1 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:04,337 [music] 2 00:00:08,708 --> 00:00:11,177 [Male narrator] You think you know the full story 3 00:00:11,277 --> 00:00:14,447 about America's most famous monster. 4 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:18,385 One of the nation's worst mass murder cases ever. 5 00:00:18,485 --> 00:00:21,488 [Male reporter] Police found a grisly scene. 6 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:24,557 A human head, plus several more skulls, 7 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:27,127 and parts of bodies. 8 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:29,996 Jeffrey, I hate you, mother[bleep]! 9 00:00:30,096 --> 00:00:32,065 I hate you! 10 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:34,934 [Narrator] But Jeffrey Dahmer's twisted tale 11 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:37,237 doesn't end with his conviction. 12 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:42,442 This is the story of the next horrific chapter 13 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:45,345 in the Milwaukee Cannibal's life-- 14 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:48,214 his brief time behind bars. 15 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:54,921 Convicted mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer has been killed. 16 00:00:55,822 --> 00:00:58,758 [Narrator] Told by those who knew him best. 17 00:00:58,858 --> 00:01:02,796 Prison life was not gonna be easy for Mr. Dahmer. 18 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,097 [Roy] Okay, I baptize you in 19 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:05,432 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit 20 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:06,900 for the forgiveness of your sins. 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,637 He went from being a monster to becoming a real person. 22 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,405 [Nancy] I've interviewed a lot of criminals, 23 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:16,709 and Jeffrey Dahmer's demeanor was sad. 24 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:18,211 [Man] Did you kill Dahmer? 25 00:01:18,311 --> 00:01:20,613 No exception to the rule. 26 00:01:20,713 --> 00:01:22,348 [Gerald] He said, "I killed him because 27 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:26,886 I did not feel he had the right to be called a murderer." 28 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:30,957 I thought right away that it was a setup. 29 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:33,560 Somebody finally did something. 30 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:36,896 He's finally facing some sort of justice. 31 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:52,512 [music] 32 00:01:56,616 --> 00:01:59,986 [music] 33 00:02:00,086 --> 00:02:01,554 [Narrator] It's an ordinary Monday 34 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:04,224 at the Columbia Correctional Institution 35 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:06,459 in Portage, Wisconsin, 36 00:02:06,559 --> 00:02:08,428 the maximum security prison 37 00:02:08,528 --> 00:02:12,265 housing one of the country's most terrifying bogeymen, 38 00:02:12,365 --> 00:02:16,369 serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. 39 00:02:17,437 --> 00:02:20,039 [Alvin] On the morning of November 28, 1994, 40 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,041 Jeffrey Dahmer finds himself on a work detail 41 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,576 with two other inmates, 42 00:02:23,676 --> 00:02:27,680 Jesse Anderson and Christopher Scarver. 43 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:31,918 They had been assigned to clean the gym and the locker rooms, 44 00:02:32,018 --> 00:02:34,621 and then go back to their cells. 45 00:02:34,721 --> 00:02:36,122 [Nisha] Dahmer, he's still supposed to 46 00:02:36,222 --> 00:02:38,091 kind of have a guard there watching him, 47 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:40,326 and for whatever reason, 48 00:02:40,426 --> 00:02:44,364 the guards, they left all three of these men alone. 49 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:46,399 Just stepped away. 50 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:52,105 [Kayla] Jeffrey's just minding his business, cleaning, 51 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:54,707 when he hears someone creeping up behind him. 52 00:02:55,775 --> 00:02:57,810 [Narrator] It's Christopher Scarver. 53 00:02:58,545 --> 00:03:00,813 [Kayla] And when Dahmer turns around, 54 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:04,517 he's met with a weighted metal bar to the face 55 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:07,353 and brutally beaten until he is near death 56 00:03:07,453 --> 00:03:09,455 and bleeding out on the floor. 57 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:13,359 [Narrator] And Scarver's not done yet. 58 00:03:13,459 --> 00:03:16,529 He then attacks Jesse Anderson. 59 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:19,832 He lays Jesse Anderson out. 60 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:22,735 He just started beating him in the head. 61 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:29,676 And then the inmate just calmly walks back to his cell. 62 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:36,616 [Narrator] Back in the gym, all hell breaks loose. 63 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,851 [Nisha] The guards immediately rush in 64 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:43,856 and they find Dahmer in a bloody heap just on the floor. 65 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:47,260 And Jesse Anderson with his head bludgeoned in. 66 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:49,529 [Narrator] When the guards realize 67 00:03:49,629 --> 00:03:52,198 Scarver's missing from the work detail, 68 00:03:52,298 --> 00:03:55,602 they go to his cell to question him. 69 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:59,472 [Kayla] He responds, "God made me do it. 70 00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:01,941 You'll see it on the six o'clock news." 71 00:04:03,743 --> 00:04:05,511 [Narrator] News of the attack on Dahmer 72 00:04:05,612 --> 00:04:09,082 spreads like wildfire among the inmates. 73 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:12,518 The prison goes into a frenzy. 74 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:14,787 Ambulances have to be called. 75 00:04:14,887 --> 00:04:17,490 The whole prison goes on a lockdown. 76 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:20,260 Guards are trying to get control of the situation, 77 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,295 but really, everyone's freaking out, 78 00:04:22,395 --> 00:04:25,064 and the place is full of chaos. 79 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,701 [Narrator] Medics rush the badly-bludgeoned serial killer 80 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:32,238 and Anderson to a local hospital, 81 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:33,773 but neither make it. 82 00:04:36,709 --> 00:04:40,613 Convicted mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer has been killed. 83 00:04:40,713 --> 00:04:42,115 Fatal injuries suffered this morning 84 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:44,250 at Columbia Correctional Institute. 85 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:51,791 [music] 86 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:56,629 [Narrator] For some, news of Dahmer's murder is a shock. 87 00:04:56,729 --> 00:05:00,800 [Roy] I go out in the car, turn the radio on, 88 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:05,038 and they announce that Jeffrey Dahmer's been killed. 89 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,473 I couldn't hardly believe it. 90 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:11,477 Oh my God, it's Jeffrey Dahmer. 91 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:14,847 [Michael R] Murder is murder. 92 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:19,152 It wasn't Mr. Scarver's responsibility 93 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:21,254 to end his life. 94 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:24,524 The murderer's now a celebrity. 95 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:30,897 [Narrator] But for others, it's no surprise. 96 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:33,833 [Debra] There was, like, a sense of relief, like, 97 00:05:33,933 --> 00:05:35,835 okay, it's finally done. 98 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:39,539 Somebody finally got it taken care of. 99 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:43,843 To me, Christopher Scarver was kind of like a hero. 100 00:05:43,943 --> 00:05:47,980 For Jeffrey Dahmer to suffer until he passed, 101 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:51,984 I think he deserved every bit of heck he went through. 102 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:56,989 [Dr. Berlin] Some people just feel that vengeance is justice. 103 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,892 It's not hard to understand that at a human level. 104 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:04,764 [Gerald] Scarver thought Dahmer was a rat 105 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:07,667 because he was a bad human being 106 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:10,103 and did not deserve to live 107 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:13,539 and did not deserve to have the title "murderer." 108 00:06:13,639 --> 00:06:16,075 Scarver, he said, "I'm the murderer. 109 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:17,877 Dahmer was not." 110 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:22,081 [Vernell] Knowing Jeffrey Dahmer the way that I did 111 00:06:22,181 --> 00:06:23,383 as my neighbor 112 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:27,053 and then having been incarcerated myself, 113 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:32,759 I kind of thought that he would have a difficult time 114 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:35,762 while incarcerated because in prison, 115 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:38,865 the majority of the population is Black. 116 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:43,035 And the majority of his victims were Black. 117 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:47,507 [Narrator] Seventeen victims in total. 118 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:54,881 Most of whose remains are uncovered three years earlier 119 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:58,384 inside Dahmer's innocuous Milwaukee apartment. 120 00:06:59,218 --> 00:07:03,456 One of the nation's worst mass murder cases ever. 121 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:06,359 [Male reporter] Police found a grisly scene. 122 00:07:06,459 --> 00:07:09,395 A human head, plus several more skulls, 123 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:11,464 and parts of bodies. 124 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:20,139 To kill multiple men, human beings, 125 00:07:20,239 --> 00:07:24,310 and retain their body parts in your refrigerator 126 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:26,446 where your butter is? 127 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:29,549 Your juice, your jelly? 128 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:31,150 Who does that? 129 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:33,186 Not a normal person. 130 00:07:33,853 --> 00:07:35,154 [Michael M] He wasn't the first serial slayer 131 00:07:35,254 --> 00:07:36,389 that I prosecuted, 132 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:38,324 but he was probably the worst human being 133 00:07:38,424 --> 00:07:40,226 in terms of what he did to those bodies. 134 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:44,797 [music] 135 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:48,301 [Narrator] When arrested, Dahmer simply admits 136 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:50,636 to all his unspeakable deeds. 137 00:07:50,736 --> 00:07:52,705 [Michael M] He was cooperative. 138 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:54,607 The police officers told me they thought he was, 139 00:07:54,707 --> 00:07:57,043 to a very good extent, truthful. 140 00:07:58,544 --> 00:07:59,679 [Gerald] Dahmer confessed to crimes 141 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:02,048 the police didn't even know existed. 142 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:05,985 A whole bunch of homicides that Dahmer testified to, 143 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:08,754 there was no report of any missing persons. 144 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:12,358 Dahmer didn't put up any defense to anything. 145 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:16,929 He just said, "I did this, and this is how I did it." 146 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:20,766 He was never about getting away with it in the first place. 147 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:22,635 Dahmer is all about looking for 148 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:24,537 a sense of structure and normalcy 149 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:26,405 and attention-seeking. 150 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:28,808 He wants to feel love and connection, 151 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:31,811 which is somewhat different from other serial killers. 152 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,579 So when he was finally caught, 153 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,816 he had nothing to gain by keeping it to himself. 154 00:08:36,916 --> 00:08:39,685 In fact, he had an opportunity to get more attention 155 00:08:39,785 --> 00:08:42,788 than he's ever had, to tell a story. 156 00:08:43,756 --> 00:08:45,691 [Narrator] Although police discover various parts 157 00:08:45,791 --> 00:08:49,929 of 11 different victims inside Dahmer's apartment, 158 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:54,033 he confesses to murdering 17 men and boys. 159 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:59,772 Including his youngest victim, 160 00:08:59,872 --> 00:09:02,808 14-year-old Jamie Doxtator. 161 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:09,048 [Debra] I had made lasagna that night. 162 00:09:09,148 --> 00:09:13,853 He asked me to save him an extra piece. 163 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:16,656 He said he met his friend Tony. They were gonna go next door, 164 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:19,659 and they were going to play video games. 165 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:23,896 He didn't show up. 166 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:27,099 I couldn't find him after that. 167 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:31,971 [music] 168 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:34,774 [Debra] I seen an interview with Dahmer, 169 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:36,776 and they specifically asked him 170 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:39,979 why he chose the Native American boy. 171 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:43,015 He said he had been watching him. 172 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:47,587 He said he was always so clean, good looking. 173 00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:52,725 Always well dressed, always took care of himself. 174 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:56,829 And he said that's what attracted him to my son. 175 00:09:57,863 --> 00:10:02,902 Jamie was always adventurous. He had no fear. 176 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:05,237 He wasn't scared of getting hurt. 177 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:10,242 [music] 178 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:12,612 [Mike K] People didn't see him as a threat 179 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:14,246 or a dangerous person. 