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At a casual glance, Jeffrey Dahmer ’ s $300-a-month, one-bedroom furnished apartment appeared ordinary—a beige couch, a fish tank, an Oriental rug. Little did anyone suspect that the walls of Apartment 213 also held the sinister secrets of one of the most notorious serial killers in history. In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Jim Dudley speaks with Anne E. Schwartz, the journalist who first reported on the Jeffrey Dahmer case, to recount her experiences during the investigation. Seventeen innocent young men and boys had their lives taken from them in the hands of Jeffrey Dahmer — two of which were only fourteen years old. Their remains were raped, dismembered, bleached. Jeffrey Dahmer , known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, killed and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. But what made him tick? That’s what we’re here to explore. Dahmer wasn’t born a monster. Like many of us, he started as an innocent child. His family life was far from ideal, though. Jeffrey Dahmer ’ s transformation into a serial killer was shaped by a complex interplay of psychological factors, childhood experiences, and traumatic events. His development from a troubled youth to a notorious murderer reveals deep-seated issues that manifested in horrific ways. Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer murdered and dismembered seventeen boys and men. But he is most notorious for what happened to his victims after their grisly deaths and the shocking. Jeffrey Dahmer — one of the most infamous serial killers in history—left behind a trail of horror that still haunts the true crime world today. But what was really going on inside his mind? On December 13 , 1995, a judge ordered Dahmer’s brain cremated, forever preventing scientists from revealing its secrets. But decades later, neuroscientists have studied the criminal mind and found commonalities.