My Son Is a Serial Killer. The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer's Father

In July 1991, the country was shaken by the unimaginable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer: the dismemberment of young men, lobotomy, necrophilia, cannibalism, and even skulls kept on a homemade altar in his apartment... But no one was more shocked than Jeffrey Dahmer's own parents – his loving father, stepmother, and grandmother, who had spent years trying to help him avoid hitting rock bottom. In his candid book, Lionel Dahmer describes how Jeffrey's peculiarities gradually evolved into a full-blown obsession with murder and analyzes what he, as a father, did wrong. Lionel asks the question: why did his son grow up to be a monster? How is it possible that there lived and grew up in their home a person he essentially didn’t know at all? This memoir offers a unique glimpse into the madness of a psychopath through the eyes of his loved ones; a heartbreaking testimony that inhuman horror can lurk right next to you.