The Man from MilwaukeeRemember Jeffrey Dahmer? I do. My first novel, Obsessed, was published the summer his crimes unfolded in Milwaukee in all their bloody horror.
As a newly-minted author, I thought maybe my next project could be a collaboration with Mr. Dahmer. After all, my novel was about a serial killer. I’ve always been fascinated with serial killers. On that thin basis, I thought I might be uniquely qualified to tell Jeffrey Dahmer’s story.
So I sent him my novel and a letter, telling him I could be a sympathetic mouthpiece for him.
I never heard back, but I was still fascinated by his story and also chilled by the fact that he had come to Chicago on hunting expeditions. I knew full well if the circumstances had been right, I might have gone home with him.
From that auspicious