180 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:15,748 Nobody was afraid of him. 181 00:10:15,848 --> 00:10:19,118 He was always able to be polite and well spoken. 182 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,556 [Nancy] Here's this mild-mannered guy 183 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:25,691 who worked in a chocolate factory. 184 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:28,194 And it turned out he was killing people 185 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,229 and he was a cannibal. 186 00:10:30,329 --> 00:10:33,299 What was terrifying about Jeffrey Dahmer was 187 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:35,167 how normal he appeared. 188 00:10:35,267 --> 00:10:37,737 It's how he got away with it for so long. 189 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:39,672 It was how he was able to escalate 190 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:43,743 and become this horrible serial killer. 191 00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:46,379 [Michael R] You would think a monster's 192 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,880 gonna be unattractive. 193 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,483 Well, he was exactly the opposite. 194 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:52,051 He was very attractive-- 195 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:55,354 blond hair, blue eyes, I remember those. 196 00:10:55,454 --> 00:10:58,190 People said, wonder how he killed 19 people. 197 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:00,159 That's how. 198 00:11:00,259 --> 00:11:03,429 Frankly, I don't think there's been a serial killer 199 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:09,101 as fierce as Jeffrey Dahmer since Jeffrey Dahmer. 200 00:11:09,201 --> 00:11:15,708 [music] 201 00:11:15,808 --> 00:11:16,942 [Narrator] That January, 202 00:11:17,043 --> 00:11:18,944 the country watches with bated breath 203 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:21,247 as Dahmer heads to trial. 204 00:11:22,148 --> 00:11:25,718 [Nancy] Jeffrey Dahmer never wanted to be put on trial. 205 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:28,921 He just wanted to be put to death. 206 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:30,990 He knew he was guilty, and he told me 207 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:34,293 that he didn't wear his glasses during much of the trial 208 00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:37,163 because he didn't want to be in the courtroom. 209 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:39,732 He didn't want to see what was going on. 210 00:11:41,834 --> 00:11:44,003 [Narrator] But Dahmer's attorney, Gerald Boyle, 211 00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:45,805 believes there is one plea 212 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:48,207 that may spare his client's life. 213 00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:53,045 My first order of business was to see 214 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:55,781 if there was an insanity defense, 215 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:58,684 because if you read his confession, 216 00:11:58,784 --> 00:12:01,220 you would see, no questions asked, 217 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,756 that there was something wrong with him. 218 00:12:05,324 --> 00:12:06,959 [Dr Berlin] And here's a man who was killing folks. 219 00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:09,161 He was having sex with their dead bodies. 220 00:12:09,261 --> 00:12:10,763 At one point, he was drilling holes 221 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:11,897 in the heads of individuals, 222 00:12:11,997 --> 00:12:13,866 thinking that he could create zombies 223 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:18,003 who would continue to live with him. 224 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:20,606 I certainly didn't think that he was a man of sound mind 225 00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:22,408 who was just misbehaving. 226 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:25,344 [Dr Drane] Dahmer could fully explain what he did 227 00:12:25,444 --> 00:12:29,381 and he can fully explain that his actions were wrong. 228 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,585 [Nancy] What he did was horrible. 229 00:12:32,685 --> 00:12:34,286 It was unimaginable. 230 00:12:34,386 --> 00:12:39,258 It was the worst kind of crime that could ever happen. 231 00:12:39,358 --> 00:12:41,260 Was it insane? 232 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,462 To you and me, yes. 233 00:12:43,562 --> 00:12:45,364 To the law? 234 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:47,333 Maybe not. 235 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:51,403 It was a hard trial to sit through. 236 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,671 Hearing from people 237 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:57,643 who had been victimized by Jeffrey Dahmer was horrible. 238 00:12:57,743 --> 00:13:01,313 The details were unbearable. 239 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:06,452 And the sorrow and anger of the victims' families 240 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:08,454 was heartbreaking. 241 00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:11,390 How could you blame them for being angry 242 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:15,861 and for being devastated by what this monster did? 243 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:21,667 [Narrator] But a jury finds Dahmer sane, 244 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:24,103 and after a grueling two-week trial, 245 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:28,107 convicts on him 15 counts of first-degree murder. 246 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:33,479 Dahmer barely flinches. 247 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:39,318 [Michael M] He was completely calm, quiet, collected. 248 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:41,287 No evidence of stress. 249 00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:44,456 [Gerald] Dahmer was the easiest client I've ever represented. 250 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:46,058 He never asked for anything. 251 00:13:46,158 --> 00:13:48,327 He never demanded anything. 252 00:13:48,427 --> 00:13:51,530 He never suggested that we could do a better job. 253 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:54,633 Never one time did he complain. 254 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:58,304 [Narrator] While Dahmer's trial is emotionally exhausting, 255 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:01,173 it's nothing compared to the final impact statement 256 00:14:01,273 --> 00:14:05,344 a victim's relative gives before his sentencing. 257 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:09,515 Jeffrey, I hate you, mother[bleep]! 258 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:11,116 I hate you! 259 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:13,786 This is out of control! 260 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:16,488 [Michael M] He didn't react at all. 261 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:17,523 I'll never forget that. 262 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:18,924 The bailiffs jumped in and stopped the lady 263 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:20,226 before she got to him. 264 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:22,461 But you can understand, she was overwhelmed. 265 00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:29,568 [Narrator] Then it's Dahmer's turn to deliver a statement 266 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:31,503 to the victims' families. 267 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:35,074 I know my time in prison will be terrible, 268 00:14:35,174 --> 00:14:38,477 but I deserve whatever I get because of what I have done. 269 00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:40,512 I ask for no consideration. 270 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:44,950 [Narrator] He receives the maximum sentence. 271 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:47,920 Fifteen consecutive terms of life imprisonment, 272 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,189 which is basically about 950 years. 273 00:14:55,427 --> 00:14:57,363 [Narrator] While Dahmer awaits transfer to the prison 274 00:14:57,463 --> 00:15:00,299 where he'll spend the rest of his life, 275 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:04,403 across town, another accused killer bides his time 276 00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:06,338 behind bars as well. 277 00:15:07,072 --> 00:15:09,575 His name is Christopher Scarver. 278 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:12,177 And he has no idea that one day, 279 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:14,914 fate will put him directly in the path 280 00:15:15,014 --> 00:15:17,650 of the monster on his screen. 281 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:21,220 [music] 282 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:26,058 [music] 283 00:15:26,158 --> 00:15:29,094 [Narrator] In the winter of 1992, Dahmer settles into 284 00:15:29,194 --> 00:15:31,630 the Columbia Correctional Institution, 285 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:35,234 a maximum security prison in Portage, Wisconsin, 286 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:38,103 to live out the remainder of his life. 287 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:41,173 [Troy] The kinds of people that are kept in CCI 288 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:42,875 are severe cases. 289 00:15:42,975 --> 00:15:46,979 It's a maximum security prison for a reason. 290 00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:50,883 [Narrator] The local townsfolk aren't thrilled 291 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:53,285 with their new resident. 292 00:15:53,385 --> 00:15:55,621 [Troy] It did kind of ruffle some feathers. 293 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:59,525 The people in Portage didn't want their town to be 294 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:05,597 known for the place that houses a horrific serial killer. 295 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:10,402 They would rather be known for other things that go on there, 296 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:15,441 like all the festivals and their historic downtown. 297 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:19,244 [Narrator] Prison officials are aware of 298 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:20,980 the dangers Dahmer faces 299 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,649 and place him in solitary confinement. 300 00:16:25,351 --> 00:16:27,786 Columbia Correctional Institution 301 00:16:27,886 --> 00:16:31,523 houses a few hundred people there, probably overcrowded. 302 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:35,060 So even though the vast majority of inmates 303 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,062 probably weren't looking to 304 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:39,131 have anything to do with Jeffrey Dahmer, 305 00:16:39,231 --> 00:16:41,300 there's a few crazy ones out there 306 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,637 who feel like they need to carry out vengeance. 307 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:49,074 [Dr. Drane] When somebody like Jeffrey Dahmer goes to prison, 308 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:51,143 they often have a target on their back 309 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:52,544 because of their celebrity, 310 00:16:52,644 --> 00:16:55,814 but also because their crimes are usually more heinous 311 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:57,783 than your average prisoner in jail. 312 00:16:58,083 --> 00:17:01,653 So, the prisoner population now has somebody to vilify. 313 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:04,456 Now they're not the villains. They got a new villain. 314 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:07,860 [Nisha] They knew that somebody was gonna kill him, 315 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,461 so it was really to protect him 316 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:11,196 because it was like if they would've put him 317 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:12,464 in general population 318 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:14,066 as soon as he would've stepped on the floor, 319 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:15,601 it just would've been over. 320 00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:20,973 [Narrator] Dahmer's isolation is a difficult tradeoff. 321 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,008 [Michael R] You don't see other people. 322 00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:24,710 You don't get to talk to other people. 323 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:26,078 It's boring. 324 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:28,280 It gets very lonely. 325 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:32,017 We think we don't need people, but stay in there are a while. 326 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:34,520 [Dr. Drane] Humans are social creatures. 327 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:37,423 The human brain relies pinging off of other people 328 00:17:37,523 --> 00:17:39,258 in order to understand who we are. 329 00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:41,760 And when we lose everybody around us, 330 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:44,930 we have nothing in the external world to stimulate us, 331 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:46,498 so we go internal. 332 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:49,068 To take us away from other people 333 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:51,770 is to slowly drive us insane. 334 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,210 [Narrator] Dahmer endures his time in isolation, 335 00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:01,146 but after a long, lonely year, 336 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,515 reaches his limit being alone. 337 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:07,486 I think that started to eat at him because 338 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:10,756 one thing about Jeffrey Dahmer is he needs attention. 339 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:12,391 And I think that is, uh... 340 00:18:12,491 --> 00:18:14,259 I think that started to make him a little stir crazy 341 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,228 when he got there, for sure. 342 00:18:16,795 --> 00:18:18,630 Jeffrey petitioned to actually be released 343 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:20,466 to general population. 344 00:18:22,901 --> 00:18:26,505 Dahmer figures he's gonna take his chances with the population 345 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:29,975 rather than continue to be in solitary confinement. 346 00:18:30,075 --> 00:18:32,478 [Nisha] Just put me in gen pop and whatever happens, happens, 347 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:34,646 you know, 'cause you're technically dead right now. 348 00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:35,881 You're in solitary. 349 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:38,550 Yeah, you're breathing and stuff, but I mean, it's over. 350 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:41,487 [Narrator] In the summer of 1992, 351 00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:44,056 prison officials grant Jeffrey Dahmer's request 352 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:46,558 to live among his fellow inmates. 