Editing Jeffrey Dahmer (section)

==In media==
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===Film===
* ''[[The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer]]'' was released in 1993. Directed by David Bowen, this biographical crime drama stars [[Carl Crew]] as Dahmer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2c1511e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213203227/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2c1511e|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2023|title=Filmography: Carl Crew|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>
* The biographical film ''[[Dahmer (film)|Dahmer]]'' was released in 2002. It stars [[Jeremy Renner]] in the title role and co-stars [[Bruce Davison]] as Dahmer's father, Lionel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/21/movies/film-review-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-irrational.html|title=Film Review; Trying to Make Sense of the Irrational|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 21, 2002|access-date=January 18, 2025}}</ref>
* The drama film ''[[Raising Jeffrey Dahmer]]'' was released in 2006. Revolving around the reactions of Dahmer's parents following his arrest in 1991, ''Raising Jeffrey Dahmer'' stars Rusty Sneary as Dahmer and co-stars Scott Cordes as Lionel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/raising-jeffrey-dahmer/cast/2030291013/|title=Raising Jeffrey Dahmer: Full Cast & Crew|publisher=tvguide.com|access-date=February 13, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213202014/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/raising-jeffrey-dahmer/cast/2030291013/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2012, an independent documentary, ''[[The Jeffrey Dahmer Files]]'', premiered at the [[South by Southwest]] festival. It features interviews with Dahmer's former neighbor, Pamela Bass, as well as Detective Patrick Kennedy, and the city [[medical examiner]] Jeffrey Jentzen.<ref>[https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/03/sxsw2012-lives-touched-by-dahmer-in-jeff.html "'Jeff' explores Dahmer's effect on Milwaukee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505224956/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/03/sxsw2012-lives-touched-by-dahmer-in-jeff.html |date=May 5, 2019}} ''Los Angeles Times''. March 10, 2012.</ref>
* The [[Marc Meyers]]–directed film, ''[[My Friend Dahmer (film)|My Friend Dahmer]]'', premiered at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] on April 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/my-friend-dahmer-review-ross-lynch-1202401672 |title= Tribeca Film Review: 'My Friend Dahmer' |first= Owen |last= Gleiberman |author-link= Owen Gleiberman |date= April 27, 2017 |website= Variety |access-date= June 21, 2017 |archive-date= June 26, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170626000639/http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/my-friend-dahmer-review-ross-lynch-1202401672 |url-status= live}}</ref> Based on [[My Friend Dahmer|the graphic novel]] by [[Derf Backderf|John Backderf]], the film stars [[Ross Lynch]] as Dahmer and chronicles his high school years and the events leading up to his first murder.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Collis|first1=Clark|title=Ross Lynch Starring Serial Killer Film My Friend Dahmer to be Released This Fall|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/05/15/ross-lynch-my-friend-dahmer-release-date|date=May 15, 2017|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]|location=New York City|access-date=October 1, 2019|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505224954/https://ew.com/movies/2017/05/15/ross-lynch-my-friend-dahmer-release-date|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Books===
* {{cite book | last1=Backderf | first1=Derf | author1-link=Derf Backderf | title=My Friend Dahmer | year=2012 | publisher=Abrams Books|location=New York City | isbn=978-1-419-70216-7 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |author= Berry-Dee, Christopher |title=Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer |year= 2022|publisher= Ad Lib Publishers Limited|location=London |isbn= 978-1-913-54331-0 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |author= Dahmer, Lionel |title=[[A Father's Story]] |year= 1994|publisher= [[William Morrow and Company]]|location=New York |isbn= 978-0-688-12156-3 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |author= Dvorchak, Robert J.|author2=Holewa, Lisa |title= Milwaukee Massacre: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Milwaukee Murders |year= 1992|publisher=Hale Publishing|location=London|isbn= 978-0-7090-5003-2 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |author= Ewing, Charles Patrick|author2=McCann, Joseph T. |title= Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology |year= 2006|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford, England |isbn= 978-0-19-518176-0 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |author= Haycock, Dean A. |title= Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil |year= 2014|publisher=Pegasus Publications|location=[[Winnipeg]] |isbn= 978-1-60598-498-8 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last1= Ratcliff |first1= Roy |author1-link=Roy Ratcliff |last2= Adams |first2= Lindy |title= Dark Journey, Deep Grace: Jeffrey Dahmer's Story of Faith |year= 2006 |publisher= Leafwood Publishers|location=Abilene, Texas |isbn= 978-0-9767790-2-5 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last1=Rosewood |first1=Jack |title=Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder and Cannibalism |year=2017 |publisher=LAK Publishing|location=Wyoming |isbn=978-1-6484505-5-6 |ref=none}}

===Television===
