His research began in earnest in the summer of 1991.īACKDERF: I was at home. And how screwed up is that?īARNETT: Backderf also learned that Dahmer started drinking at the age of 14. So really he was imitating his mom at school. And she would have seizures where she would shake and twitch until she exhausted herself essentially. And when Backderf went back to do research, he learned that Joyce Dahmer suffered from depression and was addicted to pills.īACKDERF: Later I found out that his mom was also suffering from nervous episodes at home. MIKE KUKRAL: You just look at him and think either, man, that kid's weird or he's funny or, what's up with him? You just didn't know.īARNETT: But back home, Dahmer's parents fought often. John Backderf was a member, so was Mike Kukral role. All of this led to the formation of the Dahmer fan club. UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: (As character) Who did that?īARNETT: Dahmer also pretended to have epileptic fits in the school hallways. ROSS LYNCH: (As Jeffrey Dahmer, imitating sheep)
And suddenly, the door would creak open and he'd suddenly bleat out like a sheep and then slam the door and run away.īARNETT: Some of that is captured in Backderf's 2012 graphic novel, "My Friend Dahmer," and in the new film. And he just didn't look comfortable in the world.īARNETT: Backderf says Dahmer started to attract a small following for his subversive antics.īACKDERF: You know, you'd be sitting in the library. He had this kind of odd halting way of talking.
Sketches that Backderf started drawing in 1975, when he and Dahmer were both students at Revere High School in suburban Akron.īACKDERF: He was - blond hair. BARNETT, BYLINE: Cartoonist John Backderf flips through sketches of Jeffrey Dahmer.īACKDERF: Now, this is actually the genesis of the book.īARNETT. JOHN BACKDERF: I just have hundreds of these things.ĭAVID C. Barnett of member station WCPN ideastream in Cleveland tells us more.
And after the killings, he took it upon himself to learn more about Dahmer's background. As the title suggests, he actually did know Dahmer in high school in Ohio. While the movie "My Friend Dahmer" opens this weekend, it's a fictional retelling of Dahmer's high-school years based on the international bestseller, a graphic novel of the same name by John Backderf. Remember the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer? Between 19, he murdered 17 people in grotesque ways. There's a new movie out this weekend, and it's a biopic with an interesting backstory of its own.
Here's that second story we promised you.
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