353 00:18:47,326 --> 00:18:50,729 Where Jeffrey Dahmer ends up was a specific ward for 354 00:18:50,829 --> 00:18:54,600 the mentally unstable, almost a prison within a prison. 355 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,602 And Dahmer, when he's not in his cell, 356 00:18:56,702 --> 00:19:00,939 he's being taken from place to place in shackles, with guards. 357 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:02,908 He is not left alone. 358 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:07,379 [Narrator] Many wonder if Dahmer will face prison justice 359 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,114 from his fellow inmates. 360 00:19:10,015 --> 00:19:12,251 [Michael R] We like to think we're in control, 361 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:14,319 but the reality is, 362 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:18,490 there's always more inmates than staff--always. 363 00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:20,692 [Alvin] The last thing you wanna be 364 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:23,896 is a person with a target on their back in a prison. 365 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:27,599 To be a person who 366 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:31,303 the prisoners universally want to harm 367 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,438 is not a good place to be. 368 00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:35,841 He was in real shark-infested waters. 369 00:19:36,909 --> 00:19:39,478 [Narrator] It's in gen pop that convicted murderer 370 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:41,013 Christopher Scarver sees 371 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:45,517 the infamous serial killer in person for the first time. 372 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:50,722 [Alvin] I think Christopher Scarver was, 373 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:53,425 like everyone else in the prison, 374 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:56,495 angry and disgusted at the actions of Jeffrey Dahmer, 375 00:19:56,595 --> 00:19:59,464 but also just kind of wanted to avoid him, 376 00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:03,468 because he's a weird guy. 377 00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,337 [Narrator] Neither man knows it yet, 378 00:20:05,437 --> 00:20:09,541 but they're on a collision course for destiny. 379 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:13,378 [music] 380 00:20:13,478 --> 00:20:14,513 [Narrator] Fellow inmates Jeffrey Dahmer 381 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:15,847 and Christopher Scarver 382 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:18,250 have more in common than they realize. 383 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,353 Christopher Scarver, much like Jeffrey Dahmer, 384 00:20:21,453 --> 00:20:23,288 grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 385 00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:25,958 At a young age, he started to do bad in school 386 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,292 because of his alcohol use, 387 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:30,229 and that caused him to fail out. 388 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:31,663 [Nisha] So he drops out of school, 389 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:33,732 and his mom kicks him out of the house 390 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:37,069 because of all the alcohol and drug use that he was doing. 391 00:20:37,169 --> 00:20:38,770 His mom had five kids, single mother. 392 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:42,007 She was like, I can't have that around my other four kids. 393 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:44,409 [Narrator] A couple years later, 394 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:47,546 Scarver manages to get his life back on track, 395 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:51,683 enrolling in the Wisconsin Conservation Corps job program. 396 00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:53,352 The Job Corps is basically like a place 397 00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:56,321 where you rebuild your life, you learn skills, 398 00:20:56,421 --> 00:20:58,457 and if you do a really good job, 399 00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:00,525 then they'll give you a job at the end of it. 400 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:03,562 He was taking the carpentry program. 401 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:06,465 [Narrator] Edward Patts, one of the instructors at the Corps, 402 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:09,067 takes Scarver under his wing. 403 00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,370 [Nisha] Edward Patts really took a liking to him. 404 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:13,572 He promised him. He said, "When you get out of here, 405 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:15,440 "I'm definitely gonna have a job for you. 406 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:17,743 I'm gonna make sure I take care of you." 407 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:20,345 [Alvin] Scarver moved in with his girlfriend. 408 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:21,947 He finds out that she's pregnant. 409 00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:25,384 Life seems to be going the way that it should be going 410 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:26,652 for Christopher Scarver, you know? 411 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:28,787 He has a lot of things to look forward to. 412 00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:31,690 [Narrator] Then, without warning, 413 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:36,328 Scarver has the rug pulled out from under him. 414 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:38,363 Edward Patts is fired, 415 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:40,799 and the site manager, John Feyen, 416 00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:44,136 gives the promised job to someone else. 417 00:21:45,337 --> 00:21:47,439 [Nisha] When that happened, that really threw Christopher 418 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:48,774 off on a deep end, you know? 419 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:52,644 He got more in the marijuana, uh, drugs, alcohol. 420 00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:54,379 And then around this time as well 421 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:56,948 is when he was having voices in his head. 422 00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:59,184 He was saying the voices was telling him 423 00:21:59,284 --> 00:22:00,552 he's the chosen one. 424 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,688 Now, all this is happening at the same time 425 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:05,057 his girlfriend was pregnant as well. 426 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:08,193 [Devin] To do all the right things 427 00:22:08,293 --> 00:22:11,930 and get affirmation for them, 428 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:14,433 and then have that affirmation taken away, 429 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:17,703 is, uh, really devastating. 430 00:22:17,803 --> 00:22:20,739 It's a terrible feeling, and terrifying as well, 431 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:24,876 to be 19, having a family to support. 432 00:22:24,976 --> 00:22:31,616 [music] 433 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:34,720 And just, it seems like he didn't care anymore at all. 434 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:38,457 He went to this, like, little black hole of depression. 435 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,992 [Narrator] With his life spiraling out of control, 436 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:43,395 Scarver thirsts for revenge. 437 00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:46,732 On June 1, 1990, he goes to 438 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:50,068 the Conservation Corps training site 439 00:22:50,168 --> 00:22:53,305 and confronts John Feyen 440 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:56,174 and another employee, Steve Lohman. 441 00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:59,144 [Nisha] Christopher comes in with a gun, 442 00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:01,646 and he demands money. 443 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:04,483 So John pulls $15 out of his wallet 444 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:07,119 and he says, you know, "This is all I have." 445 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:10,055 And Christopher turns around and shoots Steven. 446 00:23:13,925 --> 00:23:15,594 After he shoots him, he says, 447 00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:19,097 "Okay, now you know that I'm not playing." 448 00:23:19,197 --> 00:23:20,966 John says, "I really don't have any money." 449 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:24,836 So he writes him a check for $3000. 450 00:23:24,936 --> 00:23:27,873 [Narrator] But Scarver still isn't satisfied. 451 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,343 He shoots Steve, like, about three more times. 452 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:33,512 He starts shooting into his dead body. 453 00:23:36,047 --> 00:23:38,550 [Kayla] John, who was terrified, runs away 454 00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:41,153 as fast as he can. 455 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:42,287 While he's running away, though, 456 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:44,289 Chris is still shooting at John, 457 00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:46,792 but fortunately misses. 458 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:52,497 And after that, Chris flees the scene. 459 00:23:57,135 --> 00:24:00,972 [Narrator] Police immediately put out an APB for Scarver. 460 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:05,010 He's surprisingly easy to locate. 461 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,945 Within a matter of hours, Chris was arrested 462 00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:09,481 at his girlfriend's house with both the gun 463 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:12,384 and the $3000 check still in his possession. 464 00:24:13,518 --> 00:24:16,388 [Narrator] They charge Scarver with the murder of Steve Lohman 465 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:19,124 and attempted murder of John Feyen. 466 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:25,230 He pleads not guilty by reason of mental disease. 467 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:28,700 Eventually it was found out that he has schizophrenia. 468 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,937 He would hear voices that would say he's the chosen one. 469 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:36,174 [Kayla] Psychiatrists at his trail testified that 470 00:24:36,274 --> 00:24:39,211 although there are many people that have schizophrenia, 471 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:40,579 they're not violent. 472 00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:42,781 She felt that if Chris went untreated, 473 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:45,116 he would definitely become extremely dangerous 474 00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:47,752 to himself and others. 475 00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:51,723 He had what's called messianic delusions, 476 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:54,759 delusions of grandeur, religious-type delusions, 477 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:58,597 thinking that he was some embodiment of, of God, 478 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,198 some higher power. 479 00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:01,433 In that psychotic state, 480 00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:02,801 where you're responding to voices 481 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:04,769 and things telling you what to do, 482 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:08,306 it becomes very easy to justify any actions that you take. 483 00:25:09,941 --> 00:25:11,243 [Narrator] Like Jeffrey Dahmer, 484 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,645 a jury also finds Scarver sane, 485 00:25:13,745 --> 00:25:16,214 and therefore guilty of murder. 486 00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:19,751 They sentence him to life without parole 487 00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:21,019 and eventually send him to 488 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,221 the Columbia Correctional Institution, 489 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:27,158 where he comes face to face with Jeffrey Dahmer. 490 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:28,994 He studies him, but he keeps his distance. 491 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:32,297 He wants nothing to do at all with Dahmer. 492 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:34,766 [Narrator] But that will change. 493 00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:40,539 [Narrator] Jeffrey Dahmer isn't making many friends 494 00:25:40,639 --> 00:25:42,641 inside prison. 495 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:46,945 But he does develop a devoted cadre of pen pals. 496 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:49,648 Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes have put him into the ranks 497 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:52,517 with Jack the Ripper and Ted Bundy 498 00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:55,754 to where it was so shocking, 499 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:57,923 that people gravitated towards him 500 00:25:58,023 --> 00:25:59,791 instead of running away from it. 501 00:25:59,891 --> 00:26:02,661 So he's now in prison receiving fan mail 502 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:05,497 with money inside of it for commissary, 503 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:09,334 love letters, devotees singing his praises. 504 00:26:09,434 --> 00:26:13,805 He was getting mail from not only men, but women as well 505 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:16,174 that wanted to pursue a relationship with him, 506 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:18,877 even though they knew that he was a homosexual. 507 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:21,046 [Dr Drane] Hybristophilia, 508 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:23,615 sometimes called Bonnie and Clyde syndrome, 509 00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:26,785 is the attraction to criminal behavior. 510 00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:28,019 It gives the person, 511 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,188 who usually has a more beta personality, 512 00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:33,024 somebody who is not as secure in themselves, 513 00:26:33,124 --> 00:26:35,827 winds up being attracted to that sense of danger, 514 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:37,762 that sense of take charge, 515 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:41,032 that serial killers often provide. 516 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:42,467 And that's why Dahmer winds up getting 517 00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:44,169 all these letters in prison. 518 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:45,870 People who are so fascinated with him, 519 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:47,839 they just can't leave him alone. 