Inside Jeffrey Dahmer's Mind: A Serial Killer's Own Words

Summary

In an exclusive interview, Jeffrey Dahmer, convicted of murdering 17 young men, details his horrific crimes, explaining he killed to permanently possess his victims and preserve body parts like skulls and skeletons. Dahmer confessed he began killing after fantasies of controlling a hitchhiker, Steven Hicks, escalated. Despite knowing his actions were wrong, the compulsion overpowered him, leading to a spree that continued for over a decade. He describes a process of dehumanizing victims, viewing them as objects for pleasure, which made it easier to commit atrocities. Dahmer's intelligence and articulate nature, displayed in the interview, are presented as factors that contributed to his ability to elude authorities, even convincing police to return a 14-year-old victim to him after he claimed it was a lover's quarrel. His ritual involved visiting nightclubs, drinking, watching strip shows or bath clubs, and administering sleeping pills before strangling his victims. He also found pleasure in watching the movie 'Exorcist 3' to set the mood for murder. Cannibalism began as curiosity but became compulsive, a way to feel his victims were a part of him. He even kept a mummified head and skull in his locker at the chocolate factory where he worked. Dahmer stated that he alone is to blame for his actions, not society or pornography, and that he still experiences compulsive urges, admitting he likely would have continued killing if not apprehended. He claims his victims' race or sexual orientation were not motivators, but rather finding the best-looking young men for his obsession.