Family of Jeffrey Dahmer's Victim Slams Netflix Series for 'Retraumatizing' Their Experiences

The Jeffrey Dahmer series Monster has officially landed on the list of Netflix‘s most watched TV shows of all time, just 12 days after debuting on the streamer.

, Ryan Murphy’s scripted true-crime series starring Evan Peters and Niecy Nash, is now one of Netflix’s most successful series of all time. The news comes just almost two weeks after it first debuted on Sept. 21, quickly garnering over 196 million hours of viewership within its first week. Now, according to the streaming platform, has logged in nearly 300 million hours – 299.8 million to be exact – in its second week online, making it the second most watched English-language series in a week behind . Additionally, the series accumulated 496 million hours viewed in just 12 days, with Netflix estimating that at least 56 million households have streamed the series. Unfolding over 10 episodes, the limited series chronicles the life and crimes of Dahmer, who became known as the Milwaukee Cannibal after murdering (and sometimes doing other gruesome things to the bodies) of 17 men and teenage boys from 1978 to 1991. Peters portrays the serial killer while Nash plays one of his suspecting neighbors, Glenda Cleveland.

true-crime scripted series,, the gruesome murderer is now the subject of, the third installment in the ongoing docuseries about notable serial killers from director and executive producer Joe Berlinger. Ahead of its debut, the longtime true-crime filmmaker spoke to ET about the recent attention surrounding Dahmer and his efforts for the stories recounted in the docuseries to be “responsibly told and sensitive to the victims,” while also acknowledging why the families of those killed did not want to participate here.  While Ryan Murphy’s dramatization of Dahmer’s life and crimes has become the platform’s biggest debut, with audiences logging over 196 million hours in its first week of streaming, it has also drawn backlash from relatives of the victims, who say that they’ve been retraumatized by the limited series and that they weren’t contacted about the project. When it comes to the three-part documentary, which is largely told through Dahmer’s own words via previously unheard audio recordings and on-camera appearances by his legal team, friends of the victims and various experts, Berlinger’s team had “a massive grid” of everyone they reached out to.

Zack Sharf Naomi Watts just earned strong reviews for leading Amazon Prime Video’s English-language remake of “Goodnight Mommy.” This month, she’s headlining Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix thriller, “The Watcher.” She’ll also be reuniting with the mega-producer to play Babe Paley in the Capote-centric second season of FX’s “Feud.” All of this is to say Watts’ acting career is thriving, which is not what she was told by an unnamed Hollywood figure after her U.S. breakthrough in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” Watts was 33 at the time, which many in Hollywood viewed as old. “I was told, ‘You better get a lot done because it’s all over at 40 when you become unfuckable.’ And I’m like, ‘What? What does that mean exactly?'” Watts recently told Entertainment Weekly. “Then you think about it, and you go, ‘Oh, right. When you are no longer reproductive, when those organs are no longer functioning, you are not sexy, so, therefore, you are not hirable.’ That just made me so mad.”

Kesha's mother explained how the pop star's song "Cannibal" came to have a reference to the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Pebe Sebert revealed that she actually wrote the lyric during a TikTok video she shared Sunday.The song became a topic of online discussion after Netflix released a series about Dahmer's murders. "Some context on the lyric that's bothering people 12 years later," she captioned the video.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has said the show was “one of the worst” she has worked on as a person of colour.Kim Alsup previously tweeted claims that she was often mistaken for another Black colleague on the set of the Netflix show, which focuses on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.“I worked on this project and I was 1 of 2 Black people on the crew and they kept calling me her name,” she wrote in a since-made private account (via Entertainment Weekly).“We both had braids. She was dark skin and 5’10.

Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment, where he was handcuffed and held captive by the serial killer. His escape is what led police to finally arresting Dahmer, who up until that time, murdered 17 men and teenage boys since 1978. Now, over 30 years later, Edwards’ former defense lawyer, Paul Ksicinski, is speaking out now that the harrowing encounter has been recreated in Ryan Murphy’s true-crime Netflix series,. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Ksicinski said the tragic events “destroyed his life.”  “He could never get his life together again after that.

Netflix has released its latest miniseries, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, inspired by the harrowing true story.Jeffrey Dahmer has gone down as one of the most shocking serial killer cases in American history.Also known as the ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’ or the ‘Milwaukee Monster’, he was responsible for the murder of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.In 1992, he was finally sentenced for his inhuman crimes, receiving 15 terms of life imprisonment, with another life term added at a later date.Ultimately, he only served two years as in 1994 he was beaten to death by a fellow inmate.At the age of 32 in 1992, Dahmer was sentenced to life imprisonment and was locked behind bars at Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.There he served out his sentence for two years, until the morning of November 28, 1994.On that day, Dahmer was assigned his usual work details with two other inmates, one of whom was Christopher Scarver and the other Jesse Anderson.They were escorted to their duties, which included cleaning the toilets.Once at the toilet block, the three inmates were left unsupervised in the shower area for around 20 minutes.At around 8.10am, Dahmer was found on the floor of the showers after having suffered from severe head trauma.Scarver had smuggled a bar into the showers, one he had taken from the gym.He concealed it in his trousers and proceeded to beat Dahmer with it when left alone.Dahmer initially survived the beating but died in hospital just an hour after he arrived due to the massive skull and facial fractures.Scarver also attacked Anderson, who died two days later in hospital due to similar injuries.Scarver managed to make it back to the gym to replace the bar and return to his cell after, without

Netflix's series on the disturbing story of Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who operated from 1978 to 1991 and claimed the lives of 17 people, has been watched by thousands of dans worldwide. The gripping, and often incredibly traumatic show, examines the vile murderer's crimes but not all of the scenes shown are entirely based on facet. The journalist who first broke the story more than 30 years ago has pointed out a series of inaccuracies in a new interview.