520 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,941 They start to empathize with Jeffrey Dahmer, 521 00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:52,677 to correspond with him from prison. 522 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:56,147 That gives you enough room, enough space, 523 00:26:56,247 --> 00:26:58,583 to fill in your own fantasies, your own desires, 524 00:26:58,683 --> 00:27:01,052 and what you want the relationship to be. 525 00:27:01,152 --> 00:27:02,754 [Narrator] But Dahmer has other, 526 00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:05,657 more celestial, interests. 527 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:08,059 Jeffrey gets out of solitary confinement 528 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:12,364 and he seemed like a new man because he's found religion. 529 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:17,435 [Narrator] As Dahmer promised in his courtroom statement... 530 00:27:17,535 --> 00:27:20,939 I promise I will pray each day to ask for their forgiveness 531 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,274 when the hurt goes away, if ever. 532 00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:28,179 [Narrator] He turns toward his faith behind bars. 533 00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:32,517 [Alvin] Religion became a big part of his day-to-day life. 534 00:27:32,617 --> 00:27:34,285 He would go to the chapel and pray, 535 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,388 starts to read the Bible. 536 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:40,625 [Dr Drane] The part of Jeffrey Dahmer that turns to religion 537 00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:41,926 is the same part of him 538 00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:43,995 that feels remorse for what he's done. 539 00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:45,797 The part of him that is human 540 00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:48,233 and has a sense of morality. 541 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:51,069 And so religion offers an escape from that. 542 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:52,704 It offers him a second chance, 543 00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:55,473 a way to be forgiven and wipe the slate clean. 544 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:57,909 [Narrator] It's not the first time 545 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:00,478 Dahmer's turned to Christianity. 546 00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:06,451 In 1981, a few years after committing his first murder, 547 00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:09,554 Dahmer moves in with his grandmother in Milwaukee 548 00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:12,957 and tries to reform his evil ways. 549 00:28:13,058 --> 00:28:14,426 [Michael M] His grandmother was a spiritual person, 550 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,696 and she seemed to have a beneficent influence on Dahmer. 551 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:18,997 Dahmer started reading the Bible, 552 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:20,398 started thinking about these things 553 00:28:20,498 --> 00:28:23,101 and assessing what he had done. 554 00:28:24,836 --> 00:28:27,072 [Savannah] When Jeffrey was 13 years old, 555 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:30,875 he had engaged in a romantic physical relationship 556 00:28:30,975 --> 00:28:32,977 with a boy in his neighborhood. 557 00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:36,014 And this was the first inclination to Jeffrey 558 00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:39,884 that he had that he was, in fact, gay. 559 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:41,553 But it was something that Jeffrey felt like 560 00:28:41,653 --> 00:28:43,822 he had to hide. 561 00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:46,424 [Savannah] Religion was like his last effort 562 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:48,893 on trying to fix what he thought was broken, 563 00:28:48,993 --> 00:28:52,197 which was being gay. And he really dove into that 564 00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:54,699 and spent a lot of time studying religion, 565 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:55,900 going to church. 566 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,469 And everyone around Jeffrey 567 00:28:57,569 --> 00:29:00,004 thought that this was going to be a really good thing for him. 568 00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:03,041 [Narrator] It appears to work 569 00:29:03,141 --> 00:29:09,047 until Dahmer has an encounter at the local library. 570 00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:11,082 The young man dropped a note in his lap saying, 571 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:14,018 "Let's meet in the bathroom and have a sexual encounter." 572 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:16,855 Dahmer didn't do that, but he started rethinking 573 00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:18,256 the spiritual aspects of his life, 574 00:29:18,356 --> 00:29:19,791 and then made a conscious decision 575 00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:21,159 to step away from what had been 576 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:23,461 the good influence of his grandmother. 577 00:29:26,164 --> 00:29:28,733 [Narrator] Desperate to act out on his dark desires, 578 00:29:28,833 --> 00:29:32,036 Dahmer finds a new romantic partner-- 579 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:35,540 a mannequin he steals from a local department store. 580 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:38,910 [Dr Drane] Dahmer has this mannequin 581 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,812 as a kind of stopgap measure, 582 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:43,047 somebody he can impose his will on 583 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:45,316 that won't fight back. 584 00:29:45,416 --> 00:29:47,819 [Narrator] Dahmer keeps his new love a secret, 585 00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:49,821 storing the mannequin in his closet 586 00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:51,589 whenever he's away. 587 00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:53,391 But it's only a matter of time 588 00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:56,561 before his forbidden partner's exposed. 589 00:29:58,396 --> 00:30:00,365 [Savannah] One day, his grandmother went into his room, 590 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:01,599 opened his closet, 591 00:30:01,699 --> 00:30:06,070 and was shocked and disturbed at seeing this mannequin. 592 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:07,806 So she completely freaked out 593 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:09,974 and forced him to get rid of it. 594 00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:15,780 [Narrator] Now Dahmer must turn to other ways 595 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:20,185 to get his kicks-- outside the home. 596 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:23,321 Bathhouses were a place that you could go 597 00:30:23,421 --> 00:30:27,392 and anticipate you would meet a sexual partner. 598 00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:32,630 But the men there found Jeffrey Dahmer to be incredibly creepy. 599 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,134 [Michael M] He would drug them. 600 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:37,735 He'd say, "Here, have a drink of my coffee" 601 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:38,937 or whatever he'd be using. 602 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:41,039 The guy would take the drink and pass out. 603 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:42,640 And then Dahmer would sexually exploit him 604 00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:44,309 according to his desires. 605 00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:47,212 The underlying driving force with Dahmer 606 00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:50,782 was the fantasy of sex with an unconscious person. 607 00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:54,219 [Dr Drane] There becomes a point of no return. 608 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:56,187 He's like a shark that's had a taste of blood. 609 00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:58,656 There really is no going back for Dahmer. 610 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,492 [Narrator] The rest is history. 611 00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:04,896 [Male reporter] Police found a grisly scene. 612 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:07,699 A human head, plus several more skulls, 613 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:09,434 and parts of bodies. 614 00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:13,538 [Narrator] Now in prison, 615 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:18,042 Dahmer appears to fully embrace his newfound faith. 616 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:20,912 He even requests to be baptized. 617 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,514 [phone ringing] 618 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:26,851 [music] 619 00:31:26,951 --> 00:31:29,220 Got a phone call in 1994 saying 620 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,855 that an inmate wanted to be baptized. 621 00:31:30,955 --> 00:31:32,590 Would I please baptize him? 622 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:35,560 I said "Okay, uh, I've never done a prison baptism, 623 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:38,496 but tell me what his name is and we'll do this." 624 00:31:38,596 --> 00:31:40,832 Said, "Well, you might want to sit down for this." 625 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:41,933 "Oh, why is that?" 626 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:43,635 "'Cause his name is Jeffrey Dahmer." 627 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:49,007 [Narrator] Pastor Ratcliff heads behind the razor wire 628 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:52,377 to meet with the man he only knows as legend. 629 00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:55,413 [Roy] I first heard about Jeff on the television, of course. 630 00:31:55,513 --> 00:31:57,882 I remember thinking, why would a person do that? 631 00:31:57,982 --> 00:31:59,284 I didn't know quite what to expect 632 00:31:59,384 --> 00:32:01,552 because I'd never been to a prison before. 633 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:02,754 And I anticipated, well, 634 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:06,257 I'll probably be in a room with a glass wall between us 635 00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:08,693 while I talked to him on the telephone. 636 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:13,031 I was quite surprised when I was escorted to a simple room, 637 00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:14,599 10 by 12 feet or so, 638 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:19,137 with a table and chairs and told, "Sit down." 639 00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:21,139 Finally, someone comes to the door. 640 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:24,275 It's Jeffrey Dahmer. 641 00:32:25,243 --> 00:32:28,379 I recognized him 'cause I'd seen him on TV. 642 00:32:28,479 --> 00:32:30,982 So there I am in a room all by myself, 643 00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:35,219 with nothing but a table between the two of us. 644 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:39,457 And I'm thinking, "Wow, I'm in a room with a man 645 00:32:39,557 --> 00:32:42,126 who's killed a bunch of other people." 646 00:32:42,226 --> 00:32:45,096 You have a moment of panic there. 647 00:32:45,196 --> 00:32:46,931 But because I'm a preacher, 648 00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:49,033 "Why do you want to be baptized?" 649 00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:52,036 So he begins to quote scriptures for me, 650 00:32:52,136 --> 00:32:53,571 which is a surprise. 651 00:32:53,671 --> 00:32:56,741 The man needs to have his sins washed away. 652 00:32:56,841 --> 00:32:59,143 It changed my view of him. 653 00:32:59,243 --> 00:33:01,012 I mean, he went from being a monster 654 00:33:01,112 --> 00:33:03,147 to becoming a real person. 655 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:07,785 [Narrator] Prison officials approve Dahmer's baptism 656 00:33:07,885 --> 00:33:10,421 for May 10, 1994. 657 00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:12,323 [Roy] On the day that Jeff was baptized, 658 00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:14,692 there was a total solar eclipse, 659 00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:17,862 so it got dark on that day. 660 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:19,197 It was also the day that 661 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:20,932 John Wayne Gacy was put to death, 662 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:22,900 which is, I think, ironic. 663 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,369 Jeffrey Dahmer died to his sins 664 00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:27,238 and John Wayne Gacy died for his crimes. 665 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:31,609 The chaplain and two guards, uh, escort Jeff and myself 666 00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:36,080 from the chaplain's office through various hallways. 667 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:37,849 And we passed other inmates, 668 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:40,251 and they said, "Hey, JD! How's it going?" 669 00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:42,353 And he said, "Hey, I'm gonna be baptized today." 670 00:33:42,453 --> 00:33:44,455 And they thought, "Well that, that's great." 671 00:33:45,623 --> 00:33:48,159 [Narrator] The guards lead the pastor and serial killer 672 00:33:48,259 --> 00:33:51,462 to the medical area, which has numerous tubs. 673 00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:56,367 [Roy] And Jeff takes off his clothes, 674 00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:57,969 then puts on this white little outfit 675 00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:01,205 that the chaplain had made for him. 676 00:34:01,305 --> 00:34:04,442 And then climbs into the tub. 677 00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:06,344 So then I simply put my hand on his head and said, 678 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:07,879 "Okay, I baptize you in the Father, 679 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:11,516 the Son, the Holy Spirit for the forgiveness of your sins." 680 00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:15,353 I pushed his head under the water. 681 00:34:15,453 --> 00:34:16,521 And then he comes back up. 682 00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:18,890 I said, "Welcome to the family of God." 683 00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:22,827 [Narrator] But not everyone's pleased with Dahmer's embrace 684 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:24,495 of Christianity. 685 00:34:25,296 --> 00:34:27,265 [Roy] On the day that Jeff was baptized, 686 00:34:27,365 --> 00:34:30,368 some anonymous person called on my phone 687 00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:33,438 and described me as a piece of human anatomy. 688 00:34:33,538 --> 00:34:36,107 Well, he used a more crude word to describe it. 689 00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:39,444 Well, he didn't understand why I did what I did. 690 00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:41,979 [Debra] When I heard that Dahmer 691 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,117 had apparently found religion, 692 00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:48,519 I thought it wasn't real with him. 693 00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:50,354 He didn't take it to his heart. 