Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Audiobook13 hours
History of a Drowning Boy: The Autobiography
Written by Dennis Nilsen and Mark Pettigrew
Narrated by Alex Robertson
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
With an excellent forward by a criminologist, this autobiography from one of Britain's most notorious serial killers offers introspection, reflection, and explanation.
Author
Dennis Nilsen
Dennis Nilsen (1945 - 2018) was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983 in London, England.
Related to History of a Drowning Boy
Related audiobooks
The Bayou Strangler: Louisiana's Most Gruesome Serial Killer The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Life Among the Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Brady and Hindley: Genesis of the Moors Murders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRichard Cottingham: The True Story of The Torso Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Double Lives: True Tales of the Criminals Next Door Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree of the Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who was Jack the Ripper?: All the Suspects Revealed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man in the Monster: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Parable of the Knocker: The True Crime Story of a Prosecutor's Fight to Bring a Serial Killer to Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Killer Book of Serial Killers: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mass Killers: Inside the Minds of Men Who Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInside the Mind of a Teen Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killers: True Crime Files, 4 Books in 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5United States of True Crime: Arkansas: The Most Chilling Cases in All 50 States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Serial Killers For You
A Special Place In Hell: The World's Most Depraved Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Double Lives: True Tales of the Criminals Next Door Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, The Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Green River, Running Red Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boston Strangler Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The BTK Murders: Inside the "Bind Torture Kill" Case that Terrified America's Heartland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stranger Beside Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Michigan Murders: The True Story of the Ypsilanti Ripper's Reign of Terror Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Monsters We Make: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
KILLING WOMEN-Rod Sadler: Will A Serial Killer Soon Walk The Streets Again? Don Miller was quiet and reserved. As a former youth pastor, he seemed a devout Christian. No one would have ever suspected that the recent graduate of the Michigan State University School of Criminal... 100% found this document usefulEp100 - Ed Kemper Part1 75% found this document usefulKiller Typologies: It is important for death investigators to have a working knowledge of all death scenarios. You should have a basic understanding of the characteristics and/or non-characteristic of what makes a serial killer, as opposed to a mass or spree kill. In... 100% found this document usefulEpisode 38: The Girl Next Door 0% found this document usefulFour on the Floor | 1 100% found this document usefulThe Lost Boy: More than three decades after 6-year-old Etan Patz went missing, police found a surprising suspect. 0% found this document usefulMiyazawa Family Murders 0% found this document useful
Related articles
‘Go Ahead, Kill Her’ Pick Me Up SpecialArticle
‘Go Ahead, Kill Her’
Aug 6, 2020
4 min readConfessed Serial Killer Draws Portraits Of His Victims; FBI Asks For Help Naming Them Los Angeles TimesArticle
Confessed Serial Killer Draws Portraits Of His Victims; FBI Asks For Help Naming Them
Feb 12, 2019
2 min read'Most Prolific Serial Killer' In America Confesses To Murdering 5 More Women In Ohio NPRArticle
'Most Prolific Serial Killer' In America Confesses To Murdering 5 More Women In Ohio
Jun 7, 2019
The new charges filed by prosecutors in Ohio are the latest decades-ago murders carried out by Samuel Little, who authorities say killed women in 19 states over nearly half a century.
2 min readKiller curiosity Pick Me UpArticle
Killer curiosity
Apr 29, 2021
3 min read5 True Crime Audiobooks to Get You Through to Spring Literary HubArticle
5 True Crime Audiobooks to Get You Through to Spring
Feb 28, 2020
7 min readThe Living Victims TIMEArticle
The Living Victims
May 8, 2020
7 min readTen Groundbreaking True Crime Books The MillionsArticle
Ten Groundbreaking True Crime Books
Mar 10, 2022
Crime fiction may desire order out of chaos, but true crime grapples with the chaos while hoping for catharsis in the meantime. These 10 books helped me make sense of the world's darkest corners. The post Ten Groundbreaking True Crime Books appeared
4 min read5 Gripping True Crime Titles to Get Lost In Literary HubArticle
5 Gripping True Crime Titles to Get Lost In
Jul 3, 2017
3 min readNew Idea COLD CASE CRUSADE HELP US FIND ANSWERS New IdeaArticle
New Idea COLD CASE CRUSADE HELP US FIND ANSWERS
May 9, 2021
1 min readModern Life Has Made It Easier for Serial Killers to Thrive The AtlanticArticle
Modern Life Has Made It Easier for Serial Killers to Thrive
Sep 10, 2019
3 min readRotten To The Core? ChatArticle
Rotten To The Core?
