Kaum eine Nachricht schlägt seit den Tagen Jack the Rippers weltweit höhere Wellen als jene vom Auftauchen eines Serienkillers. Gefassten Tätern begegnet die Öffentlichkeit mit einer Mischung aus Verstörung, Abscheu und morbider Faszination. Je skrupelloser und blutiger die Morde, desto größer die allgemeine Aufmerksamkeit. Besonders die Frage nach den Wurzeln des Grauens bewegt die Gemüter: Lassen sich die entsetzlichen Taten auf eine angeborene Veranlagung oder einen fatal verlaufenen Entwicklungsprozess zurückführen? Die britische Dokumentationsreihe ‚Born to Kill – Als Mörder geboren?‘ betreibt Ursachenforschung und gewährt tiefe Einblicke in die Abgründe der menschlichen Psyche.
When the discovery of human flesh blocking the drains of an address in London led to the arrest of 37 year old civil servant Dennis Nilsen, police were staggered when he calmly told them he had killed at least 15 young men. At the time, Nilsen would go down in history as Britain's most prolific serial killer, and as police interviewed the matter-of-fact Scot, they uncovered the extraordinary story of a man obsessed with death since childhood. The lonely job centre executive would strangle his victims and keep their corpses for company, sitting them in chairs, talking to them and watching television together, before butchering burning or boiling the body-parts. Was Dennis Nilsen obsession with death fused during his childhood? Or, was his instinct to kill hard-wired from birth?
Quando la scoperta di carne umana che bloccava le fognature di un indirizzo a Londra ha portato all'arresto del funzionario statale 37enne Dennis Nilsen, la polizia rimase sconcertata quando ammise con molta calma di aver ucciso almeno 15 giovani uomini. A quel tempo, Nilsen sarebbe passato alla storia come il serial killer più prolifico della Gran Bretagna. Il solitario dirigente dell'ufficio di collocamento strangolava le sue vittime e teneva i loro cadaveri per compagnia, facendoli sedere sulle sedie, parlando con loro prima di bruciare o bollire le parti del corpo. Dennis Nilsen è nato per uccidere?
