{"id":186343,"date":"2023-08-26T19:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=186343"},"modified":"2023-08-26T19:01:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:01:50","slug":"serial-killers-homes-from-lucy-letby-to-dennis-nilsens-1-48m-lair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/serial-killers-homes-from-lucy-letby-to-dennis-nilsens-1-48m-lair\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial killer&apos;s homes from Lucy Letby to Dennis Nilsen&apos;s \u00a31.48M lair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Inside the houses of horror: From Lucy Letby&#8217;s childlike home to Dennis Nilsen&#8217;s \u00a31.48m lair and property where the Philpotts killed their six children in arson &#8211; what happened to serial killers&#8217; homes?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: Man reveals he bought killer Lucy Letby&#8217;s home where nurse lived<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the heinous crimes of serial killers are exposed, attention inevitably turns to their home and private lives as people desperately try to work out what drove them to commit such horrors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When nurse Lucy Letby was handed an unprecedented 14 whole life orders for the murders of seven babies this week, photos re-emerged of her childlike home filled with teddies, clich\u00e9d motifs and fairy lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was there that detectives found crucial evidence including her diary, hospital documents and Post-it notes, including one that read: &#8216;I AM EVIL. I DID THIS.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline revealed exclusively how a technician snapped up the \u00a3180,000 two-bed semi detached property.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While some serial killers&#8217; lairs have been razed to the ground, others have sold on for lucrative sums.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here, we look at what happened to the other homes where the unthinkable happened; from the property where six children were murdered in their sleep by their parents in a botched arson plot, to the home where notorious necrophile Dennis Nilsen buried the bodies of his 12 murder victims.\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/07\/74499387-12436793-Photographs_of_Lucy_Letby_s_untidy_bedroom_were_released_followi-a-3_1692860290386.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Photographs of Lucy Letby&#8217;s untidy bedroom were released following her conviction. A canvas on the wall bears the slogan: &#8216;Leave sparkles wherever you go&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/07\/74640361-12436793-image-m-4_1692860310098.jpg\" height=\"614\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old nurse became one of only four women to be given a whole-life sentence on Monday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/23\/16\/74640369-12436793-image-a-16_1692806387439.jpg\" height=\"948\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dennis Nilsen, the Muswell Hill Murderer, killed 12 or 13 men in the North London property after luring them back to his flat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/23\/16\/74640355-12436793-image-a-15_1692806386235.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nilsen&#8217;s property in Cricklewood at 195 Melrose Avenue (pictured) is being turned into a \u00a31.48million six-bed home<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Nilsen, known as the Muswell Hill Murderer, died at the age of 74 at HMP Full Sutton in 2018, 34 years into his life sentence for carrying out a murderous spree in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Smirking serial killer Dennis Nilsen poses in briefs and a vest in never-before-seen prison cell photos\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/12\/13\/46902063-12072641-Serial_killer_Dennis_Nilsen_smiles_arrogantly_into_the_camera_in-m-21_1683895122184.jpg\" height=\"196\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the nation&#8217;s most notorious murderers, Nilsen is believed to have killed as many as 15 gay men, most of them homeless, at his homes in Cricklewood and Muswell Hill, north London.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, it was revealed that his former Cricklewood property at 195 Melrose Avenue &#8211; where he stored dead bodies under the floorboards &#8211; is set to be turned into a family home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Brent Council granted its owners, who bought the two-bed flat in 2016 for \u00a3493,000, permission to turn it from two self-contained flats into a six-bedroom family home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the area where the serial killer carved up bodies on stone slabs there is now a study, while directly above and next door are bedrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Other flats along the road have recently sold for as much as \u00a31,075,000. The latest full property on the street sold for \u00a31,480,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nilsen first moved to the Cricklewood flat in 1975 with his then-boyfriend, who left him shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>During his killing spree, Nilsen would befriend his vulnerable subjects in pubs and bars in London before luring them into his flat with the promise of alcohol and shelter.