Jeffrey Dahmer: Fact or Fiction?
by Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers of the twentieth century. His gruesome crimes have horrified and fascinated people since they were discovered. There have been many lurid details released to the public. There has also been much gossip and innuendo surrounding this case. In this article, I’ll try to separate some of the facts from fiction about Jeffrey Dahmer.
Usually a work detail such as this would be supervised by a guard. However, in this situation, all four guards on duty were in the bathroom. Twenty minutes after the work detail started, guards found Christopher Scarver back in his cell and the other two men outside bleeding. Jesse Anderson was dead and Jeffrey Dahmer’s skull had been crushed. He was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. Ironically, he was once quoted as saying “If I were killed in prison, that would be a blessing right now.”
He committed the murder of Adam Walsh.
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Adam Walsh is the son of John Walsh, host of “America’s Most Wanted”. He was kidnapped from the toy department at a mall in Florida in 1981 and was later found dead. The “Code Adam” in Walmart for missing kids is named after him.
It has been rumored that Jeffrey Dahmer committed this atrocity. He was working less than 10 miles from the mall where Adam was kidnapped in the same time frame. There are at least 2 witnesses that put someone of his description at the scene of the abduction. After Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested for the 16 murders, both witnesses went to police to say that he was the man they saw at the mall.
It is unknown whether or not he committed this murder. Some say that it does not fit his regular modus operandi — that he preferred young men, not boys. However, he was arrested for exposing himself to two young boys aged 12 and molesting another, aged 13, before the murders.
Dahmer was questioned about the case by the police and claimed his innocence. He maintained until his death that he did not commit any murders between the years of 1978 and 1987. This in itself is very hard to believe. Dahmer described his urge to kill in the following quote: “One thing I know for sure. It was a definite compulsion because I couldn’t quit”. If he was so driven to kill then how did he manage to avoid doing it for a period of 9 years?
Although he did protest his innocence, the investigator recalls him saying the following about the case: “‘You know, Neil, anyone who killed Adam Walsh could not live in any prison, ever”. These words still haunt that investigator, Neil Purtell. He is reported to be one of the most co-operative serial killers ever when it came to confessing his crimes and helping investigators solve them but that does not mean that he confessed all.
Serial killers strike fear and loathing into the hearts of the general public. They also have a strange fascination. It is bizarre to realize how far people can deteriorate and what they are compelled to do. People are often driven to find differences between themselves and killers and to discover just exactly how the killers came to be. For a look at some other serial killers and of Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood, please refer to the following articles:
10 Weird Facts About Jeffrey Dahmer’s Childhood.
10 Weird Facts About Ted Bundy’s Childhood
10 Weird Facts About Charles Manson’s Childhood
Self-Portrait of a Madman: John Wayne Gacy, The Killer Clown
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Post CommentLouise Stone
On October 17, 2008 at 6:59 am
There are quite a few cases here in UK where police have had murderers in for questioning, sometimes for lesser crimes, only to be released to kill again. How many lives may have been saved, I wonder.
A very interesting and well written article
lanne
On October 17, 2008 at 7:35 am
Very interesting article. I hope that someday they will find a way to know just what makes people like this tick. I think it is the fact that we don`t know that makes reading about them so interesting.
Jason Koch
On October 17, 2008 at 7:55 am
Very interesting. I especially enjoy the pictures. Altough the article is a little choppy and robotic if seems factual and you appear to be knowledgable on the subject.
I am currently writing a couple of novels about serial killers.
thestickman
On October 17, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Wow… great tale. Scary.
Oh, “….Each death of an inmate is treated as if it were a crime and the chain of “evidence” needs to be preserved at all costs for future court proceedings.”
This should be “chain of evidence” as it is a legal expression, not
…chain of “evidence”
-Great story… deserves ‘hot content’ placement.
Paula Mitchell-Bentley
On October 17, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Thanks for all the comments! #1 – Louise: It’s amazing and tragic what can sometimes slip by the police. However, it’s important to remember how important their jobs are and to realize they’re only human. Tough though for sure.
#2 Lanne: Thanks for the compliment! I wish we could figure out how and why these people do what they do. Maybe then it could be prevented.
#3 Jason: Ouch. It’s a list, not a novel. Glad you liked the pictures if not the writing though. Good luck.
#4: thestickman: Thanks so much — I’ve submitted a fix already. I sort of did it on purpose meaning “evidence” as in a dead guy but you’re totally right. Critical feedback that’s actually useful!
Lucas Dié
On October 28, 2008 at 12:13 pm
well the fix is up, I see
fascinating content and well presented
Kim Buck
On November 1, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Truly interested in your choice of content here. Thanks for sharing.
Jay
On July 12, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Wow I love you Jeffery you were awsome. You was better than Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy.