Gacy was a visible public figure, even donning the costume of “Pogo the Clown” to participate in magic shows for children.
John Wayne Gacy was a well-liked local figure, so it was particularly disturbing when the series of murders he committed came to light. Neighbors, friends, and local characters go from beloved to bedeviled when their unspeakable acts are revealed. The façade presented by serial killers leaves the public aghast at the nature in which pure evil moves through society. Photo courtesy of The Orchid Club on Flickr Jeffr ey Dahmer Files explores the life of the killer in a quasi-documentary format. Drums of acid and other heinous instruments of horror were removed from his apartment in the days following Dahmer’s arrest, cementing his place as one of history’s most evil villians. By drugging his victims and killing them, Dahmer sought to possess them somehow, even freezing body parts to revisit later. Once there, Dahmer engaged in various perversions including killing, dismembering and sometimes eating parts his victims. Dahmer, it turns out, had been trolling for victims at homosexual nightclubs, successfully luring them to his small urban apartment with promises of sex and drugs. In the end, being beaten to death in a prison bathroom was a fate many thought Dahmer had coming.ĭetails of Dahmer’s crimes continued to emerge for months after initially coming to light in the early 1990’s. The contrast between the seemingly normal public life Dahmer lived, and the unspeakable acts occurring behind closed doors made the case all the more unusual. Dahmer’s case had all the hallmarks of a twisted serial murder plot, complete with cannibalism and necrophilia. But the tale of his gruesome exploits started years earlier when he was exposed for a lengthy crime spree. He was eventually beaten to death in prison, fulfilling the death wish he had expressed multiple times while incarcerated. WARNING: THE PHOTOBOOK ISN’T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.Dahmer’s own end only added to the bizarre circumstances surrounding his case. This photo gallery originally appeared in True Crime Magazine’s Behind the Tape Photobook, along with nearly a thousand more crime scene photos.
Nilsen was taken to a hospital in York where he had successful emergency surgery but died two days later after being unable to cope with the blood loss and lengthy surgery.Īccording to Lisa Noble, the head of Full Sutton Prison healthcare, “Nielsen did not particularly like healthcare, and he did not particularly like healthcare staff.” The infamous serial killer suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on May 10, 2018, after he was found hunched over in his cell lavatory.
He also emphasized that he took no pleasure from the act of killing, but “worshipped the art and the act of death”.Īccording to Hull Coroner’s Court, Dennis Nilsen spent his final day in prison in “excruciating pain,” lying in his feces. When questioned as to whether he had any remorse for his crimes, Nilsen replied: “I wished I could stop, but I couldn’t. Nilsen would strangle and drown his victims before performing sex acts on their corpses – then hide their remains under the floorboards. Little did they know, the chilling discovery marked the unmasking of one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers who murdered at least 15 young men in the 1970s and 80s.
Upon learning from fellow tenants that the top floor flat from where the human remains had been flushed belonged to Dennis Nilsen, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay and two colleagues opted to wait outside the house until Nilsen returned home from work.Īs Nilsen opened the door to his flat, police officers were hit with the stench of rotten flesh. An exterior look of Dennis Nilsen’s apartment building at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, London.