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She's portrayed in the show by Niecy Nash. Jeffrey Dahmer, also dubbed the Milwaukee Monster, was a rapist, cannibal, necrophiliac and serial killer who confessed to murdering 17 young men from 1978-1991. Richard Jenkins and Penelope Ann Miller will play Dahmer’s parents, father Lionel and mother Joyce.

In most installments, The XFiles ultimately reveals its monster. Glenda Cleveland, a real-life neighbour of Dahmer’s who had called the police and attempted to warn them of Dahmer (to no avail), will be a leading role in the series. In this case, the truth isn't out there, it's inside us it's part of who we are. Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) will play Lionel Dahmer, a chemist and father to Jeffrey. Netflix have cast Evan Peters (Pose) in the titular role as Jeffrey Dahmer. He took scouting trips and played in his wooded backyard with neighborhood boys.

#DAHMER THE MONSTER WITHIN HOW TO#

On the contrary, his father was a learned chemist who taught Jeffrey how to garden, play tennis, and raise sheep for 4-H competitions. He did not come from an abusive, impoverished, or violent background. However, when the police arrived on the scene, Dahmer convinced them that it was a domestic disturbance between adult lovers and that Sinthasomphone was drunk, and they returned Sinthasomphone to Dahmer's flat, where he was killed. Jeffrey Dahmer was not a typical serial killer. With access to hundreds of pages of police and FBI transcripts and personal testimony from family, friends and survivors, the haunting story of how Jeffrey. The limited series will focus on the victim and delve into the police impotence which allowed Dahmer to evade capture of numerous occasions, including a now infamous 1991 incident when a 14-year-old victim, Konerak Sinthasomphone, escaped Dahmer's flat and was discovered, bleeding and drugged, by several women who dialled 911. The series is based on the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and boys over a period spanning from 1978 until his eventual capture in 1991. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Dahmer the monster within