Jeffrey Dahmer: she lived the sordid affair from the inside and pinpoints the inconsistencies of the series

On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, Netflix unveiled the series Dahmerbased on the story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. The man who was nicknamed the cannibal of Milwaukee murdered 17 people in the 1980s. And if the series worn by Evan Peters in the main role quickly established itself as one of the greatest hits from Netflix, it also caused controversy with the families of the victims.

On Tuesday, October 4, another person who was familiar with the course of the investigation spoke out for The Independent in order to pin down some series inconsistencies. This is’Anne E. Schwartz, a woman who was a young crime reporter at the time and had entered Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment. She first wanted to remember that Glenda Cleveland, the neighbor of the serial killer was actually living in a building opposite and not in an apartment next door.

The crime reporter returned to the smell of decomposed bodies

One of the main elements highlighted in the series Dahmer is the nauseating smell of the “rotten meat” from the cannibal’s apartment and taking over the entire building. Yet, according to Anne E. Schwartz, this one was a little different. She explained: “I was a crime reporter for five years, so I know the smell of buildings that contain decomposed bodies. This was not the case here. It was a chemical smell“.

Finally, the reporter wanted to come back to the role of the police in the case. In the series, they are keenly criticized for their inaction. For Anne E. Schwartz, the situation was a little more complex. “I spent a lot of time with them, meeting people who were there. Again, this is an adaptation, but at that time it was not easy for the authorities to gain the trust of the inhabitants. This representation does not help matters” she pointed out. A slightly different reality from that told on the streaming platform.