"DAHMER - Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer": True crime Netflix series retraumatizes those affected
Created: 09/29/2022, 17:00
By: Janine Napirca
What is true about the true crime series "DAHMER - Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer" and why are those affected dissatisfied with the Netflix production?
"DAHMER - Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer" currently leads the top 10 most-watched series on Netflix worldwide, which makes director Ryan Murphy very happy and all Netflix subscribers who like the true crime series on Instagram: "Thank you for making Dahmer the world's most-watched Netflix TV show."
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What is the true crime series DAHMER: Monsters: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer on Netflix about?
The series follows the true story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
According to the streaming service, the protagonist murdered seven people in the most gruesome manner between 1978 and 1991.
The focus of the series "DAHMER - Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer" is on the one hand the crimes, on the other hand those affected who had to struggle with systemic racism and failure of the police.
How much truth there is in the true crime Netflix series "DAHMER - Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer" and why the families of the murdered are dissatisfied with the Netflix production, read below.
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The true crime series about the well-known serial killer currently leads the top 10 most watched Netflix series worldwide.
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What's true about DAHMER: Monsters: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer on Netflix?
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Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in 1991 and confessed to 17 murders, 16 of which were proven.
Between 1978 and 1991 he lured, drugged, abused and strangled young men and youth from the Milwaukee gay scene into his apartment.
He then performed necrophilic acts on the corpses and dismembered them.
Because he also practiced cannibalism, the media nicknamed him "The Milwaukee Cannibal" or "The Milwaukee Monster".
Dahmer received multiple life sentences for his crimes, but was killed by another inmate at the age of 34.
Here you can see the trailer for the new Netflix series "DAHMER - Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer"
"DAHMER": That's why those affected criticize Netflix for the series
While the true crime series "DAHMER" is experiencing huge hype on Netflix, those affected are dissatisfied with the processing of the true events, according to a
Stern
report .
Rita Isbell, sister of murdered man Errol Lindsey, has criticized the Netflix series for not being aligned with the loved ones and families involved.
I was never contacted about the series.
I feel like Netflix should have asked us if we have a problem with it or how we're doing with it.
They didn't ask us anything, they just did it.
Rita Isbell, sister of murdered Errol Lindsey
At that time, she gave an emotional testimony in court, which also appears in the series.
In 1991, at the age of 19, Jeffrey Dahmer drugged her brother Errol Lindsey with sleeping pills, strangled him with a leather strap and then filmed himself dismembering the body.
According to the report, Isbell would have liked at least financial compensation: "It's sad that they're just making money off this tragedy."
Her cousin, Eric Perry, also criticized the series on Twitter: "I'm not telling anyone what to watch.
I know True Crime is huge, but if you really care about the victims, my family (the Isbells) are furious with this show.
We are re-traumatized again and again - and for what?
How many more films/series/documentaries do we need?”
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He also criticizes the fact that the Netflix series is financially enriched by their suffering without those affected getting anything from it.
In his opinion, the bereaved would at least have liked to know in advance that there should be another series about Jeffrey Dahmer at all.
"My family was told about the show when everyone else was," says Eric Perry.