Kesha's mum Pebe Sebert has revealed she wrote the controversial lyric about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in her daughter's song 'Cannibal'. The 2010 track has been thrust back into the spotlight following the release of Netflix's new drama 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' starring Evan Peters with many suggesting it was insensitive to the victims to name-check the multiple murderer in the song as the pop star sang: "Be too sweet and you'll be a goner. Yeah, I'll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer.

Pebe Sebert, the songwriter and mother of musical artist Kesha, is claiming credit for writing a line about notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in her daughter's 2010 track Cannibal amid scrutiny on the line with the success of the Netflix mini-series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.Sebert, 66, took to TikTok Sunday to clarify her authorship of the song.'Some context on the lyric that's bothering people 12 years later,' she said in the caption. 'Not meant to shut anyone down, just more info.' @pebesebert Some context on the lyric that’s bothering people 12 years later.

Despite his upbringing, Dahmer’s faith was often left out of reports about him, something Dahmer seemed to take issue with.

Kesha has been defended by her mother after receiving backlash over a controversial lyric about Jeffrey Dahmer on her song Cannibal. Lyrics from the 2010 track have resurfaced in light of Netflix releasing its harrowing series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story starring Evan Peters in the titular role of the real life serial killer. Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 men between 1978 and 1991 until his arrest. Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts. More than a decade ago, Kesha, 35, released the song Cannibal which mentioned Dahmer and ‘eating’ men. Lyrics include: ‘I want your liver on a platter, Use your finger to stir my tea / And for dessert I’ll suck your teeth / Be too sweet and you’ll be a goner, Yeah, I’ll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer.’ She also sings: ‘I eat boys up, breakfast and lunch, Then when I’m thirsty, I drink their blood / Carnivore, animal, I am a cannibal, I eat boys up, you better run.’ Some context on the lyric that’s bothering people 12 years later.

Kesha‘s mom Pebe Sebert is addressing controversy related to Jeffrey Dahmer.

“Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes,” is a three-part documentary on the serial killer and cannibal by director Joe Berlinger. The series has previously released episodes on fellow notorious killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy.Streaming Oct. 7, Netflix said “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” includes “newly unearthed recorded interviews” with Dahmer’s legal team and explores how he was able to “prey upon Milwaukee’s marginalized communities.”Dahmer murdered and dismembered a total of 17 boys and men — many of whom were people of color and/or gay — around the Milwaukee area between 1978 and 1991. Snippets of chilling tape-recorded confessions from Dahmer are included in the docuseries trailer that was released on Friday.

Netflix butcher key facts about the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer murders?The Milwaukee, Wisconsin, crime reporter who broke the news of the infamous serial killer — who diabolically tortured and murdered 17 boys and men through the late 1970s and early 1990s — says so.Journalist and author Anne E. Schwartz slammed the new Evan Peters-starring series, “Dahmer: Monster — The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” saying that creator Ryan Murphy and team took so much “artistic license” that the show “does not bear a great deal of resemblance to the facts of the case.”“When people are watching Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series and saying, ‘Oh my God, this is terrible,’ I want to tell them it didn’t necessarily turn out that way,” Schwartz, who wrote “Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders,” told the Independent.Firstly, she took exception to the portrayal of Milwaukee cops as being racist homophobes as she has known members of the force for years.“I’ve spent a lot of time with them, interviewing the people who were at the scene.

Netflix series about Jeffrey Dahmer.Discussing the controversial series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on her talk show The View, Goldberg argued against the show.“Ryan [Murphy] is an amazing artist.

currently boasts 2.2 million views on TikTok.“OMG Jeffrey Dahmer in stranger things,” reads the caption to the creepy clip, which shows a scene from Season 4, in which a boy with Dahmer-esque granny glasses and a blonde bowl cut is seen lurking outside Hawkins Highschool.It then cuts to a clip of actor Evan Peters as the titular character of the controversial new Netflix series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which explores the blood-splattered escapades of the notorious Milwaukee-based serial killer. The idea of a “Stranger Things” Dahmer-ganger might seem far-fetched however the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, are known to pepper the show with nostalgic 80s easter eggs.

The father of satanic cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer said he would have liked his wicked son to meet the same cruel end as his innocent victims. The infamous killer, also known as the 'Milwaukee Cannibal' murdered 17 young men and boys who he then cut up and even sometimes ate between the years of 1978 and 1991.