{"id":511510,"date":"2022-11-17T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeffrey-dahmers-father-says-he-could-have-stopped-murders\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T18:57:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:57:02","slug":"jeffrey-dahmers-father-says-he-could-have-stopped-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeffrey-dahmers-father-says-he-could-have-stopped-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s father says he could have stopped murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac72d0b45141\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac72d0b45141\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeffrey-dahmers-father-says-he-could-have-stopped-murders\/#%E2%80%9CJeffrey_Dahmers_father_says_he_could_have_stopped_murders%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s father says he could have stopped murders&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJeffrey_Dahmers_father_says_he_could_have_stopped_murders%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s father says he could have stopped murders&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Jeffrey Dahmer\u2019s father revealed in an upcoming special that he was given a couple of opportunities to stop his son\u2019s murderous rampage. <\/p>\n<p>Lionel Dahmer \u2014 who is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing in a three-day \u201cDr. Phil\u201d special set to air Tuesday \u2014 said that there were two instances where he could have put an end to things, according to clips <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/11\/16\/dr-phil-lionel-dahmer-jeffrey-interview-monster-netflix\/\">obtained by TMZ<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 86-year-old said that he once stumbled across the wooden box that contained the head of Anthony Sears, who was murdered by Dahmer in 1989. At the time, Jeffrey was staying with Lionel\u2019s mother, who resented him keeping X-rated materials in the Wisconsin house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral occasions my mother had complained about seeing some pornography\u00a0around,\u201d recalled Lionel Dahmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I made the visit to Milwaukee, I saw this box in the closet in his room and I said \u2018I\u2019m going to open it\u2019 and I started going down to the basement to get a tool to open up the box.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-038.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lionel Dahmer -- who is appearing in a three-day tv special about his son -- said that there were two instances where he could have put an end to things.\" class=\"wp-image-24688061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-038.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-038.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-038.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lionel Dahmer \u2014 who is appearing in a three-day TV special about his son \u2014 said that there were two instances where he could have put an end to things.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dr. Phil<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-034.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The 86-year-old (right) said that he once stumbled across the box that contained the head of 26-year-old Anthony Sears who was murdered by Dahmer in 1989.\" class=\"wp-image-24687926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-034.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-034.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-034.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The now-86-year-old (right) said that he once stumbled across the box that contained the head of young Anthony Sears, who was murdered by Dahmer in 1989.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jim Gehrz\/Pool<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dahmer said his son \u201ckept complaining\u201d that he couldn\u2019t have any privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m going to open it anyway,\u2019 find out what\u2019s in here,\u201d he added, noting he thought it was merely pornography at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe convinced me to just wait. \u2018Wait until tomorrow dad,\u2019 he said, \u2018and I\u2019ll open it for you then but just don\u2019t do anything now, I don\u2019t want to disturb grandma,&#8217;\u201d explained Dahmer.<\/p>\n<p>According to the elder Dahmer, the next morning when he opened the box, it was filled with porn magazines.<\/p>\n<p>After he was convicted, Jeffrey Dahmer confessed to keeping mutilated body parts in that same box during an MSNBC interview alongside his dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a box in my bedroom closet and it contained the mummified head and genitals of a young man I met in one of the bars down in Milwaukee,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oxygen.com\/dahmer-on-dahmer-a-serial-killer-speaks\/blogs\/9-mind-blowing-quotes-made-by-serial-killer-jeffrey\">he said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a way, I\u2019m glad, in a way I\u2019m not glad that I didn\u2019t press it,\u201d Lionel told Dr. Phil, \u201cbecause if I had opened that box and found what was in there, I think I would have lost it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-033.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"According to the elder Dahmer, the next morning when he opened the box it was filled with porn magazines. \" class=\"wp-image-24687995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to the elder Dahmer, the next morning when he opened the box, it was filled with porn magazines. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jack Orton\/Pool<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-037.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dahmer later confronted his incarcerated son about the box and according to the father, he gave a non-committal answer. \" class=\"wp-image-24688011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-037.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-037.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-037.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dahmer later confronted his incarcerated son about the box and according to the father, he gave a noncommittal answer. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Dept<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-041.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"According to Dahmer, his son's sexual fetishes began to develop at an early age.\" class=\"wp-image-24688036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-041.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to Dahmer, his son\u2019s sexual fetishes began to develop at an early age.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dr. Phil<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dahmer later confronted his incarcerated son about the incident. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u201cWhat would you have done Jeff if I had opened it,\u201d said Dahmer, to which his son casually replied that the \u201cjig would have been up.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have\u2026 more lives could\u2019ve been saved,\u201d lamented Lionel Dahmer.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dahmer, his son\u2019s sexual fetishes began to develop at an early age.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-039.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jeffrey Dahmer's father revealed in an upcoming special that he had been given a couple of opportunities to stop his son's murderous rampage. \" class=\"wp-image-24688075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-039.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-039.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-039.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jeffrey Dahmer\u2019s father revealed in an upcoming special that he had been given a couple of opportunities to stop his son\u2019s murderous rampage. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Curt Borgwardt\/Sygma via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI thought at some point between 12 and 14, coming out of puberty, his sexual engine was in high drive and he was touching the insides of this animal and he sort of got hardwired neurally into connecting sexual pleasure with this type of activity,\u201d said Lionel Dahmer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntrails, insides, bodies, that\u2019s the way I thought about it after thinking about it for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dahmer also said that he and his son bonded over taxidermy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I couldn\u2019t fathom how he got there, we\u2019re all on a continuum, we all do bad things, we all sin,\u201d said Dahmer. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-040.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;I thought at some point between 12 and 14, coming out of puberty, his sexual engine was in high drive and he was touching the insides of this animal and he sort of got hardwired neurally into connecting sexual pleasure with this type of activity.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24688095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-040.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-040.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/dahmer-040.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI thought at some point between 12 and 14, coming out of puberty, his sexual engine was in high drive and he was touching the insides of this animal and he sort of got hardwired neurally into connecting sexual pleasure with this type of activity.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dr. Phil<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe was at the extreme of this continuum, I couldn\u2019t at first understand how he could have done those things. 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