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 teeth and bone fragments were found by police in the property&#8217;s garden and a field behind the house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672179-12436793-image-a-5_1692860752146.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nilsen (pictured) &#8211; who died aged 72 &#8211; boiled his victims and stored their bodies under the floorboards<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/70907709-12436793-image-a-16_1692862704231.jpg\" height=\"832\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He killed 12 or 13 men in the North London property after luring them back to his flat (pictured in 1983)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/70906325-12436793-Most_of_his_victims_were_homosexual_or_homeless_men_who_he_would-a-17_1692862714366.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Most of his victims were homosexual or homeless men who he would pick up in bars across London or on the street. Pictured: Police in the garden of 195 Melrose Avenue in 1983 prior to digging<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/70906329-12436793-More_than_1_000_teeth_and_bone_fragments_were_found_by_police_in-a-18_1692862723174.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sieves are taken into the back garden of 195 Melrose Avenue in 1983 as police searched for remains<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672193-12436793-image-a-10_1692860791421.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 teeth and bone fragments were found by police in the property&#8217;s garden and a field behind the house<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672183-12436793-image-a-7_1692860773272.jpg\" height=\"655\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nilsen would usually strangle his victims &#8211; often with neckties &#8211; before chopping them up and burning them in his garden<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/33199472-12436793-The_house_was_bought_by_a_NHS_manager_from_Portugal_and_his_Fren-a-19_1692862733686.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The house was bought by a NHS manager from Portugal and his French-born partner for \u00a3493,000 in 2016. Pictured,\u00a0the Cricklewood flat after renovations<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/33197334-12436793-In_2018_a_couple_revealed_how_they_transformed_the_Cricklewood_f-a-20_1692862736653.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, a couple revealed how they transformed the Cricklewood flat (pictured) into their dream home &#8211; insisting that they were not put off by its gory history and are proud of how they turned the &#8216;house of horrors&#8217; into a comfortable abode<\/p>\n<p>The Job Centre worker and former police constable was finally arrested in 1983 after blocking drains with parts of his victims he had flushed down the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly oblivious to risk, Nilsen audaciously complained to a waste company about the blockage and asked for it to be resolved because he and other residents were suffering as a result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nilsen would murder his victims and sit with their corpses before dismembering them &#8211; earning the nickname &#8216;the Kindly Killer&#8217; because he believed his methods were humane.<\/p>\n<p>He would also give some baths and sleep next to them in bed.<\/p>\n<p>Once arrested he told police how he boiled the heads of his victims in a large cooking pot to dispose of their brains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hindley and Brady&#8217;s\u00a0<span>first murder came in July 1963 when they slaughtered 16-year-old Pauline Reade after persuading her to get in their car.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They went on to abduct and kill four more children before burying their bodies on\u00a0Saddleworth Moor.\u00a0Keith Bennett, 12, is the only victim whose remains have not yet been found.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672241-12436793-image-a-12_1692860908281.jpg\" height=\"896\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moors murderers Ian Brady (pictured) and Myra Hindley killed five children in Manchester in the early 1960s<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672247-12436793-image-a-13_1692860910732.jpg\" height=\"893\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hindley helped Brady murder five children and was jailed for life in 1966<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672263-12436793-image-a-14_1692860913501.