694 00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:52,790 I didn't feel like he ever would. 695 00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:56,027 I don't feel that he should've been baptized 696 00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:58,529 because he didn't believe. 697 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:01,365 [Alvin] I think it infuriated a lot of people, 698 00:35:01,466 --> 00:35:04,168 but also left a lot of people conflicted because 699 00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:06,003 if you are a devout religious person, 700 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,473 and this person is now saying I've accepted this religion, 701 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,441 and now I've repented for my sins, 702 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:12,076 then you've gotta forgive Jeffrey Dahmer. 703 00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:13,678 And it's hard to forgive a guy 704 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,746 when you've seen the bag of hearts and the arms 705 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:18,816 and shoulders and heads come out of their apartment. 706 00:35:18,916 --> 00:35:21,119 So I think it really made people question their religion, 707 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:22,653 in a way. 708 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:24,956 [Dr Berlin] It's easy to think of him as all evil or good, 709 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:26,858 but he was a complicated person. 710 00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:28,426 And so he did awful things, 711 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:30,094 but I think it's also conceivable 712 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:32,096 that he could've been genuinely remorseful 713 00:35:32,196 --> 00:35:33,664 and struggling and conflicted, 714 00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:35,199 and that we shouldn't just dismiss 715 00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:36,467 the complexity of that 716 00:35:36,567 --> 00:35:38,603 as though he's just pretending to look good. 717 00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:40,938 I think it's much more complicated than that. 718 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,142 I never got the sense that he was, uh, 719 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:46,911 being anything other than genuine with me. 720 00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:49,947 This is very serious stuff, as far as I can tell with him. 721 00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:52,884 [Narrator] Following the baptism, 722 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:56,220 Dahmer continues on his new spiritual path, 723 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,856 reading the Bible and meeting once a week 724 00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:01,526 with Pastor Ratcliff. 725 00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:03,361 So the chaplain arranges for what's called 726 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:06,097 a permanent pastoral pass. 727 00:36:06,197 --> 00:36:07,932 Every Wednesday from that point on, 728 00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:10,368 I could come to Jeff and meet with him for an hour 729 00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:13,137 and talk about anything that we want to talk about. 730 00:36:13,237 --> 00:36:16,741 But my encouragement to him was don't put yourself in your cell 731 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:17,508 by yourself, alone. 732 00:36:17,608 --> 00:36:19,277 Try to be around other Christians 733 00:36:19,377 --> 00:36:21,445 as much as you possibly can. 734 00:36:22,446 --> 00:36:23,481 [Narrator] The Milwaukee Cannibal 735 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:26,117 takes the advice to heart 736 00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:28,352 and begins attending Sunday services 737 00:36:28,452 --> 00:36:31,422 in the prison chapel. 738 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:35,660 It's there he'll come face to face with a new threat. 739 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:43,701 [Narrator] A reborn Jeffrey Dahmer 740 00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:46,437 is living his new life behind bars, 741 00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:50,107 holding weekly Bible study with his pastor. 742 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,876 But some of his fellow inmates, 743 00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:53,444 like Christopher Scarver, 744 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,680 believe it's all an act. 745 00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:58,583 [Alvin] Christopher Scarver mentioned 746 00:36:58,683 --> 00:37:00,618 that Jeffrey Dahmer had these unremorseful eyes. 747 00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:02,553 He didn't buy the religious act 748 00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:04,555 that Jeffrey Dahmer was putting on, 749 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:07,892 and it made him want to commit violence against him. 750 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:12,230 Dahmer was very mischievous, for lack of a better term. 751 00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:14,232 I've heard stories of him taking his lunches 752 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:17,101 and, you know, whittling them into body parts, 753 00:37:17,201 --> 00:37:18,603 and then pouring ketchup on them 754 00:37:18,703 --> 00:37:21,405 and kind of leaving them there on the table for people to see. 755 00:37:22,473 --> 00:37:24,575 [Nisha] He would walk up to guards and say, 756 00:37:24,675 --> 00:37:26,510 "I do bite." 757 00:37:27,378 --> 00:37:30,181 A lot of people said, oh, that's disgusting. 758 00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:31,849 And I said, "No, that's Jeff Dahmer. 759 00:37:31,949 --> 00:37:33,784 That's his sense of humor." 760 00:37:33,884 --> 00:37:35,953 I saw that in junior high and high school, 761 00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:39,123 and that was still his sense of humor in prison too. 762 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:42,593 The word "cannibal," it's a persona that he adopted, 763 00:37:42,693 --> 00:37:44,895 he pursued, and tried to get people to think 764 00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:47,231 in that way of him. 765 00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:49,033 [Alvin] I think in general, 766 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:52,336 Jeffrey Dahmer was very much a bear off a leash 767 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:53,638 to a lot of people. 768 00:37:53,738 --> 00:37:58,075 Unassuming guy, scrawny, gigantic glasses. 769 00:37:58,175 --> 00:38:00,044 But once you know what he's done, 770 00:38:00,144 --> 00:38:01,946 you are, you know, apprehensive. 771 00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:04,548 And now you have a person who is 772 00:38:04,649 --> 00:38:06,350 playing the role of Hannibal Lecter 773 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:08,486 and making jokes and smiling at you and, 774 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:10,321 you know, being cheeky. 775 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:14,425 [Kayla] He even went as far as to put up a sign in his cell 776 00:38:14,525 --> 00:38:17,028 that said, "Cannibals Anonymous Meeting." 777 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:20,464 So he was definitely leaning into the ideals 778 00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:22,233 that everyone already had of him, 779 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:24,502 which is this man is playing the game, 780 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:27,338 and he probably still has these same sick feelings that he had 781 00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:30,608 when he was out doing these killings. 782 00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:37,248 [Narrator] It's with his eighth victim, Ernest Miller, 783 00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:39,216 in September 1990, 784 00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:41,485 that Dahmer crossed the Rubicon 785 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:44,155 from serial killer to cannibal. 786 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:47,658 [Nancy] After he killed Miller and dismembered him, 787 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:50,661 he cooked him, and he ate him. 788 00:38:52,396 --> 00:38:54,432 Like, what does that even taste like? 789 00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:58,402 Dahmer realizes if you eat them, they'll always be with you. 790 00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:01,305 And that provides a satisfaction 791 00:39:01,405 --> 00:39:03,874 and even sometimes a sexual component 792 00:39:03,974 --> 00:39:06,977 to the psychopath, that he'll never leave me. 793 00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:10,715 [Savannah] He is keeping their bodies in his apartment. 794 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:13,084 He is preserving them and they're stacking up. 795 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,685 You can only imagine the smell 796 00:39:14,785 --> 00:39:18,522 that was coming from Jeffrey's apartment. 797 00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:23,828 The level of depravity was way beyond. 798 00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:30,034 [Narrator] Some believe Dahmer's actions in prison 799 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:32,970 aren't an attempt to make light of his crimes, 800 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:35,873 but to get the attention that he craves. 801 00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:38,642 [Dr Drane] When you look at Jeffrey Dahmer 802 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:40,644 when he was young, when he was in high school, 803 00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:43,514 this profoundly socially awkward person 804 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:44,849 that only knew how to get attention 805 00:39:44,949 --> 00:39:47,485 by making weird faces and jumping around 806 00:39:47,585 --> 00:39:49,587 and acting in this bizarre way, 807 00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:51,455 any attention for a guy like a Dahmer-- 808 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:53,457 any attention is good attention. 809 00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:55,926 And so Dahmer's gonna do whatever it takes 810 00:39:56,026 --> 00:39:58,729 to get any kind of attention, even if it's ridicule, 811 00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:00,464 even if he's being laughed at. 812 00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:02,366 As long as he's not ignored. 813 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,136 [Mike K] One of the things I clearly remember 814 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:06,537 about Jeff Dahmer 815 00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,606 is that, you know, he would be walking down the hall, 816 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:09,740 and you'd be standing there, 817 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,075 talking to somebody by your locker, 818 00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:13,577 just doing nothing, and he'd just stoop over 819 00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:15,246 and put his head on your chest, 820 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:17,281 say, "I wanna listen to your heart." 821 00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:21,085 [Roy] And I think he used the cannibal persona 822 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:22,620 as a defense mechanism 823 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,355 because it accomplished two things. 824 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:26,524 One thing, it attracted attention. 825 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:28,526 "Come look at me! Look! I'm doing something weird!" 826 00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:30,094 You know, at the same time, it also was a way 827 00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:32,229 of saying to people, "Don't get too close to me 828 00:40:32,329 --> 00:40:33,697 because I don't trust you," 829 00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:36,000 because he didn't really have friends. 830 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:39,203 [Narrator] And while he doesn't know it, 831 00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:41,772 Dahmer is making enemies. 832 00:40:41,872 --> 00:40:44,809 One inmate in particular is beginning to harbor 833 00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:47,745 deep animosity toward him-- 834 00:40:47,845 --> 00:40:50,848 37-year-old Osvaldo Durruthy. 835 00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,552 [Alvin] Osvaldo Durruthy was a Cuban native. 836 00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:56,754 He was serving 30 years in prison for, uh, 837 00:40:56,854 --> 00:40:58,689 drugs and weapons possession. 838 00:40:58,789 --> 00:41:01,058 And he heard about the Jeffrey Dahmer case, 839 00:41:01,158 --> 00:41:04,195 and he had this self-righteous feeling 840 00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:08,265 that this is an opportunity for me to wipe the slate clean. 841 00:41:08,365 --> 00:41:15,206 [music] 842 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:18,275 [Narrator] Durruthy comes to America in 1980 843 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:20,277 as part of the Mariel boatlift, 844 00:41:20,377 --> 00:41:23,914 a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. 845 00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:35,025 [Narrator] But Durruthy, 846 00:41:35,125 --> 00:41:37,027 who had been serving a 10-year sentence for robbery 847 00:41:37,127 --> 00:41:40,264 in a Cuban prison, has no skills. 848 00:41:55,412 --> 00:41:59,683 [Narrator] In 1991, Durruthy gets in over his head. 849 00:42:22,106 --> 00:42:25,242 [Narrator] Durruthy is sent to Waupun Correctional Institution 850 00:42:25,342 --> 00:42:27,211 in Waupun, Wisconsin. 851 00:42:31,148 --> 00:42:34,251 That's where he first learns of Jeffrey Dahmer, 852 00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:37,288 watching his trial unfold on TV. 853 00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:52,469 [Narrator] The more he hears about Dahmer, 854 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:55,005 the more Durruthy's anger builds. 855 00:42:56,874 --> 00:42:58,609 When Dahmer is sent to prison, 856 00:42:58,709 --> 00:43:01,712 Durruthy decides he wants vengeance. 857 00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:17,661 [Narrator] But when Dahmer's sent to 858 00:43:17,761 --> 00:43:19,763 the Columbia Correctional Institution, 859 00:43:19,863 --> 00:43:23,901 one of Wisconsin's few prisons with a mental health unit, 860 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:27,171 Durruthy knows their paths will never cross. 861 00:43:27,972 --> 00:43:30,674 That's when he devises a plan. 862 00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:35,279 Durruthy decides to fake mental illness 863 00:43:35,379 --> 00:43:38,649 so he can be transferred to Dahmer's prison. 864 00:44:01,105 --> 00:44:03,073 [Narrator] In late June 1994, 865 00:44:03,173 --> 00:44:06,143 after nearly two years of acting crazy, 866 00:44:06,243 --> 00:44:08,846 prison officials finally send Durruthy 867 00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:11,682 to the state's mental health institution. 