Why Did Jeffrey Dahmer Eat People? How Many Did he eat?

Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, is by far one of the most disturbing serial killers in American, if not global, history.

He confessed to raping and murdering 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Some of which he ate.

What motivated Jeffrey Dahmer to eat people? It all comes down to total dominance and ownership over his victims.

During an episode of Inside Edition in 1993, Jeffrey stated that after killing them, he “had these obsessive desires and thoughts wanting to control them, to, I don’t know how to put it, possess them permanently.”

“Is that why you killed them?” the reporter inquired. “Right, not because I was mad at them, not because I despised them, but because I wanted to keep them with me.”

And as my obsession grew, I began to save body parts like skulls and skeletons.” But killing his victims wouldn’t be enough for long.

He once fried a man’s biceps in oil, used a meat tenderizer, and ate it. According to the Associated Press, the muscle was chosen because “it was big and he wanted to try it.” “He mentioned that it tasted like beef.”