In Popular Culture
A comprehensive history of Nilsen's crimes and life post-incarceration is given in the book by his long-term friend and collaborator, Matthew Malekos, The Birth of Psychopathy - The Psychology of a Serial Killer - The Life of Dennis Nilsen (Lulu 2012) as well as Malekos' (2004) Towards a Transpersonal Psychology of Psychopathy; Trauma and Self-Actualisation in the life of Dennis Andrew Nilsen (British Psychological Society). Matthew Malekos has written both with Dennis Nilsen regarding his crimes and individually.
Swans, a musical group, released the song "Killing for Company" on their 1995 album The Great Annihilator. In a 1997 interview for Czech television, Michael Gira stated that he wrote the song based on the acts of Nilsen; how he would kill and keep the bodies over time & continually "make love", paint their faces, bathe them or prop the bodies to watch television with him. In essence, killing them for company.
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