My Friend Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story.
HistoryDramaCrimehigh school1970sbiographybased on true storyohiosociopathmurdermale homosexualityserial killerdivorcesocial outcast
A psychologically intimate portrait of a troubled adolescent's descent into darkness, grounded in 1970s Ohio and the biographical specificity of a future killer's formative years.
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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