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Hey gunners,

I was reading a lot about Jeffrey Dahmer lately and I was wondering if you know some stuffs that I've maybe missed. Maybe some good serious books / movies about the subject (not something gore or idiotic).

I'm just curious about that whole case, and how a man doing such horrible things was able to go on without anybody figuring out what the fuck was going on !

I mean, I've read a lot about what he did, he was questionned many times by the police, but still, he never stopped.

I was watching an interview of him on YouTube and also an A&E documentary on the subject, and fuck he's scary. So calm, cultivated, polite and yet a fucking monster.

This is something that interest me a lot. It has nothing to do with some bizarre fascination or something, it's just that here (in Europe), we don't have a lot of examples of cases like that.

problem is, european killers have a ball of a holiday because there is a mentality in europe where no one call the cops even if they see hear think something someone is weird, so killers continue on killing and until very recently, the scientific police did not exist and when it does, the department is so small and so lacking money that they don't bother unless it's a huge case with enormous proofs.

I don't know books about Dahmer, but type his name on Amazon.com search bar and you'll get almost all books about/on him.

He is cold, that's the case with many killers. Some act on impulse, some on well thought out plans. The first get sexual pleasure out of it, the second don't get any.

My grandma knew Jeff's mom. Good ol' Milwaukee...  :-\   

Check out Wikipedia, or Google him.. I'd think there's alot on there.

I was 18 at the time, and yeah it was pretty diturbing.. I think his personality & calmness had alot to do with the fame (clean cut, blonde hair, nice guy) not your typical serial killer.

I saw a show on CourtTV a few months ago & they said most of his victims were gay. I never heard that before and certainly do not recall hearing that back then. If so, I think alot has to do with back in that era, a serial killer who mostly killed gays wouldn't have received as much media hype. That may be worth researching.

I was in high school at the time and I'll never forget how I first heard about Dahmer.  One of the guys in the group I hung out with was an obscene liar who would tell the most ridiculous stories you can imagine (for example, he sat next to a farmer on an airplane once; no big deal, except that the farmer was accompanied his cow, a dozen chickens, and a couple of pigs... all roaming the aisles; also, the stewardess was milking the cow; this all occured in coach class).  The kid was clinically insane.

Anyway, one morning he comes in and starts telling us about a guy arrested for murder that cooked and ate his victims.  The rest of us, by now accustomed to his routine, just glance at each other, shake our heads and try to keep from laughing in his face.  I was only half-listening because I was reading my newspaper and then came across the Dahmer article.  I then blurted out, "Holy Shit, he's not lying this time!" 

Check out www.CrimeLibrary.com

site is amazing for this kind of information.  Very thorough.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285728/

There was also a movie made back in 2002 about him.  I saw it some time ago.  Reading up on him would obviously be more comprehensive though-

Dahmer was basically a guys worst nitemare. Would talk you up in a bar and even if he thought you were straight, he would try and convince you to come to his home for drugs or something else he thought might sound cool. After he got a person back to his place they were in trouble.

Even in prison when surrounded by convicts Dahmer said he still fanticized about killing men. A very disturbing guy.

he got beat to death in prison by a black guy who though he was the son of jesus.
dahmer also had a weird thing for darth vadar.

i hope it was a slow death for the stupid retarded fuck.

Dr. Park Dietz, the psychiatrist who first interviewed and profiled him, I recently had a chance to hear a lecture of his @ a law enforcement confrence, the things he had to tell us about Dahmer... wow. Although he was not the most notorious killer Dietz has come across. Anyone who is interested in this subject however; may I recomend any books by Dietz or Dr.Robert Hare (creator of the psychopath diagnosis in forensic psychology)

In my experence I have come across some true evil... thus have some horrific stories, none I would be comfortable posting online but I'll be at stitch if ur interested i just might let some out...  :-\ :beer:

Sounds intense...what do you do for a living? Cop?  I can only imagine some of the shit you must have seen.  :-\

MINDHUNTER by John Douglas is an excellent book on the FBI criminal profiling division....I highly recommend it.

Great Read that book was... and yes i am

If it's ok with you, I'm interested.



And I thank all of you for your comments & help. :beer: