Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s father, 86yearold Lionel Dahmer, is considering suing Netflix over two series about his son’s brutal murders.
According to The Sun, the senior is upset that he was never contacted about the production, titled Dahmer: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which released in September.
Jeffrey’s father is also reportedly upset that Netflix never asked him for permission to use tapes of his son’s legal team used in the other documentary, Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, released earlier this month has been published.
The two productions follow the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, who killed 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991. The killer even gets costumes for Halloween, which made Lionel even more outraged to see a possible glorification of the cannibal’s crimes. .
Lionel Dahmer lives in rural Ohio. He has refused to do interviews since the Netflix series launched but is “a nervous wreck” as his son’s “fans” have turned up curiously at his property.
The series
Created by Ryan Murphy, the series has become a topic of controversy since its launch. Relatives of the victims said the production had not contacted them and if they wanted to know about the existence of the series.
Still, Dahmer: An American Cannibal is a hit on Netflix. The story has the largest audience since the release of Stranger Things season 4 reaching 21,196.2 million people as of the last day.
Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 people between 1978 and 1991. He practiced cannibalism, necrophilia, and the preservation of body parts.
The killer was beaten to death in prison in 1994 while serving part of his sentence.