868 00:44:17,254 --> 00:44:20,190 It's in the mess hall where Durruthy gets his first look 869 00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:23,093 at his prey in person. 870 00:44:23,193 --> 00:44:26,363 But Dahmer isn't the bogeyman he had envisioned. 871 00:44:36,273 --> 00:44:39,209 [Narrator] He knows getting close enough to attack Dahmer 872 00:44:39,309 --> 00:44:41,145 isn't going to be easy. 873 00:44:54,291 --> 00:44:57,261 [Narrator] But Durruthy's not bringing his Bible. 874 00:44:58,529 --> 00:45:02,066 Instead, he creates a makeshift knife, a shiv, 875 00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:05,135 by attaching a razor blade to his toothbrush. 876 00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:11,108 On Sunday, July 3, 1994, 877 00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:14,812 just one week after Durruthy arrives at the prison, 878 00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:16,980 he prepares to strike. 879 00:45:51,849 --> 00:45:53,383 [Narrator] But in a flood of adrenaline, 880 00:45:53,484 --> 00:45:56,019 Durruthy presses too hard on his shiv, 881 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,489 and the razor blade snaps off. 882 00:46:20,277 --> 00:46:26,083 [music] 883 00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:28,085 [Narrator] Much to Durruthy's disappointment, 884 00:46:28,185 --> 00:46:31,355 the wound to Dahmer's neck is superficial. 885 00:46:33,891 --> 00:46:35,392 [Kayla] Osvaldo took premeditated 886 00:46:35,492 --> 00:46:37,327 to a whole new level. 887 00:46:37,427 --> 00:46:40,097 I mean, think about having to fake an illness-- 888 00:46:40,197 --> 00:46:42,199 not just an illness, a mental illness-- 889 00:46:42,299 --> 00:46:45,536 for over two years just to get to this one person. 890 00:46:45,636 --> 00:46:48,105 I mean, there was a lot of hard work that went into that, 891 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:51,542 so I can imagine the amount of disappointment that he felt 892 00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:53,544 to know that he failed. 893 00:47:05,088 --> 00:47:07,024 [Narrator] For his attempted murder of Dahmer, 894 00:47:07,124 --> 00:47:10,027 authorities tack on an additional five years 895 00:47:10,127 --> 00:47:13,530 to Durruthy's existing 31-year sentence 896 00:47:13,630 --> 00:47:17,568 and send him back to Waupun Correctional Institution 897 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:19,269 to serve his time. 898 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:26,043 While Durruthy's assassination attempt fails, 899 00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:28,445 it does inspire other inmates 900 00:47:28,545 --> 00:47:31,882 who share his hatred for Jeffrey Dahmer. 901 00:47:33,617 --> 00:47:35,552 In prison, news travels fast. 902 00:47:35,652 --> 00:47:40,257 So the fact that there's a murder attempt on Jeffrey, 903 00:47:40,357 --> 00:47:42,159 it got around. 904 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,963 I had heard that someone had tried to get at him, 905 00:47:46,063 --> 00:47:48,198 but that they weren't successful. 906 00:47:48,298 --> 00:47:51,235 And I said, "Give it time. 907 00:47:51,335 --> 00:47:54,438 "Sooner or later, someone is gonna put an end to 908 00:47:54,538 --> 00:47:57,107 "this monstrous deviant. 909 00:47:57,207 --> 00:47:59,543 It's just inevitable." 910 00:48:01,011 --> 00:48:04,147 [Narrator] She has no idea how right she is. 911 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:07,951 [Alvin] In the shadows and in the background 912 00:48:08,051 --> 00:48:10,420 is Christopher Scarver observing every move 913 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:14,224 and fuming at the evil acts that Dahmer did, 914 00:48:14,324 --> 00:48:17,027 and it made him truly infuriated. 915 00:48:17,127 --> 00:48:20,764 And he started to brew and fantasize about 916 00:48:20,864 --> 00:48:23,800 what he would do if he ever was faced with the ability 917 00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:29,139 to get revenge for the people who Jeffrey Dahmer killed. 918 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:31,575 Since Osvaldo acted first, 919 00:48:31,675 --> 00:48:33,644 he got permission to what he wanted to do. 920 00:48:34,544 --> 00:48:39,349 [Narrator] But Dahmer won't be Scarver's only intended victim. 921 00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:45,289 [Narrator] At the time of Jeffrey Dahmer's arrest 922 00:48:45,389 --> 00:48:48,525 in 1992, the nation's attention is focused on 923 00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:51,528 the grisly details of his murders. 924 00:48:51,628 --> 00:48:54,298 But across town, in northwest Milwaukee, 925 00:48:54,398 --> 00:48:56,700 there's another drama unfolding, 926 00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,771 one that will soon introduce another new character 927 00:49:00,871 --> 00:49:02,572 into Dahmer's orbit. 928 00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:07,044 On April 21, 1992, 929 00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:09,579 Jesse Anderson and his wife, Barbara, 930 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,849 are enjoying a pleasant evening out on the town 931 00:49:12,950 --> 00:49:14,651 with a movie and dinner. 932 00:49:16,086 --> 00:49:18,388 Jesse Anderson, he was a salesperson 933 00:49:18,488 --> 00:49:21,224 for, like, an oil company, getting paid really good money 934 00:49:21,325 --> 00:49:22,793 'cause he was a good salesman. 935 00:49:22,893 --> 00:49:24,528 And Barbara ended up, you know, 936 00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:27,197 just being a stay-at-home mom because they had three kids. 937 00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:29,266 They had two girls and a boy. 938 00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:30,667 [Kayla] People that knew him said 939 00:49:30,767 --> 00:49:33,770 that he was a model guy, really. 940 00:49:33,870 --> 00:49:35,305 He worked hard. 941 00:49:35,405 --> 00:49:37,474 Not only did he go to church, but he would volunteer. 942 00:49:37,574 --> 00:49:40,143 He was active at his children's school. 943 00:49:40,243 --> 00:49:44,014 He just seemed like the perfect family guy. 944 00:49:44,114 --> 00:49:45,649 A couple months before, Jesse and Barbara 945 00:49:45,749 --> 00:49:49,052 actually went on a second honeymoon together to Jamaica. 946 00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:51,922 So the couple seemed like they were connecting, 947 00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:53,323 enjoying each other's company, 948 00:49:53,423 --> 00:49:55,625 and things were going really well. 949 00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,229 [Narrator] But shortly after 10:00 PM that night, 950 00:49:59,329 --> 00:50:03,266 the Andersons' date devolves into chaos. 951 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:05,202 [Kayla] According to Jesse, 952 00:50:05,302 --> 00:50:06,837 once they were leaving the restaurant, 953 00:50:06,937 --> 00:50:10,307 two Black teenagers approached them trying to rob them. 954 00:50:11,908 --> 00:50:13,143 They then attacked Barbara 955 00:50:13,243 --> 00:50:15,579 and started stabbing her multiple times. 956 00:50:17,047 --> 00:50:20,617 And Jesse said he tried to save her and got stabbed as well. 957 00:50:21,651 --> 00:50:23,687 There was a struggle, and he said one of the teenagers 958 00:50:23,787 --> 00:50:28,558 left an LA Clippers hat behind and fleed the scene. 959 00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:30,627 [Nisha] The manager of the restaurant ran outside, 960 00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:34,197 along with another man who happened to be a EMT. 961 00:50:34,297 --> 00:50:37,634 Jesse actually had the knife in his chest. 962 00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:40,604 The police arrive on the scene, and Jesse gives them 963 00:50:40,704 --> 00:50:43,440 the Los Angeles Clippers basketball hat. 964 00:50:47,844 --> 00:50:50,247 [Narrator] Paramedics rush Barbara to the hospital 965 00:50:50,347 --> 00:50:52,049 and directly into surgery 966 00:50:52,149 --> 00:50:55,218 for her more than 20 stab wounds. 967 00:50:55,318 --> 00:50:57,754 But her injuries prove too great. 968 00:50:59,122 --> 00:51:01,425 She dies two days later. 969 00:51:02,225 --> 00:51:04,628 The brutal murder shocks the local community 970 00:51:04,728 --> 00:51:07,731 and sends the media into a frenzy. 971 00:51:07,831 --> 00:51:10,901 This perfect family was just the victim of random violence 972 00:51:11,001 --> 00:51:15,105 committed by young violent Black teens. 973 00:51:15,205 --> 00:51:16,473 The police appealed to the public 974 00:51:16,573 --> 00:51:20,377 to see if anybody was familiar with the LA Clippers hat 975 00:51:20,477 --> 00:51:23,847 or maybe had an idea of who may have committed these crimes. 976 00:51:24,815 --> 00:51:26,583 [Narrator] But investigators have questions 977 00:51:26,683 --> 00:51:29,252 about the attack. 978 00:51:29,352 --> 00:51:32,823 Particularly the disparity between the couple's wounds. 979 00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:35,125 [Nisha] Barbara had been stabbed 21 times 980 00:51:35,225 --> 00:51:36,927 in her head and in her face. 981 00:51:37,027 --> 00:51:39,196 And one of the knife wounds 982 00:51:39,296 --> 00:51:42,132 actually went through to her brain. 983 00:51:42,232 --> 00:51:44,501 All his injuries are superficial. 984 00:51:45,502 --> 00:51:47,070 [Alvin] For Barbara Anderson's wounds 985 00:51:47,170 --> 00:51:48,805 to be so vicious and gruesome, 986 00:51:48,905 --> 00:51:51,875 and for Jesse Anderson's wounds to be so superficial 987 00:51:51,975 --> 00:51:53,710 as the man that, you would assume, 988 00:51:53,810 --> 00:51:54,845 would be the defender 989 00:51:54,945 --> 00:51:56,880 and the one who would put up more of a fight, 990 00:51:56,980 --> 00:51:59,216 raised alarms very quickly. 991 00:52:00,350 --> 00:52:03,053 [Narrator] Then, several days after the attack, 992 00:52:03,153 --> 00:52:05,322 a young man comes forward with a story 993 00:52:05,422 --> 00:52:08,625 that blows the case wide open. 994 00:52:08,725 --> 00:52:11,895 [Nisha] Tommy Myles, who he had saw the hat on the news, 995 00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:14,865 said that he was at the mall 996 00:52:14,965 --> 00:52:16,700 and a man came up to him-- 997 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:18,902 it was a white man, balding, glasses-- 998 00:52:19,002 --> 00:52:22,205 and he was like, "Can I buy that Clippers hat from you?" 999 00:52:22,305 --> 00:52:23,607 He offered $20. 1000 00:52:23,707 --> 00:52:25,408 And at the time, Tommy Myles was happy 1001 00:52:25,509 --> 00:52:28,545 'cause he said he originally bought the hat for $14. 1002 00:52:28,645 --> 00:52:29,980 And then he saw it on the news. 1003 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:33,450 He feels like basically he's implicated in that murder. 1004 00:52:34,384 --> 00:52:35,819 [Narrator] Tommy's description of the man 1005 00:52:35,919 --> 00:52:37,220 who bought the hat from him 1006 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,723 fits Jesse Anderson to a T. 1007 00:52:40,757 --> 00:52:43,393 Things after that start to really unravel. 1008 00:52:43,493 --> 00:52:45,061 Police started to investigate further 1009 00:52:45,162 --> 00:52:47,330 and talk to people close to the couple. 1010 00:52:47,430 --> 00:52:50,934 They learned that there was abuse involved. 1011 00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:52,969 Detectives found notes from Barbara 1012 00:52:53,069 --> 00:52:56,339 that really painted the real picture of family life 1013 00:52:56,439 --> 00:52:59,676 with Jesse, where she details the abuse that she suffered 1014 00:52:59,776 --> 00:53:04,548 and the constant threats of him leaving her and the family. 1015 00:53:04,648 --> 00:53:06,516 I think the nail in the coffin for Jesse 1016 00:53:06,616 --> 00:53:10,954 was when police were able to track the murder weapon 1017 00:53:11,054 --> 00:53:13,156 back to a military surplus store 1018 00:53:13,256 --> 00:53:15,058 that Jesse had actually bought it from 1019 00:53:15,158 --> 00:53:16,626 a few weeks prior. 1020 00:53:16,726 --> 00:53:18,628 They were even able to find the receipt. 1021 00:53:18,728 --> 00:53:20,730 So there's no way that Jesse can deny 1022 00:53:20,830 --> 00:53:23,033 that that knife was attached to him 1023 00:53:23,133 --> 00:53:25,368 and not some random killers. 1024 00:53:27,437 --> 00:53:30,373 [Narrator] Police charge 34-year-old Jesse Anderson 1025 00:53:30,473 --> 00:53:32,409 with first-degree murder. 1026 00:53:32,509 --> 00:53:35,645 The public was furious, and understandably so. 1027 00:53:35,745 --> 00:53:37,480 He's trying to frame two innocent people 1028 00:53:37,581 --> 00:53:40,050 for something that he did. 1029 00:53:41,017 --> 00:53:42,652 [Alvin] I think what Jesse Anderson did is 1030 00:53:42,752 --> 00:53:45,222 one of the more evil things that you could do. 1031 00:53:45,322 --> 00:53:47,490 Things like that is what got Emmett Till killed. 1032 00:53:47,591 --> 00:53:51,361 It's an easy lie with very severe consequences. 1033 00:53:52,429 --> 00:53:55,532 [Narrator] In August 1992, Anderson is convicted 1034 00:53:55,632 --> 00:53:59,536 and sentenced to life without parole for 60 years. 1035 00:53:59,636 --> 00:54:02,172 [Woman] We, the jury, find the defendant, Jesse Anderson, 1036 00:54:02,272 --> 00:54:03,707 guilty of first-degree-- 1037 00:54:03,807 --> 00:54:05,575 [people exclaiming] 1038 00:54:06,209 --> 00:54:07,344 [Narrator] Anderson is sent to 1039 00:54:07,444 --> 00:54:11,181 the Columbia Correctional Institution. 1040 00:54:11,281 --> 00:54:13,316 He finds himself at the same prison 1041 00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:14,651 where Christopher Scarver is, 1042 00:54:14,751 --> 00:54:16,820 and Jeffrey Dahmer is as well. 1043 00:54:17,587 --> 00:54:19,089 [Kayla] And Jesse didn't know it at the time, 1044 00:54:19,189 --> 00:54:20,624 but eventually, he would be linked to 1045 00:54:20,724 --> 00:54:24,628 one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. 1046 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:31,835 [Narrator] For the past two years, 1047 00:54:31,935 --> 00:54:33,970 convicted murderer Christopher Scarver 1048 00:54:34,070 --> 00:54:37,574 has been quietly watching his fellow inmate, Jeffrey Dahmer, 1049 00:54:37,674 --> 00:54:39,376 from across the prison. 1050 00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,679 [Dr Drane] Scarver becomes so obsessed with Jeffrey Dahmer 1051 00:54:42,779 --> 00:54:45,649 because it gives him that sense of direction, 1052 00:54:45,749 --> 00:54:47,217 something to focus on in prison, 1053 00:54:47,317 --> 00:54:49,686 which to the idle mind of your average prisoner 1054 00:54:49,786 --> 00:54:52,622 is more important than oxygen. 1055 00:54:52,722 --> 00:54:54,958 It keeps the social mind engaged. 1056 00:54:55,058 --> 00:54:56,359 It keeps them feeling like 1057 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:57,761 there's a meaning to their life, 1058 00:54:57,861 --> 00:55:00,463 rather than them just being this husk 1059 00:55:00,563 --> 00:55:01,998 rotting away in prison. 1060 00:55:02,098 --> 00:55:03,900 Now I have a sense of direction. 1061 00:55:04,701 --> 00:55:06,303 [Narrator] Many believe Scarver's untreated 1062 00:55:06,403 --> 00:55:08,238 mental health issues are putting him 1063 00:55:08,338 --> 00:55:11,441 in a precarious position. 1064 00:55:11,541 --> 00:55:14,678 Grandiose delusions are relatively common 1065 00:55:14,778 --> 00:55:16,713 within psychotic disorders. 1066 00:55:16,813 --> 00:55:19,816 If you believe that you are special, 1067 00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:23,520 it gives your sense of self a higher purpose. 1068 00:55:23,620 --> 00:55:27,857 This made Dahmer a prime target to Scarver. 