For decades, Jeffrey Dahmer’s horrific story has haunted the citizens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although many true crime enthusiasts are familiar with his crimes, many grew familiar with the story after Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story premiered on Netflix.
Thankfully, police eventually apprehended Dahmer for his crimes and he went to prison. But how did the police capture him? And what happened to him after his incarceration began?
Keep reading to get the scoop.
Jeffrey Dahmer’s Despicable Crimes Intrigued Netflix Subscribers
Many Netflix subscribers have heard of the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer before. However, not everyone realized the extent of his brutal crimes. Monster dug deep into the horrifying story and shone a light on the victims who lost their lives at Dahmer’s hands.
The limited series features Dahmer’s crimes from start to finish, ranging from 1978-1991. Today, authorities know he raped, murdered, and destroyed the remains of at least 17 people.
Thankfully, police eventually apprehended Dahmer for his crimes and he went to prison. But how did the police capture him? And what happened to him after his incarceration began?
Keep reading to get the scoop.
Jeffrey Dahmer’s Despicable Crimes Intrigued Netflix Subscribers
Many Netflix subscribers have heard of the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer before. However, not everyone realized the extent of his brutal crimes. Monster dug deep into the horrifying story and shone a light on the victims who lost their lives at Dahmer’s hands.
The limited series features Dahmer’s crimes from start to finish, ranging from 1978-1991. Today, authorities know he raped, murdered, and destroyed the remains of at least 17 people.
- 4/9/2024
- by Nikole Behrens
- TV Shows Ace
When we delve into the lives touched by tragedy, it’s essential to remember that behind every headline is a person with dreams, aspirations, and a story uniquely their own. Tony Hughes was one such individual, whose life was cut short by the notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. This article aims to uncover the sad truth of Tony Hughes’s life, paying tribute to his memory while providing a respectful glimpse into his journey. Tony Hughes Early Life Tony Hughes was born on August 26, 1959, in Madison, Wisconsin. From an early age, he faced significant challenges; due to medication he received...
- 12/25/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
As we delve into the life of Tony Hughes, we remember not just his tragic end but also the life he lived, full of aspirations and the unique challenges he faced. Born on August 26, 1959, Tony was a young man whose hearing was permanently affected by medication in his childhood. Despite this, he did not let it deter his spirit or his dreams. He moved to Madison for college and pursued a modeling career, embodying determination and resilience. Understanding Tony Hughes and His World Tony Hughes’s deafness was a significant part of his life, but it did not define...
- 11/26/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
This year, for the first time ever, multiple limited series have each received two simultaneous directing Emmy nominations. These history-making programs – “Beef” and “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” – are both Netflix productions that have amassed 13 TV academy notices apiece, with this being one of eight categories in which they are directly facing off. While it is true that only one of this category’s previous multi-nominated series actually won, the fact that these two new shows take up a majority of their lineup’s slots might very well yield an unusual result.
Either Netflix series would bring the streaming platform its third limited program directing win, following the success of “Unorthodox” in 2020 and “The Queen’s Gambit” in 2021. Also in the running are the category’s first Hulu original movie, “Prey,” and the FX series “Fleishman is in Trouble,” which also hails from a network that has already prevailed here twice.
Either Netflix series would bring the streaming platform its third limited program directing win, following the success of “Unorthodox” in 2020 and “The Queen’s Gambit” in 2021. Also in the running are the category’s first Hulu original movie, “Prey,” and the FX series “Fleishman is in Trouble,” which also hails from a network that has already prevailed here twice.
- 8/30/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
When it came to Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment in Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, director Carl Franklin pictured a gritty fish tank filled with yellow-green algae and lifeless fish. He wanted to reach audiences on a visceral level, placing viewers in the notorious serial killer’s putrid living room from the victim’s perspective.
“I wanted to create more of a sensory world as opposed to just a set — something that would evoke a certain aroma or a stench, let’s say, rather than aroma,” Franklin tells Rolling Stone.
“I wanted to create more of a sensory world as opposed to just a set — something that would evoke a certain aroma or a stench, let’s say, rather than aroma,” Franklin tells Rolling Stone.
- 8/19/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
When Ryan Murphy approached Paris Barclay about directing “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” the Emmy-winning director shot down his offer.
“I said no,” says Barclay. He changed his mind, however, when he learned more about Episode 6, titled “Silenced.” Barclay, who previously won two Emmys for directing “NYPD Blue” and garnered nominations for “Glee” and “The West Wing,” ended up receiving his latest Emmy mention for his work on the episode.
On Variety Awards Circuit Roundtable, Paris Barclay, the Emmy-nominated director and executive producer of “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” sits down with us to talk about the Emmys, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the DGA, “Dahmer,” his career (including those LL Cool J videos) and more. Listen below!
So what turned Barclay around? “[Murphy] started telling me the story of Tony Hughes,” he reveals. “I’d never heard of this young man, and I thought,...
