The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story

6.8 2020 46 min
Documentary

Known as a “kindly killer”, this documentary details Nilsen’s moves between 1978 and 1983, after which he admitted to killing as many as 15 young men.

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Iwan Roberts

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David Tennant Narrator (voice)
Dennis Nilsen Himself (archive Audio/Footage)
David Wilson Himself

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