Jeffrey Dahmer sketches: Childlike drawings of serial killer dubbed 'Milwaukee Cannibal' reveal unimaginable horror Jeffrey Dahmer , who was known as the "Milwaukee Monster" or "Milwaukee Cannibal", murdered, dismembered and then ate 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991. By the author of Killing for Company, which was adapted into the hit ITV true crime drama DES, starring David Tennant.

When he was arrested in July 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer had a severed head in the refrigerator, two more in the freezer, two skulls and a skeleton in a filing cabinet. Perfect for fans of Making a Murderer, Mindhunter and The Ted Bundy Tapes, this is a gripping and gruesome read that delves into the mind of a murder and what possesses someone to kill.After leaving the room, Farrier asks Natalie “How was that for you?" to which she expresses her delight and appreciation for it Farrier replies: “It’s so odd because it’s almost like a child’s drawing and yet it’s about something so incredibly... I mean this is like True Detective or something right, but beyond." Comparisons between Dahmer and other serial killers, particularly Dennis Nilsen, that I found interesting initially but soon grew weary of. Irresistible. . . . It's subject is terrible and repellent. But the study itself is enlightening' Independent

Presenter David Farrier says of the city of Milwaukee: "It's famous for beer and cheese, and a serial killer." Over the years Dahmer has brought a bizarre cult and Farrier meets with one fanatic - a self-titled "dark tourist" - called Natalie. Bizarre connections to the ancient Roman deity Dionysus, the American Indian legendary creatures known as wendigos, and other ancient mythos that, while interesting on its own, seemed out of place here. She said: “He saved the entire bodies of these two on the end... he had a thing for hands, he’d save the hands a lot of times and obviously the penis." Then there’s the focus on the “shrine”. All that talk about Dionysus and wendigos was meant to give context to the bizarre, ritualistic, quasi-religious nature of Dahmer’s modus operandi. By now everyone familiar with the case knows about the “shrine” he was building, complete with griffin statues standing guard and flashing lights (?). The average onlooker would assume the altar was nothing more than a byproduct of mental illness, yet another sign of the insanity. But Masters bulks it up, ascribing the attributes of our primitive pagan ancestors to a primal killer’s instincts. And that’s fine – it makes sense, I suppose. Dahmer doesn’t know why he did it or where the idea came from, so Masters is putting his own spin on it, drawing his own conclusions. Everyone is going to see this case through their own filters anyway.I think that’s why people like me and Natalie are drawn to this stuff, it’s like taking a weird holiday." Most Read Farrier added: “As someone who’s never killed anyone, or made a trophy room full of skulls, it’s kind of fascinating getting inside the mind of someone who has.