1069 00:55:29,726 --> 00:55:32,095 [Narrator] On November 28, 1994, 1070 00:55:32,195 --> 00:55:36,566 Christopher Scarver decides it's time to act. 1071 00:55:36,666 --> 00:55:39,703 [Alvin] Christopher Scarver was serving a life sentence 1072 00:55:39,803 --> 00:55:42,605 for, uh, murdering a boss. 1073 00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:44,574 There was a job promised to him that he didn't get. 1074 00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:47,143 While Jeffrey Dahmer couldn't have cared less about anybody, 1075 00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:50,814 Christopher Scarver had already created this, you know, 1076 00:55:50,914 --> 00:55:53,550 holy cold war in his mind of good versus evil, 1077 00:55:53,650 --> 00:55:57,687 and I'm going to smite this evil person Jeffrey Dahmer. 1078 00:55:59,889 --> 00:56:02,492 [Narrator] That morning, prison officials pair Scarver up 1079 00:56:02,592 --> 00:56:05,395 on a work detail with Jeffrey Dahmer 1080 00:56:05,495 --> 00:56:08,732 and convicted wife killer Jesse Anderson. 1081 00:56:08,832 --> 00:56:10,633 [Alvin] They are tasked with cleaning up 1082 00:56:10,734 --> 00:56:12,702 the gym's locker room, 1083 00:56:12,802 --> 00:56:15,405 and as fate would have it on this day, 1084 00:56:15,505 --> 00:56:21,311 somehow, Jesse, Jeffrey, and Christopher 1085 00:56:21,411 --> 00:56:23,179 are left alone. 1086 00:56:25,215 --> 00:56:27,617 According to Chris, after the guard steps away, 1087 00:56:27,717 --> 00:56:30,887 he's filling up the mop bucket with water. 1088 00:56:30,987 --> 00:56:33,390 And while his back is turned to the two men, 1089 00:56:33,490 --> 00:56:35,592 he feels a poke in his back. 1090 00:56:35,692 --> 00:56:37,994 When he turns around, he sees Jeffrey and Jesse, 1091 00:56:38,094 --> 00:56:40,563 and he said that they had a little bit of a smirk. 1092 00:56:40,663 --> 00:56:42,732 They were kind of giggling under their breaths. 1093 00:56:42,832 --> 00:56:45,135 So he didn't really know which one of them 1094 00:56:45,235 --> 00:56:46,836 actually poked him. 1095 00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:49,606 [Alvin] It infuriated Scarver, 1096 00:56:49,706 --> 00:56:51,641 and he made a decision right then and there 1097 00:56:51,741 --> 00:56:54,043 that this was the moment he was gonna take his vengeance 1098 00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:57,347 upon Jeffrey Dahmer for the actions that he had caused 1099 00:56:57,447 --> 00:56:58,848 in Wisconsin. 1100 00:56:58,948 --> 00:57:03,887 [music] 1101 00:57:03,987 --> 00:57:06,356 [Narrator] The men split up for their cleaning duties. 1102 00:57:06,456 --> 00:57:10,727 [music] 1103 00:57:10,827 --> 00:57:13,096 [Narrator] That's when Scarver makes his move. 1104 00:57:13,196 --> 00:57:16,966 [music] 1105 00:57:17,066 --> 00:57:21,337 [Narrator] He picks up a 20-inch metal exercise bar 1106 00:57:21,438 --> 00:57:23,106 and closes in. 1107 00:57:24,174 --> 00:57:25,809 [Kayla] Scarver decides to follow Jeffrey 1108 00:57:25,909 --> 00:57:27,110 to the staff locker room. 1109 00:57:27,210 --> 00:57:30,113 And when he gets in there, he said he asked Jeffrey 1110 00:57:30,213 --> 00:57:34,050 if he really did the things that the media said that he did. 1111 00:57:35,385 --> 00:57:36,553 [Alvin] Dahmer started to realize 1112 00:57:36,653 --> 00:57:39,389 that he was in some sort of imminent danger 1113 00:57:39,489 --> 00:57:43,059 and he tried to evade Christopher Scarver. 1114 00:57:44,494 --> 00:57:47,363 [Kayla] Christopher blocked him, and that's when he started to 1115 00:57:47,464 --> 00:57:49,432 hit him in the head several times. 1116 00:57:49,532 --> 00:57:55,472 [music] 1117 00:57:55,572 --> 00:57:59,409 [Kayla] After viciously attacking Jeffrey... 1118 00:57:59,509 --> 00:58:02,212 Christopher's not done... 1119 00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:04,547 and decides to walk over to the inmate locker room 1120 00:58:04,647 --> 00:58:06,249 and attack Jesse. 1121 00:58:06,349 --> 00:58:09,886 [music] 1122 00:58:09,986 --> 00:58:12,188 And Christopher does exactly what he did 1123 00:58:12,288 --> 00:58:13,890 to Jeffrey to Jesse. 1124 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:22,699 [music] 1125 00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:26,703 [Narrator] Shortly after, the absent prison guard returns. 1126 00:58:26,803 --> 00:58:30,240 The guard finds both men suffering severely 1127 00:58:30,340 --> 00:58:32,575 from their injuries. 1128 00:58:32,675 --> 00:58:33,776 [Narrator] He calls for help, 1129 00:58:33,877 --> 00:58:35,745 and the gravely injured prisoners 1130 00:58:35,845 --> 00:58:37,714 are rushed to the hospital. 1131 00:58:39,048 --> 00:58:42,352 I was in the office at the newspaper 1132 00:58:42,452 --> 00:58:43,920 when I heard the scanner go off, 1133 00:58:44,020 --> 00:58:46,256 calling for an ambulance out at the prison. 1134 00:58:46,356 --> 00:58:47,457 I was just thinking, you know, 1135 00:58:47,557 --> 00:58:50,059 it's just probably a couple inmates 1136 00:58:50,159 --> 00:58:53,463 got into a fight, but probably something I should check out. 1137 00:58:53,563 --> 00:58:55,231 Just as I got there, 1138 00:58:55,331 --> 00:58:59,569 I saw two ambulances pull out. 1139 00:59:00,737 --> 00:59:02,438 [Narrator] The reporter goes with his gut 1140 00:59:02,539 --> 00:59:05,942 and decides to follow the ambulances to the hospital. 1141 00:59:08,077 --> 00:59:09,979 [Troy] So, I get to the hospital 1142 00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:14,083 and I see, uh, Jim Smith, the sheriff. 1143 00:59:14,918 --> 00:59:17,253 He was like, "I don't think one of these guys 1144 00:59:17,353 --> 00:59:18,721 "is gonna make it. 1145 00:59:18,821 --> 00:59:24,260 And one of them is the most infamous inmate in the prison." 1146 00:59:26,029 --> 00:59:27,931 That's when it really hit me, 1147 00:59:28,031 --> 00:59:30,466 oh my God, it's Jeffrey Dahmer. 1148 00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:35,104 [music] 1149 00:59:35,204 --> 00:59:37,674 [Narrator] Dahmer has multiple skull fractures 1150 00:59:37,774 --> 00:59:40,376 and brain trauma. 1151 00:59:40,476 --> 00:59:42,645 He dies an hour later. 1152 00:59:45,949 --> 00:59:47,984 There were so many ironies in all of this. 1153 00:59:48,084 --> 00:59:51,087 The way in which his first victim had died in Ohio... 1154 00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:59,195 [Narrator] The year is 1978. 1155 00:59:59,295 --> 01:00:00,830 A then 18-year-old Dahmer 1156 01:00:00,930 --> 01:00:03,166 picks up hitchhiker Steven Hicks 1157 01:00:03,266 --> 01:00:05,001 and invites him back to his house 1158 01:00:05,101 --> 01:00:08,538 to drink beer and smoke some weed. 1159 01:00:08,638 --> 01:00:10,273 But the evening takes a turn 1160 01:00:10,373 --> 01:00:13,576 when Jeffrey begins making sexual advances. 1161 01:00:14,344 --> 01:00:15,845 [Savannah] When Steven realized that Jeffrey 1162 01:00:15,945 --> 01:00:17,180 was trying to make a move on him 1163 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,282 and feed him alcohol in order to, you know, 1164 01:00:19,382 --> 01:00:20,683 get into bed with him, 1165 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:23,119 that was not something that Steven was willing to do, 1166 01:00:23,219 --> 01:00:25,188 and that's when he tried to leave. 1167 01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:27,523 And that, in turn, made Jeffrey angry and upset 1168 01:00:27,624 --> 01:00:30,360 because he felt like he was being rejected. 1169 01:00:31,761 --> 01:00:33,029 [Narrator] Dahmer snaps 1170 01:00:33,129 --> 01:00:35,999 and bashes Hicks in the head with a dumbbell. 1171 01:00:40,870 --> 01:00:42,739 Sixteen years later, 1172 01:00:42,839 --> 01:00:45,775 Dahmer is killed nearly the same way, 1173 01:00:45,875 --> 01:00:48,378 as is Jesse Anderson. 1174 01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:51,881 The news spreads like wildfire. 1175 01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:54,150 [Connie Chung] Possibly the most notorious serial killer 1176 01:00:54,250 --> 01:00:58,154 in American history met his brutal end today. 1177 01:00:58,254 --> 01:01:00,657 [Nisha] Everybody on the outside world was shocked. 1178 01:01:00,757 --> 01:01:02,992 Needless to say, most people were happy. 1179 01:01:04,260 --> 01:01:09,132 I knew that it was just a matter of time 1180 01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:12,168 that he would get his own death sentence. 1181 01:01:12,268 --> 01:01:15,738 I know a lot of people rejoiced about it. 1182 01:01:15,838 --> 01:01:17,840 I'm not gonna say I was elated, 1183 01:01:17,940 --> 01:01:20,576 but there was, like, a sense of relief, 1184 01:01:20,677 --> 01:01:24,781 like, okay, it's finally done. 1185 01:01:24,881 --> 01:01:27,784 I think Scarver did what needed to be done. 1186 01:01:27,884 --> 01:01:30,853 I mean, Jeffrey Dahmer had a death wish of his own. 1187 01:01:30,953 --> 01:01:33,489 I just don't think he thought 1188 01:01:33,589 --> 01:01:36,292 it would be as agonizing as it was. 1189 01:01:38,061 --> 01:01:39,395 [Alvin] I don't know how you can hear 1190 01:01:39,495 --> 01:01:40,797 the story of Christopher Scarver 1191 01:01:40,897 --> 01:01:42,465 and not believe in karma, you know? 1192 01:01:42,565 --> 01:01:44,133 It was this serendipitous event 1193 01:01:44,233 --> 01:01:47,336 that put two people on a collision course, 1194 01:01:47,437 --> 01:01:49,972 and I'm not mad at the outcome. 1195 01:01:50,073 --> 01:01:52,475 Sometimes, you know, the universe is always talking. 1196 01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:55,511 [Michael R] This person who had caused 1197 01:01:55,611 --> 01:01:58,915 so much chaos and confusion 1198 01:01:59,015 --> 01:02:01,718 in our city for so long 1199 01:02:01,818 --> 01:02:05,221 was now no longer alive. 1200 01:02:05,321 --> 01:02:07,557 Was I glad that somebody had killed him? 1201 01:02:07,657 --> 01:02:08,558 No. 1202 01:02:08,658 --> 01:02:10,193 What would I get out of that? 1203 01:02:10,293 --> 01:02:13,229 Didn't bring any of those 19 men back that he killed. 1204 01:02:13,329 --> 01:02:18,267 Him being dead wasn't the answer to the problem. 1205 01:02:20,636 --> 01:02:22,805 [Roy] I was at the grocery store with my wife. 1206 01:02:22,905 --> 01:02:27,009 And I got in the car, turned the radio on. 1207 01:02:27,110 --> 01:02:31,514 And they announced that Jeffrey Dahmer had been killed. 1208 01:02:31,614 --> 01:02:33,216 I couldn't hardly believe it. 1209 01:02:35,084 --> 01:02:38,421 [Narrator] But Pastor Ratcliff isn't just surprised. 1210 01:02:38,521 --> 01:02:39,989 He's angry. 1211 01:02:41,124 --> 01:02:42,892 After the attempt on Dahmer's life 1212 01:02:42,992 --> 01:02:45,862 by Osvaldo Durruthy four months earlier, 1213 01:02:45,962 --> 01:02:49,132 prison officials promised to increase security. 1214 01:02:50,566 --> 01:02:52,969 After the July attack, 1215 01:02:53,069 --> 01:02:55,438 the, the chaplain, uh, took me aside and said, 1216 01:02:55,538 --> 01:02:57,473 "We're very embarrassed about what happened. 1217 01:02:57,573 --> 01:02:59,509 "And we're going to great lengths to make sure 1218 01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:01,077 Jeff is always protected." 1219 01:03:01,177 --> 01:03:04,514 So when this murder occurs, I feel betrayed. 1220 01:03:07,016 --> 01:03:09,852 [Narrator] Many raise questions about the attack. 1221 01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:12,021 How could something like this happen 1222 01:03:12,121 --> 01:03:15,057 in a maximum-security prison? 1223 01:03:15,158 --> 01:03:18,494 It's very Epsteinian in the way that it went down. 1224 01:03:18,594 --> 01:03:23,032 It's very sketchy, somebody that high profile dies in your jail. 1225 01:03:23,132 --> 01:03:24,767 There needs to be an explanation 1226 01:03:24,867 --> 01:03:26,536 as to how something like that can happen. 1227 01:03:28,271 --> 01:03:30,139 [Vernell] I thought right away that it was a setup 1228 01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:32,642 because there's no way that you can be 1229 01:03:32,742 --> 01:03:34,510 in a maximum-security prison 1230 01:03:34,610 --> 01:03:37,079 and the guards aren't with you. 1231 01:03:37,180 --> 01:03:41,918 Jeffrey Dahmer was the most hated man in Wisconsin. 1232 01:03:42,018 --> 01:03:44,854 And you had correctional officers 1233 01:03:44,954 --> 01:03:46,923 that were from Milwaukee. 1234 01:03:47,023 --> 01:03:52,195 So for them to arrange for Christopher Scarver 1235 01:03:52,295 --> 01:03:55,865 to be alone with Jeffrey Dahmer, 1236 01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:59,936 knowing what the outcome would be, 1237 01:04:00,036 --> 01:04:02,672 I think that they didn't have a problem 1238 01:04:02,772 --> 01:04:04,273 putting two and two together 1239 01:04:04,373 --> 01:04:08,377 and coming up with what we know now as it happened. 1240 01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:12,181 [Narrator] And the investigation into Dahmer's murder 1241 01:04:12,281 --> 01:04:15,618 will only raise more questions. 1242 01:04:19,622 --> 01:04:22,225 [music] 1243 01:04:22,325 --> 01:04:25,561 [Narrator] Even after Jeffrey Dahmer's murdered in prison, 1244 01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:27,463 he continues making headlines 1245 01:04:27,563 --> 01:04:31,300 when his parents publicly fight over his cremated ashes. 1246 01:04:33,469 --> 01:04:35,204 [Roy] At the time that I met Jeff, 1247 01:04:35,304 --> 01:04:37,707 his mother and father were divorced. 1248 01:04:37,807 --> 01:04:41,110 And Lionel was married to someone else. 1249 01:04:41,210 --> 01:04:44,080 And there was a great bitterness between the two of them, 1250 01:04:44,180 --> 01:04:46,716 which I didn't realize until after Jeff was murdered 1251 01:04:46,816 --> 01:04:50,686 that they would fight over how many ashes each one got. 1252 01:04:51,687 --> 01:04:55,191 [Narrator] Dahmer's parents even fight over their son's brain. 1253 01:04:56,225 --> 01:04:59,028 [Roy] That was a big issue because in Lionel's book, 1254 01:04:59,128 --> 01:05:02,064 he implied that she was taking medication 1255 01:05:02,164 --> 01:05:03,766 while she was pregnant was Jeff. 1256 01:05:03,866 --> 01:05:06,202 he thought that affected Jeff's brain 1257 01:05:06,302 --> 01:05:08,204 that made him into the killer that she was. 1258 01:05:08,304 --> 01:05:11,674 She was rejecting that. 1259 01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:14,410 So much bitterness between the husband and wife. 1260 01:05:18,247 --> 01:05:19,448 [Narrator] But Dahmer's parents 1261 01:05:19,548 --> 01:05:22,618 aren't the only ones stirring up controversy. 1262 01:05:22,718 --> 01:05:25,254 Their son's murder while in maximum security 1263 01:05:25,354 --> 01:05:28,691 raises myriad unanswered questions. 1264 01:05:28,791 --> 01:05:32,328 We're not just talking about any regular old inmate, right? 1265 01:05:32,428 --> 01:05:34,597 We're talking about Jeffrey Dahmer. 1266 01:05:34,697 --> 01:05:37,099 So the fact that he was murdered in prison 1267 01:05:37,199 --> 01:05:39,635 when he was supposed to be under supervision, 1268 01:05:39,735 --> 01:05:42,738 the conspiracy theories started popping up left and right. 1269 01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:45,408 [Alvin] There are some people who believe 1270 01:05:45,508 --> 01:05:49,312 that the guards were sick of Jeffrey Dahmer themselves 1271 01:05:49,412 --> 01:05:53,049 and walked away just to see what might happen. 1272 01:05:54,016 --> 01:05:55,251 There are other theories that 1273 01:05:55,351 --> 01:05:57,119 maybe there was money that was paid 1274 01:05:57,219 --> 01:06:00,323 to make these guards happen to step away to the bathroom 1275 01:06:00,423 --> 01:06:03,960 for an extended amount of time. 1276 01:06:04,060 --> 01:06:07,964 Leaving inmates unsupervised is a no-no. 1277 01:06:08,064 --> 01:06:09,799 That's why they hire correction officers, 1278 01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:12,535 so inmates are always supervised. 1279 01:06:12,635 --> 01:06:15,671 Even if they're using the bathroom. 1280 01:06:15,771 --> 01:06:18,174 Even if they're in the shower. 1281 01:06:18,274 --> 01:06:20,743 They're not supposed to be alone. 1282 01:06:23,312 --> 01:06:25,381 [Narrator] Authorities charge Christopher Scarver 1283 01:06:25,481 --> 01:06:27,583 with two counts of first-degree murder 1284 01:06:27,683 --> 01:06:30,619 for killing Dahmer and Jesse Anderson. 1285 01:06:31,754 --> 01:06:32,989 But at his arraignment, 1286 01:06:33,089 --> 01:06:36,325 Scarver provides few clues to his motives. 1287 01:06:45,601 --> 01:06:48,204 [Troy] Sheriff's deputies had him out in the hallway. 1288 01:06:48,304 --> 01:06:51,474 And I thought, "This is just so bizarre." 