Dennis Nilsen obit in Daily Mail
Dennis Nilsen liked to portray himself as a serial killer worthy of Hollywood, a sick genius like Hannibal Lecter, with the emotional complexity of Norman Bates in Psycho.
In his own distorted mind he was a crusader, a poet, a composer and a wit, the Oscar Wilde of mass murderers.
But in truth this deluded, manipulative murderer, who killed at least 12 people between 1978 and 1983, was essentially just a grubby sex offender who was lucky to have got away with his inadequate and disgusting crimes for as long as he did..........read rest of text on Mailonline