How Netflix’s “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” Examines The Much-debated Link Between Crime And Mental Illness
The recent Netflix docudrama series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” ran into hot waters for its humanized portrayal of the “Milwaukee Cannibal” Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer.
Dahmer was a serial killer and sex offender who was charged with the murder of 17 men and boys in the years 1978–91.
His crimes involved shocking cases of necrophilia, cannibalism, and embalming. He also confessed his plan of constructing a private altar of his victims' skulls and bones in his apartment’s living room!