“I said no,” says Barclay. He changed his mind, however, when he learned more about Episode 6, titled “Silenced.” Barclay, who previously won two Emmys for directing “NYPD Blue” and garnered nominations for “Glee” and “The West Wing,” ended up receiving his latest Emmy mention for his work on the episode.
On Variety Awards Circuit Roundtable, Paris Barclay, the Emmy-nominated director and executive producer of “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” sits down with us to talk about the Emmys, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the DGA, “Dahmer,” his career (including those LL Cool J videos) and more. Listen below!
So what turned Barclay around? “[Murphy] started telling me the story of Tony Hughes,” he reveals. “I’d never heard of this young man, and I thought,...
- 8/18/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Although he’s been a frequent collaborator of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, director Paris Barclay says his gut instinct, when asked to helm episodes of Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, was to give it a pass. “I was alive when this was all happening in real time. I was a gay, Black man of that age. I wasn’t in Milwaukee, but nevertheless, it was scarring. He was one of those serial killers that really affected me,” Barclay tells THR. “I didn’t want to do anything that would glorify or add more ignominy to Jeffrey Dahmer. I didn’t think there was anything there for me.”
As Murphy explained to Barclay that their intent was to shift the focus away from the killer himself and onto the lives of the victims, the director reconsidered his position. “Ryan told me the story of Tony Hughes, who was this gay,...
As Murphy explained to Barclay that their intent was to shift the focus away from the killer himself and onto the lives of the victims, the director reconsidered his position. “Ryan told me the story of Tony Hughes, who was this gay,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Carita Rizzo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paris Barclay made some television history this morning.
Scoring a nomination Wednesday for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the seasoned director now occupies a rarified perch.
Two-time Emmy winner Barclay is the first Black director to sweep the narrative table and be nominated in the Drama, Comedy and now Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie categories.
“I’m mostly just incredibly grateful,” said Barclay to Deadline of today’s nomination for the show’s “Silenced” episode.
Grateful to the terrific writers I’ve been fortunate to work with on Emmy episodes – David Milch, Aaron Sorkin, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and now I can add David McMillan and Janet Mock to the list.
But I’m also grateful I’ve been able to help tell stories that really matter, that really make a difference. This episode...
Scoring a nomination Wednesday for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the seasoned director now occupies a rarified perch.
Two-time Emmy winner Barclay is the first Black director to sweep the narrative table and be nominated in the Drama, Comedy and now Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie categories.
“I’m mostly just incredibly grateful,” said Barclay to Deadline of today’s nomination for the show’s “Silenced” episode.
Grateful to the terrific writers I’ve been fortunate to work with on Emmy episodes – David Milch, Aaron Sorkin, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and now I can add David McMillan and Janet Mock to the list.
But I’m also grateful I’ve been able to help tell stories that really matter, that really make a difference. This episode...
- 7/12/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Evan Peters has played an assortment of twisted characters in Ryan Murphy productions, from a cult leader to the ghost of a murderer, not to mention a serial killer-turned-hotelier. But Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story called on the actor to plumb new depths of depravity to embody a creature not of the imagination, but of grim reality. To portray the real-life serial killer, Peters channeled Dahmer’s distinctive Wisconsin accent and chillingly detached demeanor, going so far as to strap lead weights around his arms and pack weights into his shoes to capture Dahmer’s robotic physicality.
Deadline: How did you get into the mindset so that you could play this character convincingly? In some ways you’re really underplaying him.
Evan Peters: It was really just doing as much research as I possibly could on the case, finding out the facts of the case, timelines, really digging into that.
Deadline: How did you get into the mindset so that you could play this character convincingly? In some ways you’re really underplaying him.
Evan Peters: It was really just doing as much research as I possibly could on the case, finding out the facts of the case, timelines, really digging into that.
- 6/21/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
For the sound team behind Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” — including production sound mixer Amanda Beggs and re-recording mixer Laura Wiest — it was important to do a deep dive into the Jeffrey Dahmer case after signing onto the true crime drama, so that they had a clear sense of how much of the show was fact, as opposed to fiction.
“After getting the scripts and starting to read them, I, of course, was curious as far as how much was true, how much was fiction, and so just sort of did my own diving into the research, just out of sheer curiosity, just to know sort of how truthful the show was trying to be,” Beggs tells Gold Derby during a recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). “Because I think that also informs the performances and everything as well — and that’s obviously my goal: to capture performance.
“After getting the scripts and starting to read them, I, of course, was curious as far as how much was true, how much was fiction, and so just sort of did my own diving into the research, just out of sheer curiosity, just to know sort of how truthful the show was trying to be,” Beggs tells Gold Derby during a recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). “Because I think that also informs the performances and everything as well — and that’s obviously my goal: to capture performance.
- 5/30/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Evan Peters, Niecy Nash-Betts and Richard Jenkins are all likely to land Emmy nominations for their performances on Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” But if members of the TV academy go all in on the first iteration of the “Monster” anthology series from co-creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, you shouldn’t be surprised if Rodney Burford Jr., the lead of the show’s most acclaimed episode, also winds up with a bid.
