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The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: An American Nightmare
by
Don Davis
They smelled the foul odors. They heard the power saw buzzing in the dead of night but neighbors never imagined the horrors happening right next door.
The hot sultry night of July 22, 1991 was one the tenants of the Oxford Apartments would never forget. A panic stcricken young man--a pair of handcuffs still dangling from his wrists--ran out of Apartment 213 and told police...more
The hot sultry night of July 22, 1991 was one the tenants of the Oxford Apartments would never forget. A panic stcricken young man--a pair of handcuffs still dangling from his wrists--ran out of Apartment 213 and told police...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
November 15th 1991
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
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This book was horrible (in my opinion of course). It had a multitude of grammar errors and typos. It also left out a ton of details about the case. Some of the murders were summed up in a paragraph or two that basically said "he did this just like he did the other ones." He uses very unscientific and sometimes blain out biased language. He keeps calling the mixture that Dahmer gives to his victims a "sleeping potion" and never says what is in the concoction. He talks about rock and metal music a...more
The original title, The Milwaukee Murders, fit this book better than the more generic, more ubiquitous The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: An American Nightmare. This is because writer Don Davis goes into great unnecessarily graphic detail about the geography of Wisconsin. The reader is, in fact, given an impromptu history lesson regarding the German origins of Milwaukee, placing emphasis on the beer-based economy thereof.
While it can be said that Jeffrey Dahmer was an alcoholic, having been discharged fr...more
While it can be said that Jeffrey Dahmer was an alcoholic, having been discharged fr...more
on Sunday, November 13, 2005 I wrote about this book:
I did read just a bit. I had to stop cause when I read about the 14 year old boy Konerak, who ran away with Dahmer following him, and the police believing Dahmer'who said the boy was a gay drunk, the boy still had a pair of handcuff's on his wrist!!! and bringing the boy back to Dahmers apartment where he was slaughtered....
No this was to emotional for me.
on Saturday, September 22, 2007 I wrote further:
Well I did manage to read it. Very sad st...more
I did read just a bit. I had to stop cause when I read about the 14 year old boy Konerak, who ran away with Dahmer following him, and the police believing Dahmer'who said the boy was a gay drunk, the boy still had a pair of handcuff's on his wrist!!! and bringing the boy back to Dahmers apartment where he was slaughtered....
No this was to emotional for me.
on Saturday, September 22, 2007 I wrote further:
Well I did manage to read it. Very sad st...more
In general the book was pretty good. I just did not understand why the author kept getting into the history of all the places where Dahmer lived from childhood on up? I don't know if he was trying to fill pages up (?) or perhaps thought Dahmer's residence and enviroment influenced his lifestyle, but it would have been more interesting if he would have deducted all the tire companies, breweries, what happened way back when in Wisconsin or Ohio, etc. and filled those pages with interviews/quotes f...more
The story of Jeffrey Dahmer is about another one of America’s most famous serial killers. It is interesting to note though that his fame did not come from killing all those people, as there are some serial killers who killed a lot more, e.g. John Wayne Gacy, but instead was known for exposing the racial tensions that were already building within a city that was majority minorities. His fame came about from exposing how police officers overlooked many important situations on the basis that he was...more
2 numai pentru ca e poveste despre Dahmer. Si e cea mai vasta pe care am gasit-o. Dar e scrisa alene, multa apa si multa vorba in dodii. Descrieri (nu la tema) si presupuneri de cum se simteau victimele lui Jeffrey.
Ma asteptam la o analiza mai elaborata a actiunilor lui. In materie de cronologie si ca informatie generala despre cum a actionat Dahmer - e ok. Dar daca stii deja (daca elementar ai citit articolul de pe Wikipedia) cartea asta nu te ajuta cu absolut nimic. 2.
Ma asteptam la o analiza mai elaborata a actiunilor lui. In materie de cronologie si ca informatie generala despre cum a actionat Dahmer - e ok. Dar daca stii deja (daca elementar ai citit articolul de pe Wikipedia) cartea asta nu te ajuta cu absolut nimic. 2.
This book was not what I expected. There were loads of useless information throughout the entire book. Halfway through I felt I was reading the history of Wisconsin. I wanted to read this book mainly because I was interested in the Jeffrey Dahmer story, but was thoroughly disappointed. I felt the author, Don Davis, just touched on Dahmer's story and added useless fluff to thicken up the pages. I would not recommend this book to anyone interested in Dahmer. Unless they were Wisconsin history fana...more
If you're looking for something that contains the straight facts with the occasional pointless history lesson on areas in which Dahmer lived, then this book is for you. Quite frankly, for something that claims to be a "New York Times Bestseller" it leaves a lot to be desired.
It was interesting in the way a news report about the subject matter would be, but there was no real insight. No hypothesis or attempts to understand the case by Davis.
To me it seemed to be nothing more than a collection of...more
It was interesting in the way a news report about the subject matter would be, but there was no real insight. No hypothesis or attempts to understand the case by Davis.
To me it seemed to be nothing more than a collection of...more
I think it's a really good book because it's really explanatory, but not to the point where you're like "ew, I need to put this down ASAP". The authour explains it enough to the point where you understand everything and you're kind of able to get into Jeffrey's mind a bit.
Jun 05, 2012
Kimberly Hicks
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Jeffrey Dahmer certainly was a serial killer that will forever be etched in America's history--not the sort of notariety one might seek, but so goes it for the tragic life of Dahmer.
I have always been intrigued as to what made this man do the heinous acts in which he committed upon seventeen unsuspecting victims. Most of what is reported in this book was just a small fraction of what most of us heard or read about in the news, at the time Dahmer was arrested. In fact, I learned a great detail of...more
I have always been intrigued as to what made this man do the heinous acts in which he committed upon seventeen unsuspecting victims. Most of what is reported in this book was just a small fraction of what most of us heard or read about in the news, at the time Dahmer was arrested. In fact, I learned a great detail of...more
This book is okay if you like a lot of background information. I was personally just interested in the hard facts. But I constantly found myself reading chapter after chapter on how the city of Bath got its name and how Wisconsin is known for its beer. I was not entertained with these useless facts and I felt that it took way too long to get to the point. Without the fluff, this book could have easily been shortened to 150 pages max. It was alright, but if you want just the cold hard truth, this...more
This book describes Dahmer's life & his murder spree & trial. However, it was a very boring & long read. The author drags the story & it was very hard to get through. Definitely read better true crime books.
This book really freaked me out in parts. I wonder how someone could be so messed up like that? If you like to read about serial killers this is a good book.
Once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I came home from work at lunch time just to read.
Very interesting. More people should read about weird people.
This book was poorly written, I was very disappointed.
I was looking more for his trial in the reading.
Very difficult to read because of the graphic content.
This dude was really dark!
Jul 26, 2011
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Great book.
Disturbing.
He was one sick person and I think he got what he deserved when that black man killed him in jail.
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