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The house of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley at\u00a0Wardle Brook Avenue in Hattersley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/74672303-12436793-image-a-15_1692860994667.jpg\" height=\"781\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keith Bennett, 12, was snatched by Ian Brady and murdered in 1964 but his body has never been found<\/p>\n<p>The couple were jailed for three murders in 1966. They later confessed to another two murders before Hindley died aged 60 in prison in 2002. Brady died in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Kilbride, 12, was the couple&#8217;s second murder after he was snatched from Ashton market on Saturday November 23, 1963. He was strangled and buried in a shallow grave. He was the second of Brady and Hindley&#8217;s five victims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lesley Ann Downey 10, disappeared on Boxing Day. She had been snatched from the fair and taken back to Hindley&#8217;s house. She was brutally assaulted with the ordeal captured on tape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edward Evans 17, was the sick duo&#8217;s final victim. He had just been to see Manchester United play when Brady lured in Edward. Brady repeatedly bludgeoned Evans with an axe<\/p>\n<p>Brady and Hindley murdered at least two of their victims at this &#8216;house of horrors&#8217; in Hyde, west of Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>In December 1965, police searched the housing estate home of Brady and Hindley after Edward Evans was killed. The house was pulled down in the 1980s after a series of would-be tenants refused to move in<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/23\/17\/74640359-12436793-image-a-28_1692806468387.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mick Philpott &#8211; who killed six of his children by setting fire to his house as they slept &#8211; pictured next to his wife<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/41332562-12436793-Mick_who_had_previously_been_jailed_for_stabbing_his_schoolgirl_-a-25_1692863071597.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mick, who had previously been jailed for stabbing his schoolgirl lover 27 times, wove a web of lies trying to get away with the crime. Pictured: The aftermath of the fire<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/34800214-12436793-Mick_s_intention_was_to_rescue_the_sleeping_children_through_an_-a-21_1692863046302.jpg\" height=\"365\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mick&#8217;s intention was to rescue the sleeping children through an upstairs window (the house, pictured) but it went disastrously wrong and the youngsters all died from smoke inhalation\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mick Philpott, 58, and his wife Mairead, 34, were sent to prison in April 2013 after their children were killed in the blaze at their cramped three-bedroom house as they slept in May 2012.<\/p>\n<p><font>Along with friend Paul Mosley, they burnt down their home Victory Road, Allenton, Derby, to try and get a bigger council house &#8211; but it backfired when the property was engulfed in a fireball, trapping the six children upstairs.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>They had hatched an elaborate plot in which Mick would save the children and the fire would be blamed on his estranged partner Lisa Willis.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>But t<\/font><font>oo much petrol was used and the fire burned out of control \u2013 leaving Philpott unable to reach the children in temperatures approaching 1,000F.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers Duwayne, 13, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six and Jayden, five, died from the effects of smoke inhalation following the fire.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>In the days that followed the fire, Philpott began his elaborate ruse to appear blameless and even appeared at a press conference appealing for information.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>He \u2018loved\u2019 being a local celebrity and was seen &#8216;laughing and joking&#8217; and \u2018touching up\u2019 his wife in the hospital where her son Duwayne was dying after the fire<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/34800208-12436793-The_couple_s_six_children_Duwayne_13_Jade_10_John_nine_Jack_seve-a-23_1692863059638.jpg\" height=\"370\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The couple&#8217;s six children &#8211; Duwayne, 13, Jade, 10, John, nine, Jack, seven, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five &#8211; died from smoke inhalation as a result of the blaze<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/08\/39804046-12436793-The_horrific_scene_inside_the_property_where_the_fire_was_starte-a-24_1692863066445.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The horrific scene inside the property where the fire was started and killed six children<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/23\/17\/74640365-12436793-image-a-30_1692806477961.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Builders begin to demolish the semi-detached house at 18 Victory Road where six children died in a fire<\/p>\n<p><font>The trio were found guilty of manslaughter in April 2013 and Philpott was sentenced to life with a minimum of 15 years after being branded a \u2018disturbingly dangerous man with no moral compass\u2019.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>The judge described the plot as &#8216;a wicked and dangerous plan&#8217; that was &#8216;outside the comprehension of any right-thinking person&#8217;.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>While in custody awaiting trial, he wrote a sick prison letter boasting that if he won freedom he and his wife would celebrate by \u2018raping each other\u2019.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>In 2013 the property at 18 Victory Road was demolished nearly two years after the children&#8217;s death.