Jun 18, 2020
3 min readMonster Serial Killer New IdeaArticle
Monster Serial Killer
Dec 27, 2020
When authorities raided the home of this serial killer, they found a chilling map marked with ominous ‘X’ symbols. The mass murderer, who was at large in the US in the ’70s and ’80s, committed his atrocious crimes in the wild woods of Anchorage, Al
1 min readA Role To Die For You South AfricaArticle
A Role To Die For
Oct 7, 2022
4 min readMurder mystery Chat SpecialsArticle
Murder mystery
Jan 26, 2023
4 min readAre We All Potential Murderers? Not According To A Criminologist The IndependentArticle
Are We All Potential Murderers? Not According To A Criminologist
Oct 4, 2022
5 min readCommentary: The Human Side of Charlie Manson Los Angeles TimesArticle
Commentary: The Human Side of Charlie Manson
Nov 21, 2017
Charles Manson died on Sunday night after being admitted to a hospital in Bakersfield on Wednesday. The infamous cult leader, who was convicted along with three of his followers in 1971 of the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, was 83 yea
3 min readSydney’s ‘Suicide Brides’ TracesArticle
Sydney’s ‘Suicide Brides’
Sep 10, 2019
4 min readMURDER HE WROTE Normalizing the abnormal FHM USArticle
MURDER HE WROTE Normalizing the abnormal
Jan 11, 2021
12 min readMurder He Wrote FHM AustraliaArticle
Murder He Wrote
Jan 1, 2021
12 min readAre We All Potential Murderers? Not According To A Criminologist The IndependentArticle
Are We All Potential Murderers? Not According To A Criminologist
Oct 5, 2022
5 min readAre We All Capable Of Killing Someone? Here’s What A Criminologist Has To Say The IndependentArticle
Are We All Capable Of Killing Someone? Here’s What A Criminologist Has To Say
Oct 5, 2022
5 min readThe Secret Life Of MARILYN Woman's DayArticle
The Secret Life Of MARILYN
Sep 25, 2022
2 min readThe Mayhem Is Not About You The AtlanticArticle
The Mayhem Is Not About You
Jan 26, 2023
4 min readTrue Crime Distorts The Truth About Crime ReasonArticle
True Crime Distorts The Truth About Crime
Aug 17, 2023
10 min read‘Victorian Murders Still Affect British Families Today’ Who Do You Think You Are?Article
‘Victorian Murders Still Affect British Families Today’
Jun 29, 2021
6 min readEssay: The Mother Of Tyre Nichols Couldn't Hear His Cries. Can You? Los Angeles TimesArticle
Essay: The Mother Of Tyre Nichols Couldn't Hear His Cries. Can You?
Feb 2, 2023
6 min readConfessions Of A Serial Killer WHOArticle
Confessions Of A Serial Killer
Aug 26, 2021
3 min readMaurice Chammah: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty Guernica MagazineArticle
Maurice Chammah: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
Jan 21, 2021
11 min readVoices: Blaming Liverpool For Ava White’s Death Is Grossly Unfair The IndependentArticle
Voices: Blaming Liverpool For Ava White’s Death Is Grossly Unfair
Dec 8, 2021
4 min readA Sister Explores Her Sibling's Mysterious Death In 'The Book Of Atlantis Black' NPRArticle
A Sister Explores Her Sibling's Mysterious Death In 'The Book Of Atlantis Black'
Aug 5, 2020
3 min read
Reviews for History of a Drowning Boy
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews