Fresh Meat: Jeffrey Dahmer

As someone who watches far too many crime docs, specifically murder docs, I thought I knew disturbing. This was hard to watch. So many disgusting and gruesome details I had never heard from this case. It's a 1/10 if you like light hearted crime docs it's a 10/10 if you want to know the grisly details and inner workings of serial killers minds.

This is a high level documentary about things you knew about Dahmer. Enthusiasts will quickly note the lack of relevant details: Dahmer acting out his mother's seizures, hamming it up in class to get attention, his offerings of meat to neighbors who still aren't quite sure what they got, etc. And then for some reason this documentary has a B-story of other random other killers who may or may not have eaten people. So every few bullet points in the Dahmer timeline, you'll be treated to an even higher level quick run through of different crimes and will have learned next to nothing about them before the documentary gives you whiplash by loosely relating them to Dahmer. Throughout the witness interviews, you also get to listen to podcasters recount some facts about Dahmer but they aren't allowed to be entertaining. Their talents in making the macabre somewhat palatable is directed and edited away so you don't even get a little levity while hearing about murders. Don't watch this to learn anything. Watch it cuz Henry says, "That's when the cannibalism started."

The constant switching between the story and the people commenting made this hyped out documentary highly annoying. This Zebrowski guy looks and sounds like a sociopath himself. Nancy Glass looks scary, Ben Kissel looks hyperactive and so do all the others but for maybe 2. Why use so many storytellers? Switching back and forth gives the whole thing a fidgety feel to a degree that it's hard to focus on the actual story. And why sidetrack to other killers and make it even more distracting.

There's nothing wrong with the editing style or voice of the narrator in my opinion, but this show is quite disturbing. I watch true crime docs frequently but the Dahmer story is one of the worst and so tragic for the male victims and families involved. Many decent interviews of people who knew Dahmer. Who knew a nice looking clean cut guy could be such a monster. Viewer beware as this is a tough story to watch and sad for many in the LGBT community.

You can tell what year a documentery was made when they pull the race card. After 2020. This was interesting to watch unyil they had Jasmine Johnson the black supremist provide narrative. As with everything she believes the police didnt follow up on things because of the color of their skin. With nothing to back it up because they were white they just had to be bias toward investigating the victims. She only takes african american clients for counseling of course. How do people get away this?

The stories from the people who were around when the murders took place was the best part. I also like how they incorporated the old footage.