Johnny Trevisani - Serial Killer Quote of the Day: 365 Days of Serial Killers Uncut and In Their Own Words

He was a really scary one too. No other name in modernhistory conjures up disturbing images like that of Jeffrey Dahmer. Even for aserial killer Dahmer is reviled. Mention his name to anyone and they will mostlikely recoil with horror and indignance . . Known as the MilwaukeeCannibal for his ritualistic dismemberment and cannibalization of his victims, Dahmerterrorized Milwaukee from the late 1970s until he was captured and convicted inthe early 1990s.

A closeted homosexual,Jeffrey struggled with his own sexual identity, hiding his desires from hisdisapproving parents. Many of his victims were homosexual men whom Jeffreymet, had sex with, then murdered . He often had sex with the corpses. Later,Dahmer would do experiments on his victims, to try to keep them around forever. When this failed he would chop them up and cook them. He often kept their heads,and stored them around his apartment.

Dahmer was diagnosed assuffering from borderline personality disorder. Often his world of fantasy andreality blurred as he acted out sexual fantasies involving dominance andcontrol. His victims became tools of his macabre fantasy world, ultimatelyending with death and cannibalism. During his reign ofterror, Dahmer was suspected to be responsible for seventeen deaths and wasconvicted for the murder of fifteen people. If it werent for one victimsescape, who knows how long he would have continued his murder rampage? Dahmer was sentenced tofifteen consecutive life sentences, but was beaten to death with a metal bar ina prison bathroom by a fellow inmate after serving only three years. He waskilled by convicted murderer Christopher Scarver.

According to Scarver,Dahmer had been taunting other inmates by constructing severed limbs out offood and ketchup.

January 1 My refrigerator broke and the meat spoiled.What Jeffrey Dahmer told neighbors whenthey complained of the stench emanating from his apartment, which contained theremains of his dismembered victims . Name: Jeffrey Dahmer Nickname: The Milwaukee Cannibal; The MilwaukeeMonster Killings: 17 Location: Wisconsin Years Active: 1978-1991 Fun Fact: Dahmer wanted to turn his victims into hisown personal zombies.

January 2 Im not the kind of person whosocialized a lot. There was no way to let off steam. Name: Ted Bundy Killings: 30-36+ Location: Washington Years active: 1961-1978 Fun Fact: Bundy managed to escape from custodytwice.

January 3 I am a mistake of nature.

I deserve tobe done away with. Name: Andrei Chikatilo Nickname: The Butcher of Rostov; The Red Ripper; TheForest Strip Killer; The Rostov Ripper Killings: 53-56+ Location: Russia Years active: 1978-1990 Fun Fact: Chikalito was a teacher and had a degreein Russian Literature.

January 4 I could hardly go anywhere but womenwould want to talk to me; it wasnt me who did the chasing. Girls wereattracted to me. Name: John Christie Nickname: The Rillington Place Strangler Killings: 8 Location: England Years active: 1943-1953 Fun Fact: Christie initially claimed his victimscame to his house and pestered him for sex.

January 5 Before you know it I had put my armaround her and that was it. Name: Albert DeSalvo Nickname: The Boston Strangler Killings: 13 Location: Boston, MA Years active: 1962-1964 Fun Fact: Desalvo would introduce himself to womenas a representative of a modeling agency.

January 6 The white man is my enemy, and I willfight to gain my manhood or die trying. Name: Mark James Robert Essex Killings: 9 Location: New Orleans, LA Years active: 1972-1973 Fun Fact: Japanese metal band Church of Miserywrote a song about Essex called Soul Discharge.

January 7 What a thrill that will be if I have todie in the electric chair.

It will be the supreme thrill, the only one Ihaven't tried. Name: Albert Fish Nickname/AKA: Thomas Frank Howard Killings: 10+ Location: New York Years active: 1924-1932 Fun Fact: When Fish was electrocuted the chairshort circuited.

January 8 It was like a release. I'd feel like Ilost twenty pounds.(Explaining how it felt to kill someone)(nopic available) Name: Joe Fischer Killings: 2-40+ Location: United States Years active: 1953-1979 Fun Fact: Fischers mother was a prostitute.

January 9 I should never have been convicted ofanything more serious than running a cemetery without a license. Name: John Wayne Gacy Nickname: The Killer Clown Killings: 34 Location: Illinois Years active: 1972-1978 Fun Fact: At one point, Gacy managed a KentuckyFried Chicken franchise. He insisted that his staff call him The Colonel.