Monstrous Appetites:
The Life and Crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer
Dahmer's Childhood Home 1966 - July 1979
THEN
Dahmer lived here with his parents, Lionel and Joyce, and his younger brother, David.
During his childhood, Dahmer purportedly nurtured a peculiar obsession with animal bones, which gradually escalated into him actively amassing collections of them as he grew older.
As a teenager, he began drinking heavily and fantasizing about being with men. His initial endeavor to enact these fantasies resulted in disappointment. He had planned to attack a male jogger that frequently jogged by his house. That day, the jogger decided not to run. During this period, his parents' marriage was steadily falling apart, and they soon divorced.
Dahmer's first victim was murdered at this address in June 1978. At the time, he was staying at the house by himself because his mother and brother were living with relatives in Wisconsin.
NOW
On June 18th, 1978, Dahmer saw 18-year-old Steven Mark Hicks hitchhiking at the side of the road and decided to pick him up. After luring Hicks back to Bath Road by promising him free alcohol, he eventually attacked him with a dumbbell and then strangled him to death.
This attack occurred after several hours of drinking, at a point when Hicks expressed his desire to leave.
Following the murder, Dahmer dismembered his victim's body in the basement before burying it in the wooded area at the back of his house.
A few weeks later, he dug up the remains and removed all of the flesh from the bones. After dissolving the flesh in acid and pouring it down the drain, he ground Hicks' bones up into dust and then scattered them in his backyard. (Credit to oddstops for this information)
Location: 4480 West Bath Road in Akron, Ohio
The Prelude: Dahmer's Initial Victim
Steven Mark “Steve” Hicks
BIRTH 22 Jun 1959
DEATH 18 Jun 1978 (aged 18)
BURIAL Greensburg Cemetery
Green, Summit County, Ohio, USA
PLOT Section: D, Lot: 110, between Graves 1 and 2
Jeffrey Dahmer's GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE: 1981-1990
THEN
In December 1981, Jeffrey was sent to live with his grandmother in West Allis.
At the time, his family felt that he was drinking too much and that he needed a fresh start someplace else.
He took 3 lives while living at this location.
NOW
He continued to live here until 1990, when he moved to the Oxford Apartments.
Between 1988 and 1989, Dahmer murdered three victims at his grandmother's house. He also used the cellar to dismember the remains of Steven Tuomi, whom he had beaten to death at the Ambassador Hotel.
Location: 2357 S 57th St, Milwaukee, WI 53219
Club 219: Dahmer's Lair of Shadows
This spot used to be the site of the 219 Club.
On the evening of September 15th, 1987, Dahmer encountered Steven Tuomi at the 219 Club. Following some drinks and conversation, he extended an invitation to the 24-year-old to accompany him back to his hotel room.
Location: 219 South 2nd Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Dahmer's Terror: The Ambassador Hotel
After luring Steven Tuomi to the Ambassador Hotel, drugged him, and then battered him to death while he slept.
Following the murder, he put Tuomi's body in a suitcase and brought it back to 2357 S 57th St, where he spent two hours dismembering it and breaking the bones down into smaller pieces.
Location: 2308 West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
219 Nightmares: Dahmer's Dark Domain
In May 1991, Dahmer encountered Tony Hughes at the bar as well. Being deaf, Dahmer communicated with him through writing, offering him $50 to return to his apartment and pose for photographs.
At the Oxford Apartments, Dahmer drugged him, strangled him to death, and dismembered his body.
Dahmer's Dark Encounters at La Cage Aux Folles
This is the bar where serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer picked up 24-year-old Anthony Sears. It is situated at 801 South 2nd Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
On March 25th, 1989, Dahmer encountered Sears outside this establishment and subsequently enticed him to accompany him back to his grandmother's house in West Allis. That night, Dahmer drugged him, strangled him to death, and dismembered his body. He also went through the effort of preserving his skull and genitals.
The Phoenix Bar: Den of Deception and Death
On March 24th, 1988, Dahmer met Guerrero at the bar and offered to pay him money if he agreed to pose for photographs. After bringing Guerrero back to his grandmother's house in West Allis, Dahmer proceeded to drug him with sleeping pills and strangle him to death. Shortly afterwards, he dismembered his remains and disposed of them in the garbage.
Two years later, in June 1990, Dahmer met another victim named Edward Smith at The Phoenix. After luring Smith back to his apartment with the promise of money, Dahmer drugged him and strangled him. Although he initially tried to preserve Smith's remains, he eventually decided to throw them into a vat full of acid after they started falling apart.
Ambrosia Chocolate Factory
While serving a one-year jail term for sexual assault, Dahmer allegedly stored Sears' body parts in a locker at his workplace factory.
In May 1990, he relocated from his grandmother's house to the Oxford Apartments. During the move, he opted to transport Sears' remains along with him.
Upon Dahmer's arrest by authorities in July 1991, they discovered the missing man's skull in his closet, reportedly painted gray according to police reports. Shortly thereafter, the coroner's office successfully identified the remains using dental records.
Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment: May 1990 - July 1991
THEN
The Oxford Apartments building was situated on North 25th Street in Milwaukee.
Between May 1990 and July 1991, Dahmer murdered and dismembered twelve men at this location.
Dahmer took 12 lives at this apartment.
NOW
This is the location where Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building once stood.
The building was razed to the ground in 1992 after his shocking crimes came to light. These days, it is an empty lot.
EXPLORING HIS APARTMENT on 25th street
Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment, situated in the Oxford Apartments complex in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, became the epicenter of his grisly crimes. Within its unassuming walls, Dahmer perpetrated some of the most heinous acts imaginable. It was here that he lured his victims under false pretenses, promising them money or other incentives.
Once inside, the apartment transformed into a chamber of horrors, where Dahmer carried out his depraved fantasies. Scenes of unspeakable violence unfolded within its confines as he drugged, assaulted, and murdered his victims.
After their deaths, he would dismember their bodies, retaining gruesome trophies and disposing of the remains. The apartment, once innocuous, became synonymous with terror and evil, forever stained by the atrocities committed within its rooms.
Remembering the 12 Lost Souls
- Raymond Lamont Smith
- Edward Warren Smith
- Ernest Marquez Miller
- David Courtney Thomas
- Curtis Durrell Straughter
- Errol Lindsey
- Tony Anthony Hughes
- Konerak Sinthasomphone
- Matt Cleveland Turner
- Jeremiah Benjamin Weinberger
- Oliver Joseph Lacy
- Joseph Arthur Bradehoft