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Ian Huntley&#8217;s Sohan home, where he murdered\u00a0schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, was also knocked down in 2004.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Dubbed the &#8216;House of Horrors&#8217;, police ripped the home apart to look for evidence while the case was ongoing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>However, Huntley left the house spotless meaning the police\u00a0found no blood, hair or fingerprints from either girl inside the home.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Police then decided to use a 20-ton bulldozer to demolish it in order to prevent it from becoming a permanent reminder of their deaths.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74688775-12436793-image-a-10_1692890203675.jpg\" height=\"936\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Notorious serial killer Ian Huntley pictured on a police tape<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687555-12436793-image-a-3_1692889997905.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A police officer stands outside the Soham home of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687553-12436793-image-a-4_1692890000422.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Huntley&#8217;s kitchen which leads into the dining room<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687557-12436793-image-a-6_1692890006539.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Cambridgeshire police handout of Ian Huntley&#8217;s dining room area<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687561-12436793-image-a-7_1692890015922.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The main bedroom in the Soham home of killer Ian Huntley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687551-12436793-image-a-5_1692890003590.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The staircase of what has been dubbed the &#8216;House of Horrors&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687549-12436793-image-a-8_1692890021532.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Workmen demolish the home of former Soham Village College caretaker and convicted child killer Ian Huntley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74687547-12436793-image-a-9_1692890025102.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Huntley was convicted of the murders of local school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman at the Old Bailey in November 2003, where he was given two life sentences<\/p>\n<p>Doctor\u00a0Harold Shipman, who was a GP, killed an estimated total of 250 patients over a 27-year period stretching back to 1971, using the drug Diamorphine.<\/p>\n<p>Around 80 percent of his victims were elderly women with his youngest victim a 41-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>Shipman was convicted of drug offences in 1976 after becoming addicted to pethidine as a young doctor, but he was allowed to carry on practising by the General Medical Council (GMC).<\/p>\n<p>He began his killing spree in Pontefract General in the early seventies, and was eventually arrested in September 1998 aged 52, and was jailed for life in January 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was convicted at Preston Crown Court of the murders of 15 elderly women: Marie West, Irene Turner, Lizzie Adams, Jean Lilley, Ivy Lomas, Muriel Grimshaw, Marie Quinn, Kathleen Wagstaff, Bianka Pomfret, Norah Nuttall, Pamela Hillier, Maureen Ward, Winifred Mellor, Joan Melia and Kathleen Grundy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/23\/17\/74640367-12436793-image-a-25_1692806445230.jpg\" height=\"894\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Harold Shipman used his position as a family GP to murder an estimated 250 patients<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/16\/74688129-12436793-image-a-2_1692889374986.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Harold Shipman&#8217;s home in Mottram, Greater Manchester<\/p>\n<p>Ten days after his whole life-term conviction plus a four-year sentence for forgery, the GMC struck Shipman off the register.<\/p>\n<p>A year after his sentencing an inquiry was launched which concluded that the family doctor had killed at least 215 of his patients between 1975 and 1998, during which he had also practised in Todmorden, West Yorkshire (1974\u20131975), and Hyde, Greater Manchester (1977\u20131998).<\/p>\n<p>A sixth and final report in 2005 found further suspicions about other deaths in his early career and Dame Janet Smith, the judge who submitted the report, estimated his total victim count over that 27-year period was 250.<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of his 58th birthday Shipman was found hanged in his cell in Wakefield Prison in January 2004.<\/p>\n<p>His wife Primrose Shipman, who maintained her husband&#8217;s innocence after his conviction, received his full NHS pension, which she would not have been entitled to had Shipman lived past age 60.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12436793\/What-happened-serial-killers-homes-Lucy-Letby-Dennis-Nilsens-1-48M-lair.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the houses of horror: From Lucy Letby&#8217;s childlike home to Dennis Nilsen&#8217;s \u00a31.48m lair and property where the 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