* ''The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer'' was released in 1992. Directed by [[Elkan Allan]], this documentary largely focuses upon testimony delivered at Dahmer's first trial. The documentary concludes with Dahmer's addressing Judge Laurence Gram following his conviction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-w6tln8/the-trial-of-jeffrey-dahmer/|title=The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer|publisher=radiotimes.com|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211222932/https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-w6tln8/the-trial-of-jeffrey-dahmer/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer''. Directed by Michael Husain and released in November 1993, this 50-minute [[A&E Networks]] documentary contains archive footage of Dahmer's trial in addition to interviews with individuals such as forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401181|website=imdb.com|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109030403/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401181|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Inside Edition]]'' conducted an interview with Dahmer in January 1993. Conducted by reporter [[Nancy Glass]], this 30-minute interview was broadcast in February 1993.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dahmer Interview to Air on 'Inside Edition' |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/02/04/Dahmer-interview-to-air-on-Inside-Edition/3916728802000 |work=United Press International|date=February 4, 1993 |access-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123091853/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/02/04/Dahmer-interview-to-air-on-Inside-Edition/3916728802000 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] has commissioned a one-hour episode focusing upon Dahmer's crimes as part of their [[television news magazine]] series ''[[Day One (TV program)|Day One]]''. This episode features interviews with forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz and psychiatrist Fred Berlin and was first broadcast in April 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/abc-alters-news-mag-formula-with-day-one-104506|title=ABC Alters News Mag Formula with 'Day One'|magazine=Variety|date=March 2, 1993|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208153745/https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/abc-alters-news-mag-formula-with-day-one-104506|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Channel 4]] has commissioned a documentary focusing on the murders committed by Jeffrey Dahmer. Titled ''To Kill and Kill Again'', this 50-minute documentary was first broadcast on December 12, 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/21762|title=British Universities Film and Video Council: To Kill and Kill Again|website=bufvc.ac.uk|date=June 3, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127181818/http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/21762|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' also broadcast an interview with Dahmer. Conducted by [[Stone Phillips]] and first broadcast on March 8, 1994, this 90-minute episode—titled ''Confessions of a Serial Killer''—features interviews with Dahmer and his father conducted at Columbia Correctional Institution. Dahmer's mother is also interviewed for this program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confessions of a Serial Killer|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-8mepdg/confessions-of-a-serial-killer/|website=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=February 13, 2022|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213205703/https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-8mepdg/confessions-of-a-serial-killer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[BBC]] has broadcast a documentary focusing on the life and crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer. Titled ''Everyman: Profile of a Serial Killer'' and directed by Nikki Stockley, this 50-minute documentary was first broadcast in November 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Everyman: Profile of a Serial Killer|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10e767cf55d14d07b74bce14214ccecd|website=bbc.co.uk|date=January 2, 2021|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125124556/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10e767cf55d14d07b74bce14214ccecd|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[A&E Networks]] commissioned a second documentary focusing upon the murders committed by Jeffrey Dahmer. Titled ''Jeffrey Dahmer: The Monster Within'', this 50-minute episode was first broadcast in June 1996 and contains interviews with Detective Patrick Kennedy and Prosecutor Michael McCann.{{sfn|Kerekes|2005|p=40}}
* The British true crime series ''[[Born to Kill?]]'' broadcast an episode focusing upon Jeffrey Dahmer. This 45-minute episode features interviews with FBI [[Offender profiling|criminal profiler]] [[Robert Ressler]] and Detective Patrick Kennedy and was first broadcast in October 2005.{{sfn|Kerekes|2005|p=40}}
* The [[Investigation Discovery]] channel broadcast a documentary focusing upon Dahmer within its documentary series, ''[[Most Evil]]''. This documentary features excerpts of Dahmer's 1994 Dateline NBC interview with Stone Phillips and was first broadcast in August 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Most Evil: Cold Blooded Killers |date=July 15, 2006 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/kokomo/kokomo-tribune/2006/07-15/page-42 |newspaper=[[Kokomo Tribune]] |access-date=April 26, 2025|page=42}}</ref>
