Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism: The Serial Killer Books, Book 1

Florida author Jack Rosewood inherited his fascination for heinous crimes from his father, a journalist covering major grim crimes, e.g. Ted Bundy. He is fascinated with serial killers – their development psychologically, their preparation for their life of crime, and the details of how they made their bloody black marks on the world. The movie star handsome Rosewood lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife and two children.Jack’s writing style completely captures the essence of the serial killers he studies. His astute studies of the various serial killers about whom he is providing biographies is not only fascinating reading material, but also a probing investigation of the psychopathology of serial killers. And this statement has never been more pertinent than in referring to this book JEFFREY DAHMER: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder and Cannibalism. Having read almost all of Jack’s books, this newest biography cum psychological investigation is Jack’s finest to date – not only in the manner in which he ha researched the case but also in the terse and descriptive prose with which he delivers it.As Jack states in his chapter on the legacy of this serial killer, ‘In the 1980s, interest in the serial killer phenomenon entered the mainstream media, and knowledge of the deeds of these nefarious individuals became more commonplace. By the 1990s, the interest continued until cable television documentaries, non-fiction books, fictionalized film accounts, and websites dedicated to various serial killers, became ubiquitous in modern society. But few serial killers have garnered more attention than Jeffrey Dahmer. A number of reasons factor into Dahmer’s continued “popularity” in contemporary society. As mentioned in the introduction of this book, the depraved “experiments” that Dahmer conducted on his victims, along with his other acts of post-mortem defilement of corpses, certainly continues to shock people. Few serial killers have done such repugnant acts to their victim’s bodies. Truly, Dahmer’s despicable acts are the kind only appearing in the most twisted of horror movies. It is as if his entire killing sprees were taken from a Hollywood script.How did this young man maintain his obsession so long? ‘Dahmer had used a combination of his charisma, intelligence, and articulate nature to avoid capture. Dahmer quickly realized that most people were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, and that he could use that to evade capture and kill more young men.’ We discover the details of his 17 heinous crimes - ‘To Dahmer, just having sex with other men was not enough. He needed to have complete control over the men whom he found attractive. When he realized that just having sex with men did not satisfy his urges, he resorted to drugging men so that he could have totally submissive and pliant sexual partners. “When that wasn’t enough, buying sleeping pills and using it on various guys in the bath clubs,” noted Dahmer on his sadistic evolution. “It just escalated, slowly but surely.” The bathhouses in particular, were where Dahmer first experimented with his sleep inducing concoctions. Dahmer’s behaviors were reported by a number of his victims, which eventually resulted in him having his membership revoked at a bathhouse named Club Baths in 1987. Word went around the Milwaukee gay community about “the guy who was slipping Mickeys” at the bathhouses. Dahmer was effectively blacklisted from the other bathhouses. Dahmer once again, had to find other outlets for his demented desires.’Necrophilia, rape, murder, cannibalism – this is Book is a raw read because of the nature of the focused character, but Jack haw written it so well that it unfolds like a novel – a very strange but also very fascinating tae of just how far the sickness progressed. This is a very fine psychological biography. Grady Harp, March 17

Great book with lots of details, my only problem with it is that there were some repetitive parts. I also thought he over did it when the author would constantly refer to Jeffrey as the Milwaukee cannibal or the future murderer future serial killer. It just felt like it was made to be dramatic by calling him that, I kept thinking yess I get it I know who he is. But other than that it was a great book and definitely worth reading. I will be picking up more books from this author.

