Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

2022

1 Seasons

3 Episodes

7.8(268 votes)

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Documentary

Crime

Overview

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.

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25 members

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Jeffrey Dahmer

Self (archive footage)

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Vernell Bass

Self - Jeffrey Dahmer's Neighbour

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Pamela Bass

Self - Jeffrey Dahmer's Neighbour

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Fred Berlin

Self - Forensic Psychiatrist for the Defence

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Park Dietz

Self - Forensic Psychiatrist

Writing

James Causey

Self - Reporter for Milwaukee Sentinel

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Michael Ross

Self - Friend of Victim

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Wendy Patrickus

Self

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Anne E. Schwartz

Self

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Kenneth Smail

Self

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Gerald P. Boyle

Self

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E. Michael McCann

Self

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Dennis Murphy

Self

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Kenneth Meuler

Self

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Jeff Fleming

Self

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Jeff Connor

Self

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Heather Kelly

Wendy

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Eric Tyson

Self

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Michail Takach

Self

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Jeffrey Jentzen

Self

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Crocker Stephenson

Self

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Norman Goldfarb

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Roy Ratcliff

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Eric Michael Hambury

Jeffrey

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Lionel Dahmer

Self (archive footage)

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