“It’s just so bizarre, isn’t it?”
Hi! I’m Sophie. A Jeffrey Dahmer researcher from the UK.
After a long-term, general interest in Dahmer and true crime, I got more heavily into the case back in 2020 after re-reading a very battered old copy of The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer by Brian Masters. Something about Dahmer’s case – and Dahmer as an individual – immediately resonated with me and I started to read, watch and collect as much as I could about the subject. I set up this blog in March 2024 to further communicate that interest and finally pull together some of my research. I hope that it may prove insightful and informative.
THIS IS NOT A BLOG TO GLORIFY OR ROMANTICISE DAHMER AND HIS CRIMES
Whether one believes Dahmer was sane or insane; a malevolent monster or a broken human being – seventeen young men died as a result of his actions (while more fell target to his crimes without subsequent death). Dahmer’s victims were real people with relatives who are still affected and bereaved by what he did – and it would be ignorant at best, ill-natured at worst, to act like he is just some edgily enticing pin-up.
On the other hand, to portray Dahmer as simply ‘evil’ would be too easy an explanation for someone so complex and contrite. It’s one of the reasons he’s so fascinating.
Dahmer’s case is one that still remains intriguing some 30-odd years after its bloody conclusion. It raises questions of sanity, sexuality, mental health, law enforcement, race, religion and more – all centred around acts not out-of-place in a horror movie.
I appreciate every person who’s kindly co-operated with me when I’ve reached out for research materials and insights or who’s entrusted me with more confidential content – especially when there is thousands of geographical miles between me and the heartland of the subject! – and the friends whose ideas are always valued.
When I’m not reading or writing about Dahmer-related stuff, I enjoy reading and writing about non-Dahmer-related stuff.
ROBERT RESSLER: Why do you think dominance, control [and] power over others was so important to you? To the average person, those are important factors, but not to carry it to the extent that you have
JEFFREY DAHMER: If I’d had normal interests and hobbies, like sports or something like that, if I hadn’t been so obsessed with doing what I was doing, it probably wouldn’t have been as important. Buy why I had that, I don’t know… It would make life more attractive or fulfilling
RESSLER: Okay. But it’s power and control – out of control, y’know what I mean? D’you realise today that that was not realistic?
DAHMER: Now I do.