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Fig.1: Dennis Andrew Nilsen
At 14, he joined the Army Cadet Force. In Osnabruck, West Ger-
many, he drank high quantities of alcohol to reduce his shyness and
socialise. One time, he passed out and woke up at the apartment of
a German friend. Though there was no sexual activity, this incident
became a source of Nilsen’s fantasy about the sex. His fantasies
became unambiguously necrophilic after he discovered the paint-
ing The Raft of the Medusa. He went back to Germany and hired
a prostitute to have intercourse with a woman for the first time. He
found it “overrated” and “depressing” and concluded that he was
homosexual.
His mother voiced concern about Nilsen’s lack of interest in female
companionship and a few months later, Nilsen and his brother at-
tended a group – watching a documentary on male homosexuality.
When everyone spoke about this subject derisively, a fight broke
out between Nilsen and his brother, as he defended gay rights. It
concluded with his brother telling their mother about Nilsen’s ho-
mosexuality.
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