While I’m loathe to get into this on a page intended for objective research (and this post will likely be removed once the situation dies down), I’ve been contacted on behalf of the Dahmer family and asked to post the following statement from one of their representatives, regarding a member of the ‘community’ and recent concerning events.
I am sure you are all familiar with the channel “Jeff’s Shrine”, recently rebranded to “Channeling Jeff”, and their actions as of late.
What was once a channel meant for both education and merely edits of Jeffrey Dahmer has dissolved into something else, and lately it is causing a lot of hubbub. There are a few things that should be addressed before they spiral further out of hand.
In the coming weeks and days, the channel is going to be spreading a lot of misinformation and uploading more stolen content. The photos they have shared and will share have not been seen by the public before. Do not let this fool you into believing that they are part of their personal collection. They do not own them in-real-life and they are not part of their “private collection” as they have gone on the record to say.
They also do not own Jeff’s original lava lamp, as they are claiming to in comments.
A YouTuber’s false claims of owning Dahmer’s belongings, including the lava lamp which was destroyed in 1996 (as confirmed by contemporary press coverage and the Dahmer family)
Source: ‘Wisconsin State Journal’
Notably, they own a time card from Jeff’s period working at Ambrosia that was gifted to them, some documents (nothing never before seen) and a jar of dirt that they believe is “Jeff’s ashes”. Whatever else they are claiming to have that “belonged to Jeff”, if it isn’t listed above then they do not have possession of (at least physically).
At this time, the original owners of the photographs have asked the community to prohibit sharing as much as possible while the situation is handled in private. You can save the images, as it is inevitable at this point that people will and have, but please do not repost or distribute them. This was asked personally BY the family who cared for Lionel and Shari Dahmer in their final years and we must not disrespect their privacy. The source they were obtained from had well-documented permission to share them with the channel owner alone, PRIVATELY. Please respect the wishes of the owners and the memory of the Dahmer family – who have been through enough over the past three decades – and do not continue to promote or distribute them.
Don’t engage with this channel. It is seeking attention and actively deletes any negative comments made on its posts to maintain an appearance of complete support. Just report the posts and move on.
Thank you for your help and support.
– Friends of the Dahmer family
Sometimes I read IT. I did not see anything more crazy than that. This “Jeff” scare me indeed, and it seems it was something about you Sophie?