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Explore the crimes of one of history’s most psychotic killers, a man who emerged from a normal suburban upbringing with a sickening hunger that could not be slaked.
Views of shocking photos from the crime scenes.
Features an exclusive interview with Dahmer’s parents.
Explore the forces that may have motivated one of the world’s most vicious serial killers.
He is one of history’s most psychotic killers, a man who emerged from a normal suburban upbringing with a sickening hunger that could not be slaked. The incredible case of Jeffrey Dahmer captured headlines and imaginations worldwide. The appalling details of his crimes were as disturbing as they were compelling, but what drove him to commit such hideous acts?
Leading psychologists explore the forces that may have motivated him, and police detail the extraordinary and sickening details of the case as they were discovered. Shocking photos from the crime scenes reveal the depths of Dahmer’s depravity. And in an exclusive interview, Dahmer’s parents talk of the child they raised, and their shock and horror at the discovery of his crimes.
SICK! BUSTER HOPE HE ROTTENS IN HELL FOREVER…
Scary sociopath for sure
I’ve seen several documentaries about Dahmer and he remains a mystery. He comes across in interviews as a sympathetic character, as opposed to a smarmy creep like Ted Bundy. It’s seems Dahmer was dealt a bad hand: a loner unable to form relationships or even friendships; a huge sex drive; a preoccupation with death; and an attraction to young guys. I believe that in lucid moments he was as appalled as anyone else by the evil within him. Why didn’t that knowledge drive him to suicide? Instead he took the dark path and gave in to his demons. For everybody’s sake, especially his poor father, suicide would have been the best escape from the monster inside him.
no he would just get locked up in the mental hospital
i agree with you. i think Dahmer knew the difference between right and wrong he just subconsciously always wanted to get caught. he was questioned by the police twice before he was actually charged with anything (once while drifting between lanes on his way to dump his first victim’s body and the second time when one of his victim’s escaped). he knew what he was doing and that he needed to be punished. it almost seemed as though he kept trying to get caught…
Perhaps the legal definition of insanity needs review; not that I would ever allow the opportunity for such a man to be let loose to prey upon the public. The thing is that a person suffering from a mental disease might know the difference between right & wrong but lack the skills, ability, control & metacognition to know how to act appropriately upon that knowledge. I was struck by the arrogance of Dahmer’s father when he said that no one ‘softened the blow’ for them & made them aware of the magnitude of their son’s crimes. Well, the victim’s families were in a similar boat-except that their loved one was gone. How could those two idiot parents claim to have been unaware that their son had been left alone in that house? NOT that they caused this to happen or that they ought to be blamed for their son’s crimes: something was woefully wrong with him. What a mess! Although I’m not sorry that Dahmer is dead, I don’t like the idea of impromptu prison justice where guards set a prisoner up & play a complicit role in having them brutally murdered (often by someone every bit as problematic as the guy they set up!).
Perhaps the legal definition of insanity needs review; not that I would ever allow the opportunity for such a man to be let loose to prey upon the public. The thing is that a person suffering from a mental disease might know the difference between right & wrong but lack the skills, ability, control & metacognition to know how to act appropriately upon that knowledge. I was struck by the arrogance of Dahmer’s father when he said that no one ‘softened the blow’ for them & made them aware of the magnitude of their son’s crimes. Well, the victim’s families were in a similar boat-except that their loved one was gone. How could those two idiot parents claim to have been unaware that their son had been left alone in that house? NOT that they caused this to happen or that they ought to be blamed for their son’s crimes: something was woefully wrong with him. What a mess! Although I’m not sorry that Dahmer is dead, I don’t like the idea of impromptu prison justice where guards set a prisoner up & play a complicit role in having them brutally murdered (often by someone every bit as problematic as the guy they set up!).
Dammit, why did I watch that before bed?
Dahmer was right about one thing: according to evolution, you make up your own rules. I’m glad I believe in God and that the Bible is a lamp unto my feet.
Very well done documentary.
So without your belief in God you’re worried you feet might lead you to be like Jeffrey Dahmer? I hope you don’t live near me. Atheists can be good people, Christians can be bad people, just FYI.
And if you’re going to talk about evolution by basically calling it full on anarchy, study it first because you criticise it wrongly. It’s a scientific theory, not a lifestyle recommendation. People who believe in the theory of evolution generally do not consider it a reason to guiltlessly leave people to die or even murder.Seriously, I’m responding your faulty logic because it was kind of annoying me, but it’s also mostly off-topic, for the both of us. If you have to preach do it at the relevant atheism/religion documentaries. Okay?
did you know that after he was convicted in court, his apology included that he hoped Jesus Christ would forgive his sins?
“Your Honor:
It is now over. This has never been a case of trying to get
free. I didn’t ever want freedom. Frankly, I wanted death for myself.
This was a case to tell the world that I did what I did, but not for
reasons of hate. I hated no one. I knew I was sick or evil or both. Now I
believe I was sick. The doctors have told me about my sickness, and now
I have some peace. I know how much harm I have caused… Thank God there
will be no more harm that I can do. I believe that only the Lord Jesus
Christ can save me from my sins… I ask for no consideration.”
I’m not a Christian but have come across a handful of real ones over my lifetime. None of them were obsessed with the Bible. They were too busy doing good things for other people — with no strings attached.
Just in case anyone about to watch this felt queasy in anticipation of the ‘shocking photos from crime scenes’ like me, I’m pleased to report there aren’t any.
I find it ironic how one of the victims
(presumably) family members screams several times how she’s going to kill Jeffery and by the looks would have done it had she had a sharp tool and no one to stop her.
My heart breaks for his father…
I adore learning about how people interact and I would have to say that Jeffrey is one of my favorite people to study.
what irritates me the most about this documentary is the fact that his father seems to think there’s nothing horrible with what his son did, i mean he acknowledges what his son did but he could at least try to look like he cared about the victims. hes acting like his love for his son justified his actions. i could never be a parent like that
He didn’t come across like that. This was filmed fairly recently. Can you imagine how many times he has told this story to one journalist or another? If you’re a parent you’ll understand that a love for your child is never trumped by anything else in life. Regardless of their wrong doings. The guy acknowledged what his son had done and has probably punished himself enough over the years. No one ever thinks of the effects of having a serial killer son/brother/husband etc.
Dahmer was a very charming man. Like they said, he spent his entire life perfecting the art of charming and fooling people into thinking he was a nice, polite and normal young man. It helps that he wasn’t ugly or unattractive. It’s easy to see why people would have sympathy for him. But his life wasn’t awful. He had two good parents growing up, a father who doted on him and did everything he could to help him. Dahmer will remain one of the most fascinating killers in history but I can’t feel sympathy for a man who could have admitted what he’d done from day one when those police stopped him. If he wanted to be stopped so badly, he would have reached out then.