LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER: PALS WITH DENNIS NILSEN AND I EVEN HAVE HIS ASHES AND GLASSES

Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen. The pair exchanged over 300 letters and Andrea even visited him in prison. After his death, Andrea received Dennis' glasses and ashes, which she keeps on a shelf in her bedroom.

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