Quotes by Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer who committed the murder of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. In November 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher Scarver, a fellow inmate.

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I think in some way I wanted it to end, even if it meant my own destruction.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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It's hard for me to believe that a human being could have done what I've done, but I know that I did it.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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If I was killed in prison. That would be a blessing right now.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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I don't even know if I have the capacity for normal emotions or not because I haven't cried for a long time. You just stifle them for so long that maybe you lose them.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then - then what's the point of trying to modify your behaviour to keep it within acceptable ranges?

Jeffrey Dahmer, November 1994
 
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The killing was a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn't enjoy doing that. That's why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid in the drill, but it never worked. I just wanted to have the person under my complete control, not having to consider their wishes, being able to keep them there as long as I wanted.

Jeffrey Dahmer, November 1994
 
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I had these obsessive desires and thoughts wanting to control them, to - I don't know how to put it - possess them permanently.

Jeffrey Dahmer, 1993, Inside Edition Interview
 
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To this day I don't know what started it. The person to blame is sitting right across from you. It's the only person. Not parents, not society, not p-rnography. I mean, those are just excuses.

Jeffrey Dahmer, 1993, Inside Edition Interview
 
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It's a process, it doesn't happen overnight, when you depersonalize another person and view them as just an object. An object for pleasure and not a living breathing human being. It seems to make it easier to do things you shouldn't do.

Jeffrey Dahmer, 1993, Inside Edition Interview
 
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Yes, I always had that sense it was wrong. I don't think anybody can kill somebody and think that it's right.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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I could completely control a person - a person that I found physically attractive, and keep them with me as long as possible, even if it meant just keeping a part of them.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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Your honor, it is over now. This has never been a case of trying to get free. I didn't ever want freedom. Frankly, I wanted death for myself. This was a case to tell the world that I did what I did not for reasons of hate, I hated no one. I know I was sick or evil, or both. Now I believe I was sick. The doctors have told me about my sickness and now I have some peace.

Jeffrey Dahmer, February 1992, closing statement after trial
 
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Looking back on my life, I know I have made others suffer as much as I have suffered.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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When I was a little kid, I was just like anybody else.

Jeffrey Dahmer
 
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