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The creepy reason Jeffrey Dahmer
used to wear yellow contact lenses
on days of his murders
Evan Peters also wore contacts for the role on
Netflix
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Everyone has been watching the Netflix drama
series about Jeffrey Dahmer. The 10-part show has
stuck very close to the real life story of the serial
killer and his crimes, even so that Evan Peters was
given yellow eyes to mimic the contact lenses worn
by Jeffrey Dahmer.
Yep, it’s not as well known fact about him, but in
real life Dahmer wanted to have yellow eyes, and for
a very specific and creepy reason. You might not
have seen it at first during the show, but now if you
go back and look closely, you’ll be able to tell Evan
Peters’ eyes have the same scary hue as the real life
Jeffrey Dahmer’s did. So, why did he do it and why
did he want them like this?
via Netflix
Why did Jeffrey Dahmer wear yellow
contact lenses and why did he want yellow
eyes?
Jeffrey Dahmer definitely had extremely unsettling
and piercing eyes. This is because he would often
wear yellow contact lenses. He was born with blue
eyes, but would wear the yellow contacts before
heading to bars like Club 219 to pick up men he
would later kill.
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Gisela K., author of The Milwaukee Monster, has
explained this is because of Dahmer’s obsession
with Star Wars’ Emperor Palpatine as well as The
Exorcist III. By wearing the yellow contacts, he
would “channel” his favourite movie villains.
“At his trial, The Exorcist III became a focal point as
it was his favourite movie that he watched at least
two to three times per week for about six months
before he was caught,” Gisela explained. “He
resonated so much with the main antagonist, the
Gemini killer, that he bought yellow contact lenses
to feel and look like him.”
via Netflix
Did Jeffrey Dahmer always wear his
glasses?
Throughout most of the Netflix show, we see Evan
Peters’ Dahmer wearing signature aviator-style
glasses. One thing the series got wrong about the
case in real life is that Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t actually
wear these glasses in court – he didn’t want to
make eye contact with, or be able to even see, the
families of those he had killed. His father’s wife,
Shari Dahmer, told Inside Edition in 1992: “He’s not
wearing glasses so that he can’t see people. He
panics.”
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is available now
on Netflix. For all the latest Netflix news, drops,
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Related stories recommended by this
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• Where are they now? The real life people from
Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer series
• Jeffrey Dahmer’s dad Lionel did write a book
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