A Father's Story

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Behind every serial killer, there’s the family that raised them. For Jeffrey Dahmer — who gruesomely killed 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991 — that family was his father, Lionel Dahmer, and his mother, Joyce. Born on July 29, 1936, in West Allis, Wisconsin, Lionel Dahmer spent most of his life in peaceful obscurity. He was a chemist by trade and, as Women’s Health reports, later returned to school to get a master’s degree and a Ph.D.

On July 23 1991 Lionel Dahmer discovered his son, Jeffrey Dahmer, was a serial killer but where is he now? His character features in the first episode of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and it turns out Lionel is still alive today.

Did Lionel visit Jeffrey Dahmer in prison?

When I find out that Jeff was murdered, it was just devastating,” he said, according to TODAY. “It affected me very gravely.” He received his primary education and secondary education at local Wisconsin schools and enjoyed a relatively good childhood.

Dahmer, Lionel Herbert (1994). A Father's Story. William Morrow and Company Inc. p.50. ISBN 978-0688121563. Lennon, Mads (October 25, 2022). "Jeffrey Dahmer's father Lionel is reportedly considering suing Netflix (here's why)". Netflix Life . Retrieved September 19, 2023. Dahmer, Lionel Herbert (1994). A Father's Story. William Morrow and Company Inc. p.35. ISBN 978-0688121563. Jeffrey Dahmer's dad is thinking about suing Netflix for glamorising his son's grisly murders | indy100". www.indy100.com . Retrieved September 19, 2023.Lionel Herbert Dahmer ( / ˈ d ɑː m ər/; born July 29, 1936) is an American retired research chemist and father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. In 1994, he wrote A Father's Story, a non-fictional account on his son Jeffrey Dahmer's upbringing, subsequent progress to become a world-wide known serial killer and its aftermath. [1] Lionel's figure has been controversial in the subsequent years since his son's crimes, as both he and his former wife have been accused of neglecting Dahmer during his childhood. Since then, Lionel Dahmer has largely stayed out of the spotlight. Aside from battling with his ex-wife over Jeffrey’s remains, which he wanted to be cremated and she wanted to be studied (Lionel won), Lionel has kept to himself. In any event, we never really came to terms with the conflicts of that first year. Because of that, I think that this first troubled experience laid the foundation for a longer, and even more troubled, marriage. In some sense, our relationship never recovered from the damage done to it at this early stage, never really improved. [4] Dahmer, Lionel Herbert (1994). A Father's Story. William Morrow and Company Inc. p.61. ISBN 978-0688121563. Jeffrey Dahmer's Dad Is Reportedly Not Pleased With The Netflix Show". Women's Health. October 24, 2022 . Retrieved September 19, 2023.