The Man in the Monster - (Jeffrey Dahmer, part 1)

On July 22, 1991, two Milwaukee police officers entered the apartment of a tall blond man they thought had gotten a little overzealous with a lover.  The house of horrors they would go on to discover would forever change the landscape of crime in American, and ensure that the name Jeffrey Dahmer would live forever in infamy the world over. 

In this the first of two episodes covering the infamous Milwaukee cannibal, we take a deep diver into Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood and adolescence. We here at WWBD are always trying to figure out where the man ends and the monster begins. Where do criminals this heinous come from, and are there red flags we can look for on the way? Let's find out!

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• Dahmer Interview with Stone Phillips (YouTube)
• Lionel and Shari Dahmer Interview with Larry King (YouTube)
• Joyce Flint (Dahmer) Interview in Hard Copy (YouTube)

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