* [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]] broadcast an episode focusing upon Dahmer's crimes as part of its investigative series, ''How it Really Happened''. This episode, titled ''The Strange Case of Jeffrey Dahmer'', originally aired on March 31, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Strange Case of Jeffrey Dahmer|url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/hln/how-it-really-happened/the-strange-case-of-jeffrey-dahmer|access-date=April 3, 2017|agency=CNN|date=March 31, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403194905/http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/hln/how-it-really-happened/the-strange-case-of-jeffrey-dahmer|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The digital cable and satellite television channel [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]] broadcast the two-part documentary ''Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks'' in November 2017. Produced and directed by Matthew Watts, the program features interviews with, among others, Dahmer's father, stepmother, former classmates, psychiatrists who testified at his trial, and a homicide detective involved in the investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/dahmer-on-dahmer-a-serial-killer-speaks/|title=Dahmer On Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks|access-date=February 11, 2023|via=discoveryuk.com|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211220405/https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/dahmer-on-dahmer-a-serial-killer-speaks/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Kyle-cassidy-josh-hitchens-jeffrey-dahmer.jpg|right|thumb|Poster for the theatrical play ''Jeffrey Dahmer: Guilty but Insane'']]
* The [[Netflix]] [[dark tourism]] documentary series ''[[Dark Tourist (TV series)|Dark Tourist]]'' broadcast an episode which analyzed Dahmer's crimes. This 40-minute documentary was first broadcast on July 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Netflix Travel Show 'Dark Tourist' Isn't Worth the Trip |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/07/22/dark-tourist-review-david-farriers-netflix-travel-show-isnt-worth-the-trip |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926090036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/07/22/dark-tourist-review-david-farriers-netflix-travel-show-isnt-worth-the-trip |url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind of a Monster'' was commissioned by the [[Investigation Discovery]] channel. This documentary was first broadcast in May 2020 and includes interviews with Dahmer's father, former neighbors and eyewitnesses in addition to investigators and forensic psychiatrists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind of a Monster|url=https://press.discovery.com/us/id/programs/jeffrey-dahmer-mind-monster|website=[[Discovery.com]]|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028061652/https://press.discovery.com/us/id/programs/jeffrey-dahmer-mind-monster|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story]]''. A 10-part [[Biographical-drama|biographical]] [[crime drama]] series that was commissioned by [[Netflix]] and released on September 21, 2022. [[Evan Peters]] portrayed Dahmer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=VanHoose |first=Benjamin |title=Evan Peters Transforms into Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer in First Set Photo from Upcoming Series |url=https://people.com/tv/evan-peters-as-jeffrey-dahmer-first-set-photo-netflix-series |url-status=live |date= June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114234959/https://people.com/tv/evan-peters-as-jeffrey-dahmer-first-set-photo-netflix-series |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref name="Seriespremiere">{{cite magazine |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=September 16, 2022 |title=''Monster'' Trailer: Evan Peters Embodies Jeffrey Dahmer in Ryan Murphy's Latest Netflix Series |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/monster-trailer-evan-peters-jeffrey-dahmer-ryan-murphy-1235351394 |access-date=September 16, 2022 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=September 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916140547/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/monster-trailer-evan-peters-jeffrey-dahmer-ryan-murphy-1235351394/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes]]''. Commissioned by Netflix and directed by [[Joe Berlinger]], this series includes previously unreleased recordings of conversations between Dahmer and his attorneys. The first of this three-part series was broadcast on October 7, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lambe|first=Stacy|title=Jeffrey Dahmer's Lawyer Recounts Spending Hours Interviewing the Serial Killer: 'I Had Nightmares'|url=https://www.etonline.com/jeffrey-dahmers-lawyer-recounts-spending-hours-interviewing-the-serial-killer-i-had-nightmares|access-date=October 7, 2022|work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|date=October 7, 2022|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007143422/https://www.etonline.com/jeffrey-dahmers-lawyer-recounts-spending-hours-interviewing-the-serial-killer-i-had-nightmares|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Theater===
* ''[[The Law of Remains]]'' (1992) by experimental writer and director [[Reza Abdoh]] uses the techniques of [[Antonin Artaud|Artaud's]] [[Theatre of Cruelty]] to depict Dahmer's life and crimes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Murder Most Queer: The Homicidal Homosexual in the American Theater|last=Schildcrout|first=Jordan|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=2014|isbn=978-0-472-05232-5|location=Ann Arbor|pages=159–163}}</ref>
* ''Jeffrey Dahmer: Guilty but Insane'' (2013). Written and performed by Joshua Hitchens and directed by Ryan Walter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.briansiano.com/2013/08/06/jeffrey-dahmer-guilty-or-insane|title=Jeffrey Dahmer, Guilty but Insane (Trailer)|website=briansiano.com|year=2013|access-date=June 10, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610222744/http://www.briansiano.com/2013/08/06/jeffrey-dahmer-guilty-or-insane|url-status=live}}</ref>
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