1289 01:06:51,574 --> 01:06:56,078 It was really strange, unexpected response. 1290 01:06:57,646 --> 01:06:59,782 [Narrator] Vernell Bass, who once lived next door 1291 01:06:59,882 --> 01:07:01,017 to Jeffrey Dahmer, 1292 01:07:01,117 --> 01:07:03,419 also served time with Christopher Scarver 1293 01:07:03,519 --> 01:07:06,589 and remembers his unusual behavior. 1294 01:07:07,390 --> 01:07:09,925 [Vernell] I did meet him while I was in prison. 1295 01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:13,162 And he was someone to be avoided. 1296 01:07:13,262 --> 01:07:15,197 It was as if, though, the lights were on, 1297 01:07:15,297 --> 01:07:17,066 but no one was home. 1298 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:20,036 He don't make his bed up, don't wash his face, 1299 01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:23,339 don't brush his teeth, none of that. 1300 01:07:23,439 --> 01:07:28,277 That's a sign of someone whose mind is not correct. 1301 01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:33,049 Christopher Scarver, in my opinion, 1302 01:07:33,149 --> 01:07:36,819 needed to be somewhere where he could get help 1303 01:07:36,919 --> 01:07:39,255 for the criminally insane. 1304 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:48,130 [Narrator] In an attempt to put the conspiracy rumors to rest, 1305 01:07:48,230 --> 01:07:50,232 the Wisconsin Department of Corrections 1306 01:07:50,332 --> 01:07:53,769 appoints a panel to investigate Dahmer's murder. 1307 01:07:53,869 --> 01:07:57,840 One member of that panel is Dahmer's former attorney, 1308 01:07:57,940 --> 01:07:59,642 Gerald Boyle. 1309 01:08:00,743 --> 01:08:04,547 [Gerald] I was obviously honored and delighted to get the call, 1310 01:08:04,647 --> 01:08:07,183 'cause I thought maybe I could be of some help. 1311 01:08:08,484 --> 01:08:09,685 [Narrator] Several members of the panel 1312 01:08:09,785 --> 01:08:12,288 decide to personally interview Scarver, 1313 01:08:12,388 --> 01:08:14,256 who was being housed in conditions 1314 01:08:14,356 --> 01:08:16,492 straight out of a horror movie. 1315 01:08:17,726 --> 01:08:19,762 [Gerald] We go over to the prison, 1316 01:08:19,862 --> 01:08:25,768 and we were in a room like in the movie Silence of the Lambs. 1317 01:08:25,868 --> 01:08:27,736 He's in his cage. 1318 01:08:27,837 --> 01:08:30,005 We're all around the cage. 1319 01:08:30,106 --> 01:08:32,074 We're in a cage too. 1320 01:08:32,174 --> 01:08:33,709 So it's like a cage within a cage. 1321 01:08:33,809 --> 01:08:39,348 And we sit there, and suddenly, the gate opens up 1322 01:08:39,448 --> 01:08:41,617 and Scarver comes in. 1323 01:08:43,786 --> 01:08:46,088 I said, "Mr. Scarver, 1324 01:08:46,188 --> 01:08:48,324 "there are many people who are saying 1325 01:08:48,424 --> 01:08:53,863 "and thinking that you're doing what you did to Jeffrey Dahmer 1326 01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:56,165 was racially motivated." 1327 01:08:57,333 --> 01:08:59,835 Scarver told me the following. 1328 01:09:00,736 --> 01:09:04,473 "I didn't kill him because he was white. 1329 01:09:04,573 --> 01:09:07,576 "I killed him because I did not feel 1330 01:09:07,676 --> 01:09:10,746 that he had the right to be called a murderer." 1331 01:09:12,781 --> 01:09:15,718 I mean, if that isn't crazy in and of itself. 1332 01:09:17,353 --> 01:09:18,654 [Narrator] The panel ultimately concludes 1333 01:09:18,754 --> 01:09:22,625 there was no conspiracy to kill Jeffrey Dahmer. 1334 01:09:22,725 --> 01:09:25,794 One guard had stepped away to make a personal phone call 1335 01:09:25,895 --> 01:09:28,797 while another had gone to the kitchen. 1336 01:09:30,566 --> 01:09:31,901 [Kayla] When the investigation was concluded, 1337 01:09:32,001 --> 01:09:35,504 they decided that Christopher did indeed act alone, 1338 01:09:35,604 --> 01:09:38,007 and that the guards, yes, they were negligent, 1339 01:09:38,107 --> 01:09:42,878 but there was no premeditation behind what happened. 1340 01:09:44,013 --> 01:09:45,548 [Alvin] The guard that was on duty at the time 1341 01:09:45,648 --> 01:09:47,616 was suspended for a few months. 1342 01:09:47,716 --> 01:09:49,552 Everybody was, like, slapped on the wrist. 1343 01:09:49,652 --> 01:09:51,086 And then the world went back to how it was 1344 01:09:51,187 --> 01:09:53,889 because you can't fire somebody for Jeffrey Dahmer dying. 1345 01:09:58,894 --> 01:09:59,929 [Narrator] At his trial, 1346 01:10:00,029 --> 01:10:02,865 Christopher Scarver once again pleads insanity, 1347 01:10:02,965 --> 01:10:07,203 claiming he was told by God to kill Dahmer and Anderson. 1348 01:10:07,303 --> 01:10:11,273 And once again, a jury deems him competent. 1349 01:10:13,309 --> 01:10:14,476 [Kayla] Eventually, he pled no contest 1350 01:10:14,577 --> 01:10:16,879 and he was found guilty of both charges 1351 01:10:16,979 --> 01:10:19,949 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. 1352 01:10:21,383 --> 01:10:23,352 He was sent to solitary confinement, 1353 01:10:23,452 --> 01:10:26,655 and he spent over 10 years in solitary confinement. 1354 01:10:26,755 --> 01:10:29,925 He was hopped around to different institutions 1355 01:10:30,025 --> 01:10:33,729 for a while because basically, no one wanted to deal with him. 1356 01:10:33,829 --> 01:10:36,065 Their main excuse was, "We don't have the resources 1357 01:10:36,165 --> 01:10:37,299 to house someone like this." 1358 01:10:37,399 --> 01:10:39,034 But in actuality, I really think 1359 01:10:39,134 --> 01:10:41,337 they just didn't want the headache. 1360 01:10:42,871 --> 01:10:46,108 [Narrator] While authorities try hiding Scarver away, 1361 01:10:46,208 --> 01:10:48,644 they can't stop him from talking. 1362 01:10:48,744 --> 01:10:52,381 And decades after killing America's biggest bogeyman, 1363 01:10:52,481 --> 01:10:55,417 he's now ready to confess why he did it 1364 01:10:55,517 --> 01:10:57,987 and how he pulled it off. 1365 01:11:03,325 --> 01:11:04,627 [Narrator] In 2015, 1366 01:11:04,727 --> 01:11:08,163 more than 20 years after he murdered Dahmer, 1367 01:11:08,264 --> 01:11:12,801 Christopher Scarver grants an interview to the New York Post 1368 01:11:12,901 --> 01:11:17,506 and reignites the debate over the Milwaukee Cannibal's death. 1369 01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:19,341 Christopher Scarver insinuated 1370 01:11:19,441 --> 01:11:22,645 that the guards left him alone on purpose 1371 01:11:22,745 --> 01:11:25,347 so that he would kill Jeffrey Dahmer. 1372 01:11:26,882 --> 01:11:28,484 [Nisha] The way he's saying it is, 1373 01:11:28,584 --> 01:11:32,454 did the guards tell him to do it and kind of turn a blind eye? 1374 01:11:32,554 --> 01:11:35,424 [Narrator] But Scarver's admissions don't end there. 1375 01:11:35,524 --> 01:11:38,394 In the interview, he also provides a new motive 1376 01:11:38,494 --> 01:11:40,229 for why he killed Dahmer. 1377 01:11:40,996 --> 01:11:44,433 He claims Dahmer taunted inmates in the mess hall 1378 01:11:44,533 --> 01:11:46,869 by playing with his food. 1379 01:11:46,969 --> 01:11:49,505 He would shape his food into body parts 1380 01:11:49,605 --> 01:11:53,542 and then use ketchup to act like they had been dismembered 1381 01:11:53,642 --> 01:11:56,645 or to imitate a death. 1382 01:11:58,147 --> 01:12:00,482 [Alvin] Almost like thumbing his nose at people, 1383 01:12:00,582 --> 01:12:02,951 as like, yeah, I am the guy that eats people. 1384 01:12:04,553 --> 01:12:06,889 [Narrator] Is this what pushed Christopher Scarver 1385 01:12:06,989 --> 01:12:09,124 over the edge? 1386 01:12:09,224 --> 01:12:11,493 Some have doubts. 1387 01:12:12,861 --> 01:12:14,296 [Gerald] I just don't believe it, 1388 01:12:14,396 --> 01:12:16,632 'cause that certainly wasn't the Dahmer I knew 1389 01:12:16,732 --> 01:12:18,100 if he changed the way he was, 1390 01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:21,904 but I just don't remember him ever acting like that. 1391 01:12:24,506 --> 01:12:25,708 [Roy] I got the impression that he thought 1392 01:12:25,808 --> 01:12:27,509 he got along well with everyone. 1393 01:12:27,609 --> 01:12:28,977 When I'd ask him that, he'd say, 1394 01:12:29,078 --> 01:12:30,145 "Oh, I get along fine. 1395 01:12:30,245 --> 01:12:32,781 I don't have a problem with anybody." 1396 01:12:34,750 --> 01:12:38,087 [Narrator] Why, then, did Scarver kill Jeffrey Dahmer? 1397 01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:41,890 Despite his claims that race was not a factor, 1398 01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:43,726 some don't believe it. 1399 01:12:45,461 --> 01:12:47,896 I can't really think of another reason. 1400 01:12:47,996 --> 01:12:51,100 Jeffrey targeted men of color that he killed. 1401 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:54,803 And Jesse Anderson tried to blame two men of color 1402 01:12:54,903 --> 01:12:57,940 for something that he did that was awful. 1403 01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:00,676 That was what connected the two of them. 1404 01:13:02,311 --> 01:13:05,614 [Narrator] Still, others posit a different motivation. 1405 01:13:07,549 --> 01:13:10,219 I think the main reason Scarver killed Jeffrey Dahmer 1406 01:13:10,319 --> 01:13:12,921 was pretty much due to mental illness. 1407 01:13:13,021 --> 01:13:18,293 It was a schizophrenic reaction to voices in your head 1408 01:13:18,394 --> 01:13:21,296 that are telling you that you have a higher purpose, 1409 01:13:21,397 --> 01:13:22,531 that you have a calling, 1410 01:13:22,631 --> 01:13:24,666 that if you take this guy out, 1411 01:13:24,767 --> 01:13:26,201 somehow you will be saved, 1412 01:13:26,301 --> 01:13:29,138 somehow you will be better. 1413 01:13:29,238 --> 01:13:34,143 Our concept of mental illness and its impact in 1994 1414 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:35,744 was not what it is now. 1415 01:13:35,844 --> 01:13:38,680 Scarver was likely very undertreated 1416 01:13:38,781 --> 01:13:40,482 for his mental illness. 1417 01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:42,651 Had he been properly medicated, 1418 01:13:42,751 --> 01:13:44,453 getting the right kind of therapy 1419 01:13:44,553 --> 01:13:45,754 and the right kind of support, 1420 01:13:45,854 --> 01:13:48,190 this may never have even took place. 1421 01:13:51,126 --> 01:13:53,095 [Narrator] Whatever Scarver's motive, 1422 01:13:53,195 --> 01:13:57,800 there's no denying some view him as a hero. 1423 01:13:57,900 --> 01:13:59,435 He did bring karma down on Dahmer, 1424 01:13:59,535 --> 01:14:01,737 but how can we call him a hero 1425 01:14:01,837 --> 01:14:04,873 if we gotta look at his crime too? 1426 01:14:06,742 --> 01:14:08,777 [Kayla] There's, like, this corner of the internet now 1427 01:14:08,877 --> 01:14:13,215 that is honestly creating some type of fan club for Chris. 1428 01:14:13,315 --> 01:14:16,785 Like, they're giving him this new, new level of fame 1429 01:14:16,885 --> 01:14:20,289 that he never really had when the murders first happened 1430 01:14:20,389 --> 01:14:22,124 almost 30 years ago. 1431 01:14:23,759 --> 01:14:26,962 [Troy] The public perception of Scarver 1432 01:14:27,062 --> 01:14:29,531 was that he was the good guy here, 1433 01:14:29,631 --> 01:14:32,734 that he saved the taxpayers a lot of money. 1434 01:14:34,736 --> 01:14:37,139 [Narrator] But was justice served? 1435 01:14:38,574 --> 01:14:41,543 [Kayla] I think because Jeffrey was a white man 1436 01:14:41,643 --> 01:14:43,178 who killed men of color, 1437 01:14:43,278 --> 01:14:45,614 and the fact that he was killed by another man of color, 1438 01:14:45,714 --> 01:14:47,950 I think it's kind of like a sense of justice. 1439 01:14:48,050 --> 01:14:49,618 It's not a good thing, but I feel like 1440 01:14:49,718 --> 01:14:51,386 people are finding joy... 1441 01:14:51,487 --> 01:14:53,922 joy in that. 1442 01:14:54,022 --> 01:14:57,226 [Dr Berlin] Some people just feel that vengeance is justice. 1443 01:14:57,326 --> 01:15:00,095 Personally, I can't find a justification for that. 1444 01:15:01,396 --> 01:15:04,933 [Vernell] It made me sad because 1445 01:15:05,033 --> 01:15:07,202 somewhere... 1446 01:15:07,302 --> 01:15:10,339 someone loved that man. 1447 01:15:10,439 --> 01:15:12,508 And that person right now 1448 01:15:12,608 --> 01:15:15,377 finding out that, that their loved one 1449 01:15:15,477 --> 01:15:17,646 had been killed in prison, 1450 01:15:17,746 --> 01:15:20,849 they are suffering 1451 01:15:20,949 --> 01:15:26,221 the same as his victims' families suffered. 1452 01:15:29,258 --> 01:15:34,363 [Michael R] It wasn't Mr. Scarver's responsibility 1453 01:15:34,463 --> 01:15:36,899 to end his life. 1454 01:15:36,999 --> 01:15:39,501 Nor was it Jeffrey's responsibility 1455 01:15:39,601 --> 01:15:42,371 to end those 19 lives that he did. 1456 01:15:42,471 --> 01:15:44,773 But as my grandmother used to say, 1457 01:15:44,873 --> 01:15:46,975 two wrongs don't make a right. 1458 01:15:48,277 --> 01:15:50,112 [Alvin] Christopher Scarver kind of represents 1459 01:15:50,212 --> 01:15:53,615 this taking care of the thing that nobody could do, 1460 01:15:53,715 --> 01:15:56,485 stepping up and vanquishing evil. 1461 01:15:56,585 --> 01:16:03,525 [music] 1462 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:05,894 Scarver said that he has no remorse 1463 01:16:05,994 --> 01:16:07,229 for what he's done to Dahmer. 1464 01:16:07,329 --> 01:16:11,233 He feels Dahmer deserved it, and I agree with him. 1465 01:16:14,403 --> 01:16:19,007 I believe that the good Lord knows all his transgressions 1466 01:16:19,107 --> 01:16:22,711 and he's finally facing some sort of justice, 1467 01:16:22,811 --> 01:16:24,179 is how I feel. 1468 01:16:26,081 --> 01:16:28,417 [Roy] God says, "I want you to forgive as I forgive." 1469 01:16:28,584 --> 01:16:29,952 But we don't do that. 1470 01:16:30,052 --> 01:16:33,021 We want to do the justice part because that's more fun for us. 1471 01:16:33,121 --> 01:16:45,167 [music] 1472 01:16:55,277 --> 01:17:07,322 [music] 1473 01:18:16,024 --> 01:18:27,869 [music] 1474 01:18:28,236 --> 01:18:29,638 You look out throughout time and culture, 1475 01:18:29,738 --> 01:18:32,340 we've always had some villain 1476 01:18:32,441 --> 01:18:35,811 that shocks and captivates our attention. 1477 01:18:35,977 --> 01:18:37,679 Whether it's Jack the Ripper, 1478 01:18:37,779 --> 01:18:40,382 or Richard Ramirez or Jeffrey Dahmer, 1479 01:18:40,649 --> 01:18:43,118 society has always and will always 1480 01:18:43,418 --> 01:18:46,655 have that boogeyman that they are attracted to 1481 01:18:46,822 --> 01:18:49,191 and repulsed by simultaneously. 1482 01:18:50,959 --> 01:18:52,394 [Kayla] I think the next generation 1483 01:18:52,494 --> 01:18:55,664 is more interested in what happened with Jeffrey 1484 01:18:55,764 --> 01:18:59,534 because, honestly, it's the shock value. 1485 01:18:59,634 --> 01:19:00,836 Right? 1486 01:19:00,936 --> 01:19:03,605 A lot of people are interested in the worst parts 1487 01:19:03,705 --> 01:19:05,073 of being a human being, 1488 01:19:05,173 --> 01:19:07,743 and Jeffery is one of the worst depictions 1489 01:19:07,843 --> 01:19:09,311 that we've ever seen. 1490 01:19:10,512 --> 01:19:13,315 [Nancy] Jeffrey Dahmer thought, "I'll kill someone, 1491 01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:14,716 and I'll feel better. 1492 01:19:15,050 --> 01:19:17,719 I'll dismember them, and I'll feel better." 1493 01:19:17,986 --> 01:19:19,988 Then he thought, "That didn't work." 1494 01:19:20,122 --> 01:19:22,357 So, he would have sex with the corpse. 1495 01:19:22,457 --> 01:19:26,328 It just kept getting worse and worse and worse. 1496 01:19:29,131 --> 01:19:31,266 I don't think there's any more of a headline grabber 1497 01:19:31,366 --> 01:19:32,801 than "cannibal". 1498 01:19:33,268 --> 01:19:35,771 You know, it, it just puts you in a different category, 1499 01:19:35,937 --> 01:19:38,874 and that became part of Jeffery Dahmer's story. 1500 01:19:38,974 --> 01:19:42,144 I think it made him immortally infamous. 1501 01:19:43,345 --> 01:19:46,314 [Mike K] Some people live good lives, 1502 01:19:47,015 --> 01:19:50,752 and become successful and raise families, 1503 01:19:50,852 --> 01:19:54,089 and other people become Jeff Dahmer... 1504 01:19:55,123 --> 01:19:58,593 And go down a road of no return. 1505 01:19:58,693 --> 01:20:02,130 [music] 1506 01:20:02,230 --> 01:20:04,599 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh