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At the home of serial killer Dennis ‘Mr Death’ Allen, as it goes up for rent for $490 a week, fearing its gruesome past and link to THIRTEEN murders might turn down tenants: ‘I wouldn’t live there’
- Serial killer Dennis ‘Mr Death’ Allen’s central Melbourne home is up for rent
- The two-bedroom, backyard Cremorne house costs $490 a week
- Mr Death is suspected of killing 13 people, with at least three dead in his home
- The murders include one of his friends, a suspected prostitute and a bicycle queen
The home of one of Australia’s most notorious serial killers is now up for rent.
At a glance, Dennis ‘Mr Death’ Allen’s former home looks like a bargain with the central Melbourne home with a front and back yard, two bedrooms and decent living space for just $490 a week.
But the house’s horrific past is likely to be off-putting for most perspective renters.
Allen was born into a crime-ridden family, but he took their disgrace to new heights.
Allen abandoned the ‘code of honour’ that criminals used to adhere to, robbing, betraying and murdering anyone who stood in his way until he reached the top of Melbourne’s underworld.
Dennis ‘Mr Death’ Allen (pictured with his famous gold chains) was a serial killer and linchpin of the underworld in the 1980s
The house of Mr. Death’s Cremorne (above), where at least three suspected murders have taken place, is available to rent for $490 per week
He ran brothels, organized drug smugglers and maintained his terrifying status, all from his quiet home in Cremorne.
At least three of Allen’s 13 suspected murders were allegedly committed in the plain-looking house in Melbourne’s inner-east.
One was Allen’s close friend, Wayne Stanhope, who shot and slit the throat of the cold-blooded killer at a drug-filled house party, while guests screamed and vomited in horror.
No clear motive has been established for Stanhope’s death, but he is believed to have made the unforgivable mistake of scratching one of Allen’s favorite records, Bob Marley’s Buffalo Soldier.
Another of Allen’s victims known to spend their last hours in his home was Helga Wagnegg, who worked at one of his “massage parlors.”
Allen is believed to have murdered at least three people in his home (pictured in the 1980s) – Wayne Stanhope, Helga Wagnegg and Anton Kenny
The recessed spotlights that Allen installed himself in the 1980s can still be seen in the living area (above) of the house
Allen reportedly sent one of his brothers out on the road to get a bucket of water from the Yarra River to pour down Mrs. Wagnegg’s throat, making it look like she had drowned.
But perhaps the most gruesome murder in the house was that of Hells Angels full-patch member Anton Kenny in 1985.
Allen allegedly shot the cyclist in the chest at close range and was in the process of placing the body in a barrel when the rigor mortis set in.
Determined to get the job done, Allen used a chainsaw to remove Kenny’s legs before stuffing his body into the barrel and dumping it into the Yarra River.
Disgusted Life and Crimes podcast host Andrew Rule said: 3AW radio host Dee Dee Dunleavy he wouldn’t go anywhere near the house knowing its history, even some 50 years later.
Allen’s house at 37 Stephenson Street, Cremorne, was last sold in 1994, seven years after his death (pictured, the backyard of the house)
“It’s not a place I would like to live,” he said.
When asked if Mr. Death was a good name for the serial killer, Rule said, “Yeah, he deserved that and anything else you could throw at him.
“It’s the kind of bad, bad person Dennis Allen was.”
Allen’s home at 37 Stephenson Street, Cremorne, was last sold in 1994, seven years after his death.