit down afterwards - while Ockenden's dead body lay on the floor and continued listening to music through them.
3. Stephen Sinclair was his last victim. He strangled him with a necktie before bathing his body and applying talcum powder. He then laid Sinclair out on his bed, arranged 3 mirrors around the space, and then fell asleep next to his dead body.
2. He buried his victim's remains under the floorboards of his own bedroom.
1. Police discovered his actions when remnants of his victims blocked the drains.
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