Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Jeffrey Dahmer

Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)

Our inhuman serial killer obsession

Melanie McFarland
Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez and Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez in "Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

Ryan Murphy's Menendez series is trash

Gabriella Ferrigine
Ryan Murphy speaks onstage during the Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | NY Tastemaker at Crosby Hotel on September 12, 2024 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix)

Charlie Hunnam to play killer Ed Gein

Gabriella Ferrigine
Ariana Grande attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

Ariana Grande slammed for Dahmer comment

Griffin Eckstein
Advertisement:
Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in "DAHMER Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

Dahmer's disturbing new popularity

Alison Stine
Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in "DAHMER Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

How "Monster" undermines its mission

Melanie McFarland
Rodney Burford as Tony Hughes in episode 106 of Dahmer. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Courtesy Of Netflix)

Is humanizing Dahmer's victims enough?

Kelly McClure

Say "No" to "Serial"

Scott Eric Kaufman
Advertisement:
(Reuters)

Scott Eric Kaufman
(Reuters)

Empathy for Jeffrey Dahmer

Andrew O'Hehir
Advertisement: