Relatives of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims are outraged by the Netflix series

• Jeffrey Dahmer killed and dismembered at least 17 men in Wisconsin between 1978 and 1991

• Nicknamed the Cannibal of Milwaukee, he was convicted of 16 murders

• Jeffrey Dahmer died in prison two years after his incarceration, in 1994, killed by a fellow prisoner

If the killers fascinate the film industry, the relatives of the victims find it difficult to see any entertainment in them.

This is what several people wanted to know, who knew the men killed by Jeffrey Dahmer, while a series is dedicated to him on Netflix.

Directed by Ryan Murphy,

returns, in 10 episodes, to the journey of the serial killer.

Played by Evan Peters on the screen, the criminal was found guilty of 16 murders, out of the 17 that we know of him.

Arrested in 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer killed and dismembered his victims, most of them men of color, some of whom were minors, from 1978. He chose his prey in particular in gay bars before luring them to his home .

Sometimes necrophiliac and cannibalistic, he kept certain members of his victims as a "memory".

Relive the trauma

As Scott Gunkel explained to Fox, the series "rekindles a certain trauma for the LGBT community" in Milwaukee.

Himself an LGBT activist working in a gay bar in the city, he crossed paths with the murderer and some victims were regulars at his establishment.

“They all had families.

It's unfortunate that they constantly have these new movies and series coming out.

It's hard to turn the page,” he adds.

This is confirmed by the cousin of Errol Lindsey, one of the murdered men, while the testimony of Rita Isbell made the buzz on the Web.

The victim's sister had lost her temper to Jeffrey Dahmer during the trial, a scene recreated on the show.

"I know true crime is hot right now, but if you're interested in victims, my (Isbell) family is angry at this show.

It brings the trauma back again and again, and for what?

How many films/series/documentaries do we need?

“, he said on Twitter.

thinking of the victims

The crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and his life have been transposed to the screen many times, notably in Dahmer, a 2002 film with Jeremy Renner in the title role, or

in 2017, with Anne Heche playing the mother of the murderer.

Several books have also been written about the serial killer.

As actor Shaun J. Brown, who plays Tracy Edwards, the victim who managed to escape Jeffrey Dahmer, in the Netflix series, recalls: “I am not naive about the fact that murders and true crimes are sensational.

However, I ask you, when you watch the series, to remember that these men were sons, best friends, cousins, uncles, with dreams, hopes and goals that they could not achieve.

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