mugshots of five famous serial killers on a promotion poster.The establishment, Crisis, runs a student night every Wednesday at Rock City nightclub in Nottingham and used snaps of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Rose West, John Wayne Gacy and Richard Ramirez to promote a Halloween party.
But, within 16 hours the 'All Frighter - Serial Killers' poster was taken down, after a backlash that saw the idea labelled "tone deaf," as reported by The Mirror.READ MORE: Sick Halloween costumes including Jeffrey Dahmer and the Queen being flogged onlineThe news comes after the families of Dahmer spoke out against a new Netflix series detailing his crimes against their loved ones.A student employed to promote Crisis nights posted an open letter explaining her issues with the theme.
She said: "Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer were both known for hunting their victims in night clubs... so it is absurd to me why we would have students dressed up as these people, inside a nightclub.“These people are not celebrities whom we can make a ‘theme’ out of – they are real people who raped, tortured and murdered people’s sons and daughters – with their families still alive and still feeling the effects today.”The student's post garnered around 1,000 likes.She also said she had been left in "total disbelief that in 2022 a nightclub run for young adults and students would encourage the behaviour to dress up [in] such controversial costumes".She rang the club manager up immediately to "voice her concern" when she saw the poster.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Following her post, Crisis released a public statement saying that "after consideration, [they] realised this was an upsetting and.
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