Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story breaks records as one of Netflix's most-watched shows

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Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has broken records on Netflix and has became one of the most-watched shows of all time.The series, which stars Evan Peters as the notorious serial killer, was only released on September 21 on Netflix and has clearly had a huge impact on viewers.In just two weeks, the series became Netflix's ninth most popular English-language TV series of all time.

Monster was viewed for 496.1 million hours so far, with at least 56 million homes who have viewed all 10 episodes according to Variety.Netflix measures a show's popularity by calculating the hours viewed within the first 28 days of release.

Dahmer still has just over two weeks to gain more views that will be counted. The series was created by Ryan Murphy, who was famously behind American Horror Story, American Crime Story and Glee, writes The Mirror.Monster explores the motive and methods of the Milwaukee Cannibal surrounding the murders he committed between 1978 and 1991.

The series tells the horrifying stories from the perspective of his victims and also discusses the many mistakes made by Wisconsin police.Jeffrey was arrested in 1991 and sentenced to 16 life terms for the murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, many of whom he committed necrophilia acts on and consumed.