Plot

Through never-before-heard family tape recordings , this 4-part true crime series offers a brand new insight into Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers and his victims.

This 4-part premium true crime documentary series charts the personal life of notorious serial killer and cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer. Through never-before-heard conversations between Jeffrey and his father Lionel, and exclusive Dahmer family home movies, the series offers a brand-new insight into one of the world's most infamous killers. A Wisconsin court sentenced Jeffrey Dahmer to 957 years in prison. From his cell at Columbia Correctional Institution he shared his darkest secrets about his atrocious crimes with his father Lionel who recorded their conversations, hoping to learn how his son has gotten so out of control. MY SON, JEFFREY: The Dahmer Family Tapes, now made public for the very first time, provides a new insight into Lionel's troubled son, who's become known as 'The Milwaukee Monster'. Breaking-news of Dahmer's arrest, on May 22nd 1991, shocked America as Milwaukee PD made a gruesome discovery. The crime scene was a death factory where several decapitated human heads and numerous dismembered bodies were found. Unable to hide the shocking evidence, Jeffrey Dahmer had no choice but to confess to the police. He admitted to having killed 17 young men under very disturbing circumstances, sharing details about his modus operandi and guiding the authorities through the evidence. Victims' families, whose loved ones had been missing for years, finally got answers. With unprecedented first-hand testimonies from Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood friends, college and army roommates, neighbors, law enforcement agents and voices of those affected by his horrific rampage, the series uncovers Dahmer's life, from his early years to his sudden prison demise.