Just when I thought I knew it all about this case, author Jack Rosewood covers this horrific story in a well written and informative way. I think I was about 25 years old at the time when Dahmer was arrested. It was worldwide news. The scale of his depravity literally reached the four corners of the globe.I remember watching a movie about him, Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life. The film is a firsthand account of Dahmer's lifestyle as a serial killer. When he was finally caught, it was revealed that his apartment was a chamber of horrors, where, according to the movie, he tortured his young victims to death. Then he sliced up the bodies and stored the parts in his freezer, amongst other places. The Secret Life was produced one year before Dahmer was himself murdered in prison.What really hits home to me about this book is that it reminds me of a guy I grew up and worked with here in Ireland. When the author describes Dahmer in this way: ‘one of the most frightening aspects of Jeffrey Dahmer’s serial killer career was how easy he was able to lure his victims into his trap. Dahmer possessed above average intellect, was conventionally good looking, and usually had a calm demeanor that could disarm even the most paranoid of people. Because of these traits, Dahmer was able to evade justice numerous times, which allowed him to keep killing. Truly, Dahmer was able to fool his family, the police, his neighbors, and even the judicial system into believing that he was not a threat; but during the entire time his kill count increased and the body parts of his victims began to pile up around his apartment.’ With the exception of only a few details, this describes the guy I know down to a tee. What’s even scarier is that after spending 10 years in a prison for the criminally insane, he’s now walking around the neighborhood again!!Anyway, back to the book! This is yet another great read that’s really hard to put down. It's an insightful and graphically detailed account of one of the most horrific serial killers’. In fact, while reading yet another of Jack Rosewoods books, I just had to keep turning the pages yet again. Not necessarily because it's all that enjoyable in any way, shape or form, to delve a little too deeply into the malefic mind of such a murderous man, but because I sincerely believe that most people are fascinated in one way or another by serial killers. Perhaps it’s the human morbid fascination with death. I’m not exactly sure. However, maybe it just astounds the average person as to how depraved another individual can be.Even if you are a seasoned campaigner of true crime, Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism, will surely raise more than a few hairs on the back of your neck. It was a good read and the author gave a perspective to these horrific crimes that was both fascinating and intriguing. This was one of the better true crime books that I have read recently.I would highly recommend this read to all fans of the true crime genre. I’m also a big fan of Jack Rosewood so it’s another 5 Stars from me. Well done again!

In early 1980-1990s, I didn’t know who’s Jeffrey Dahmer because I was listening to Tupac, Kris Kross, DMX, Michael Jackson and watching the classic movie. Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism (The Serial Killer Books Book 1) by Jack Rosewood is a interesting and disturbing story.I don’t know why I’m interested to read his story. I don’t understand why Jeffrey Dahmer deserves to telling his story about how many people that he killed. I have watch the movies, documentaries, and series about him. He was disgusted, disturbing and terrible person. I understand that he didn’t have a good childhood because his parents didn’t teaching him how to be love and caring. He hasn’t right to hurt and killed these innocent victims. My condolences to the victims of families.I didn’t feel bad about him but I’m happy that he’s no longer in this earth. The author did a good job.

...Dahmer's life and crimes. A little repetitious here and there, with an occasional typo, but on the whole well-written.The information about Jeffrey Dahmer's murder and the aftermath was new to me, so I thought that particularly interesting.If you like true crime, I'd recommend Rosewood's book

Oh my God! Yet even more terrible, terrible things I've never heard done before to human beings. So severe, so brutal-so......that there are no words to describe it. I've read so many of this author's true crime books now, you'd think it would get repetitive-but he always finds something else to disgust-yet you're just compelled to read to find out more.This book is sort of like British comedian, the late Dick Emery's catch phrase: "You are awful.........but I like you!" There were so many truly, truly awful, horrific things in here-but I couldn't take my eyes off the book! I'd never heard so many terrible things in one book in my life. A real feast for any fan of gritty true crime books. Possibly his best yet-or worst yet, depending on which way you look at it!

This isn't true. There are some untrue areas in this book which is extremely off putting for someone like myself who has followed all the trials and reports and also reading Lionel dahmers book. I chose to read this book after seeing the reviews and curiosity of good words of author but I returned this book not even halfway through.

Having watched the series on Netflix recently I thought I'd read up a bit more on Dahmer.Whilst the book is ok I'm afraid I found the author seemed to repeat the information quite a lot as if to pad out a quick money maker. Print is large, again as if to make the book seem longer. This aside quite interesting.

Not all of us know how long JD was killing people, or how many he killed and what year he was arrested so it's annoying that the author gives the information out at the start of the book. It's also written in a strange style, as if the author has gone off to Wikipedia for information and written it all down in an amateur style. Others might like it. I wanted to buy the other book about this monster (which is longer) but it wasn't compatible with my reader.