People are thirsting for Jeffrey Dahmer after Netflix show turns killer into sex symbol

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Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” now streaming. Evan Peters, 35, stars as the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.The new show has renewed interest in Dahmer, leading some viewers and “fans” to post disconcertingly loving sentiments about the serial killer, who also engaged in cannibalism and necrophilia.“Jeffrey Dahmers mugshot definitely gives something i didn’t know or think it would give,” one person tweeted, to which another Twitter user replied, “You don’t, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Jeffrey Dhamer.” Another Twitter user wrote, “oh you think jeffrey dahmer is hot?

Ok well I am going to beat you with a stick,” to which someone replied, “jeffrey dahmer is hot.”One fan even tweeted a photo of Dahmer, bemoaning the fact that Peters was the first result to come up when they searched his photo online. “we’ll get through this era king I promise,” they wrote next to a photo of Dahmer, seemingly referring to the serial killer as “king,” to which another Twitter user replied, “Are you seriously praising a murderer???”you will NOT think Evan Peters is hot playing Dahmer pic.twitter.com/Y8fX6iGnYTAnother Twitter user posted, “if you’re thirsting over jeffrey dahmer because he’s played by evan peters PLEASE block me.” The Netflix series, which premiered Sept.

21, has been controversial. The cousin of Dahmer’s eleventh victim, Errol Lindsey, 19, who was murdered in 1991, expressed outrage about the show on Twitter. “I’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge rn, but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are pissed about this show,” Lindsey’s cousin Eric Perry wrote.