Rotten Mango #16- The Twisted Life of Jeffrey Dahmer *He Wanted to Create Living Zombies
Sep 23, 2020
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Childhood Dissection Obsession
- Jeffrey Dahmer's early fascination with dissections and bones began with a pig dissection and his father's demonstrations under the house.
- As a child he collected roadkill, preserved organs in mason jars, and loved the sound of bones clinking, signaling an anatomical obsession that escalated over years.
First Murder Escalated From Hitchhike To Dismemberment
- Dahmer's first murder of Stephen Hicks followed a hitchhiker invitation, a blunt-force attack with a dumbbell, and strangulation.
- He dismembered the body, dissolved flesh in acid, flushed it, and attempted to scatter or hide bones under his house and at a dump.
Methodical Postmortem Routine
- Dahmer developed a consistent post-murder routine: dismember, boil or chemically treat flesh, pulverize bones, and sometimes preserve skulls or organs.
- He recycled methods (Soilex, bleach, sledgehammer, freezer) to both conceal remains and create keepsakes like painted skulls.