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There are lots of reasons to be upset with some of the films and TV shows on Netflix. The service has a proclivity for pumping out forgettable streaming fare with alarming regularity, even while it also produces killer action thrillers like "Rebel Ridge." But more concerning than bland streaming "content" is the way in which other people's misery has produced some of the biggest hits in the streamer's history. This is especially true when it comes to true crime documentaries, but it was also the case with season one of Ryan Murphy's "Monster," which dramatized the real-life abominations carried out by notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Now, Murphy has taken over Netflix's top charts again with a new season of his true crime anthology series. This time, however, Murphy's bringing you the story of a murderous duo with "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story." The new season tells...

With the release of the Ryan Murphy-produced true-crime series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”, family members of some of the notorious serial killer’s victims are expressing their displeasure with the dramatization.

Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, who was murdered by Dahmer, told The Guardian that while she didn’t watch the entire series, she takes issue with the way events are depicted because “it didn’t happen like that.”

Hughes blasted the show, adding, “I don’t see how they can do that. I don’t see how they can use our names and put stuff out like that out there.”

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Hughes is among the 17 victims of Dahmer, portrayed by “American Horror Story” regular Evan Peters.

She’s not the only family member of a Dahmer victim to slam the show. Rita Isbell,...