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Is DAHMER (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) Based On A True Story?

Series based on certain events which bring goosebumps among all the audience watching it has its own charm and generates curiosity among the people on one of the biggest questions which are, whether the shown events really happened or not or whether they are true or not. The OTT platforms have banked upon the creative freedom to create to get more viewers and also to put light on events or bring events that seem true by clubbing the raw reality with the fictional incidents. Now, one of the series that has used this creative freedom and has generated several questions among the people is Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story or simply we can call it DAHMER.

The series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan was released on September 21, 2022, and has garnered a lot of attention all over the world. The series has been praised a lot too in all aspects by both the viewers and the critics. But apart from all this, the major question that has been raised by the mini-series that has left everyone speechless is whether the series is based on true events. In this article we are going to answer exactly this concern, so delve into the article to get all the information.

Is DAHMER (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) Based On A True Story?

Is DAHMER (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) Based On A True Story?
DAHMER (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

The horrifying drama that has left everyone speechless and thinking, DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has ignited one big question whether it is based on true events or not, and the answer is yes, it is. All the OTT platforms these days take the creative freedom opportunity to voice out some important real events which might not be known to many people but should be known and Netflix has been very active with it. It has brought several dreadful true stories in front of the audience using creativity and without trying to distort the events but making it engaging as much as possible and the same goes for this series as well. This series has been serialized and has received amazing reviews and believe it or not the things that you witnessed in the series have actually happened in reality. The events by Jeffrey Dahmer are based on the time period between 1978-91. The series will take you through the journey from his troubled childhood to the incidents committed by him which he is confessing. the series re-tells almost everything along with victims and their family’s experiences giving different perspectives to the audience. It is alleged that he was very drunk when he committed his murders which makes several points and happenings that would have to happen during the events out of our way because he is the one who is only the source of his own crimes but getting everything exactly was difficult. It is even said that the interrogation which took place with him where he confessed everything went on for 60 hours. The series not just includes the confession of his early life but also includes several key points from interviews by some publications which also form the base for the story of the series.

Jeffrey Dahmer or ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’ on whom the series is based was from Milwaukee and was born in 1960. He committed most of his heinous crimes in his birthplace and that is why he is called ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’. Now when you read cannibal you can get some idea that what his murders would be like. He was known from a young age to have an interest in dead animals. He would collect the body parts and skeletons of dead animals. During his case was convicted of killing not less than 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991. He did not only kill people but also preserve some of the parts of the body in his own house. Dahmer was not arrested just after he was convicted but he had been arrested many times before that as well for crimes. Dahmer was convicted finally after one of the victims named Tracy Edwards escaped from the crime scenes with cuffed hands and reached out to the police. In the court trial of sanity, he was called sane which in turn led him to get 957 years of prison. He met his death just two years after his imprisonment by one of the prison inmates who attacked him on his head with a metal bar.

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DAHMER Cast

The cast of the series based on true horrific events which have left everyone on their toes includes amazing and talent-packed actors who have made the series so believable and have given such impeccable performances making it one of the most popular series. The cast includes Evan Peters who plays the titular role of Jeffrey Dahmer, Niecy Nash, Molly Ringwald, Richard Jenkins, Colin Ford, Penelope Ann Miller, and, Michael Learned. It also includes Karen Malina White, Shaun Brown, Brandon Black, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Skyler Bible, Blake Cooper Griffin, Matt Cordova, and Scott Michael Morgan.

DAHMER Trailer

If the information shared till now has ignited interest among all of you then you can watch the trailer to get more interest and get some more insights about the series. The trailer is available on Netflix‘s official YouTube channel. So, do give it a watch to get a visual sneak peek of the series.

Where To Watch DAHMER?

Is DAHMER (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) Based On A True Story?
DAHMER (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

Finally decided to watch the series to know more about Dahmer and what really happened, then log on to your Netflix now because the series is exclusively available here. It consists of 10 episodes in total and all of them are available on the platform.  

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