As Tony Hughes, one of the 17 men murdered by infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Burford appears in three of the show’s 10 installments, including the standout sixth outing, “Silenced.” Directed by two-time Emmy winner Paris Barclay, and written by David McMillan and Janet Mock, this episode centers on Hughes, a deaf and gay Black man with big ambitions whose life comes to a tragic halt after he encounters and is killed by Dahmer...
As Tony Hughes, one of the 17 men murdered by infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Burford appears in three of the show’s 10 installments, including the standout sixth outing, “Silenced.” Directed by two-time Emmy winner Paris Barclay, and written by David McMillan and Janet Mock, this episode centers on Hughes, a deaf and gay Black man with big ambitions whose life comes to a tragic halt after he encounters and is killed by Dahmer...
- 5/11/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
While there wasn’t a whole lot that Matthew Flood Ferguson remembered about notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer before he boarded Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” as the production designer, he did have a vivid memory of his reaction to first learning about the murderer’s youngest murder victim, 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone.
“The one thing I remember is… [that] actually, [Sinthasomphone] escaped, and then the police brought him back to Jeffrey Dahmer; Dahmer lied, said that they were lovers, and they left him there,” Ferguson recollects during a recent webchat with Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And I remember hearing that and just being so horrified by it.”
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“The one thing I remember is… [that] actually, [Sinthasomphone] escaped, and then the police brought him back to Jeffrey Dahmer; Dahmer lied, said that they were lovers, and they left him there,” Ferguson recollects during a recent webchat with Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And I remember hearing that and just being so horrified by it.”
See How history could repeat itself for Evan Peters if ‘Dahmer’ sweeps the acting categories at the Emmys
“Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is the first iteration of the “Monster” anthology series from co-creators Ryan Murphy...
- 5/2/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Before the Behavioral Science Unit and the Mindhunter program, Dr. Al Carlisle was behind some of America’s worst serial killers. Oxygen’s true crime series, Violent Minds: Killers on Tape, dives into Dr. Carlisle’s records, documents, and conversations with notorious killers, especially Ted Bundy. But who was the clinical psychologist and Mormon who became fascinated with the violence in a killer’s mind?
Dr. Al Carlisle (left) in ‘Violent Minds: Killers on Tape’ | via NBC/Universal Dr. Carlisle was a devout Mormon who helped the justice system with violent offenders
According to Violent Minds: Killers on Tape Episode 1, Dr. Carlisle initially did not go to college with the thought of pursuing criminal psychology. He attended Utah State University in 1937 and became fascinated by Charles Manson. It sparked his desire to understand a violent mind and what would lead them to commit killer acts.
Dr. Carlisle graduated with a...
Dr. Al Carlisle (left) in ‘Violent Minds: Killers on Tape’ | via NBC/Universal Dr. Carlisle was a devout Mormon who helped the justice system with violent offenders
According to Violent Minds: Killers on Tape Episode 1, Dr. Carlisle initially did not go to college with the thought of pursuing criminal psychology. He attended Utah State University in 1937 and became fascinated by Charles Manson. It sparked his desire to understand a violent mind and what would lead them to commit killer acts.
Dr. Carlisle graduated with a...
- 4/11/2023
- by Gabriela Silva
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Warning: contains The Missing series 1 & 2 and Baptiste spoilers.
We first met French detective Julien Baptiste in 2006 (for him) and 2014 (for us). A key thing to know about The Missing’s breakout star is that his investigations take place over multiple timelines – not in a complicated sci-fi way, but in a ‘jazzing up a crime drama’ way. If you ever miss a caption telling you what year it is, it’s usually possible to guess based on Baptiste’s hair. As a rule, smoothly combed = the past, charmingly unkempt = now, shaved head = receiving treatment for a brain tumour/uncovering a Gulf War scandal in a disputed region of North Iraq.
We’re getting ahead of ourselves. In 2006, Tchéky Karyo’s French detective was one month away from an idyllic countryside retirement spent beekeeping with his English wife Celia (Anastasia Hille). Crime though, had other ideas. Specifically, one idea: kidnapping children, the...
We first met French detective Julien Baptiste in 2006 (for him) and 2014 (for us). A key thing to know about The Missing’s breakout star is that his investigations take place over multiple timelines – not in a complicated sci-fi way, but in a ‘jazzing up a crime drama’ way. If you ever miss a caption telling you what year it is, it’s usually possible to guess based on Baptiste’s hair. As a rule, smoothly combed = the past, charmingly unkempt = now, shaved head = receiving treatment for a brain tumour/uncovering a Gulf War scandal in a disputed region of North Iraq.
We’re getting ahead of ourselves. In 2006, Tchéky Karyo’s French detective was one month away from an idyllic countryside retirement spent beekeeping with his English wife Celia (Anastasia Hille). Crime though, had other ideas. Specifically, one idea: kidnapping children, the...
- 7/12/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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