The Dahmer Files

30 Fun Facts

1. Jeffrey Dahmer was born at Evangelical Deaconess Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 21, 1960. This makes his zodiac sign Gemini (Known for having a dual personality

2. In May 1978, Jeffrey Dahmer graduated from high school at Revere High School. He then went to Ohio State University to pursue a business major but got expelled in the first semester due to his drinking problem and poor grades.

3. Dahmer's dorm was at Morrill Tower, and some residents think he's still haunting the building

4. Jeffrey Dahmer joined the army after failing to finish college. He was trained to become a combat medic at Fort Sam in Houston, Texas and eventually deployed to Baumholder, West Germany. He only lasted two years in the military as he got an honorable discharge in March 1981. He was also kicked out of the military for his alcoholism

5. Preston Davis, one of the people he harassed in the army, said that Dahmer would brag about his first victim when drunk

6. Three weeks after graduating high school, Jeffrey Dahmer committed his first murder. Dahmer killed an 18 year old hitchhiker named Steven Hicks by hitting the back of Hicks head with a dumbbell. After this criminal incident, it took Dahmer almost a decade before he killed his next victim

7. Jeffrey Dahmer was the one who named his younger brother, David. They were separated after their parents got divorced in 1978. There's little to no information about David since he legally changed his name to start a new life. What was only disclosed by Lionel Dahmer, their father, was that David already has a career and a new family

8. Numerous singers included Jeffrey Dahmer in their lyrics, which caused fans to criticize their old songs. Some examples are Eminem's Bagpipes from Baghdad and Must Be The Ganja, Katy Perry's Dark Horse, and Kesha's Cannibal

9. Jeffrey Dahmer worked a lot of odd jobs for a living. After serving in the army, he worked at delicatessen in Miami, Florida. His subsequent work was at the Milwaukee Blood Plasma Center, where Dahmer worked as a Phlebotomist. Dahmer's last job was a mixer at the Milwaukee Ambrosia Chocolate Factory, wherein he kept one of his victim's heads in his locker

10. Jeffrey Dahmer's eyeglasses are called aviatior glasses. This type of glasses has been referred to as serial killer glasses since numerous similar killers also wore aviatior glasses

11. His stepmom revealed that he refused to wear his glasses during the trial because he didn't want to see anyone's face. Dahmer wore them only when he was sentenced to 16 consecutive life terms or 957 years in prison

12. Bridget Geiger was Jeffrey Dahmer's partner for senior prom, but Dahmer left her to meet his boyfriend. Dahmer returned 3 hours after the event happened, though and offered to take Geiger home. Luckily, Geiger was sent home safely despite Dahmer being slightly drunk. Dahmer revealed to Geiger that he was gay a few months later

13. Jeffrey Dahmer got baptized in prison on May 10, 1994. the same day another serial killer, John Wayne gacy was sentenced to death using lethal injection. And if that wasn't enough a solar eclipse also happened during this day.

14. To murder his victims, Jeffrey Dahmer needed to drink alcohol because he didn't want to kill them. In his exact words, it was just a means to an end. This fact caused the families of Dahmer's victims to try and sue Budweiser. They claimed that the company's advertisement played a vital role in Dahmer's alcoholism, which led to his crimes

15. Another beer company named Adroit Theory made a pack of beer called "Murder Box" dedicated to Dahmer and other serial killers. Of course, people criticized the company for it's mind-boggling marketing campaign

16. Derf Backderf, a classmate of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school, made a graphic novel about him called My Friend Dahmer in 2012, which became a movie directed by Marc Meyers in 2017. It showed Dahmer's life before being a serial killer, showing his loneliness in high school despite trying to make friends

17. Jeffrey Dahmer was a class clown during high school, photo bombing several yearbook photos and pretending to have seizures that his classmates called "Doing a Dahmer"

18. While in prison, Dahmer still made disturbing jokes by making his food look like body parts and using ketchup to resemble blood. This made inmates uncomfortable and resulted in another inmate killing him in 1994

19. Dahmer used the drug Halcion for his victims. It was his prescribed sleeping medication while working the graveyard shift at the chocolate factory. He would pour it into his victim's drink, and once asleep, he would start doing erotic activities, performing brain surgery (hoping to turn them into zombies), and eating them

20. Dahmer said the meat of his victims tasted like filet mignon

21. As well as The Exorcist 3, Jeffrey Dahmer was also obsessed with Star Wars. Dahmer even wore yellow contact lenses to resemble the Star Wars villain, the Emperor

22. Oxford Apartments, where Dahmer lived from May 1990 to July 1991, was bought for $325,000 by the Campus Circle Project (An organization that focuses on neighborhood redevelopment). They helped the tenants find new homes and demolished the apartment in November 1992

23.  There were plans to make a memorial for Dahmer's victims; however the mayor of Milwaukee at the time, Cavalier Johnson didn't continue the idea because he feared it would entice people with bad intentions, such as Dahmer's fans who sent the serial killer letters and money in prison

24. The money Dahmer's fans sent him in prison amounted to $12,000

25. Taxidermy, or preserving an animal's skin, was one of Jeffrey Dahmer's few interests during his younger years. He also collected the bones of animals and was thrilled with the sounds they made

26. Other than killing tadpoles with motor oil, Dahmer didn't harm any other animals though certainly not Frisky (his dog when he was 7 years old). Dahmer only did his hobby with roadkill

27. Besides these horrifying interests, he also tried out physical activities like playing tennis and joining the high school band

28. Jeffrey Dahmer had a blue drum inside the room of his apartment filled with three dismembered torsos that were dissolved in acid

29. The police also discovered many horrific things inside his refrigerator, like heads, male private parts, and a heart. Dahmer said he did this to remember their appearance and to keep them company. This also explains why he took photos of his victims during, before and after his crime

30. Dahmer's disturbing actions in prison made inmates uncomfortable and resulted in Christopher Scarver killing him in the prison gymnasium using a metal bar, which he removed from a piece of gym equipment. Dahmer was murdered on November 28, 1994 at the age of 34. According to Scarver, Dahmer did not fight back. Instead, he seemed to accept his fate