Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the ten-episode Netflix series will chronicle the infamous story of one of the most notorious serial killers in the world, and will be told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims.
According to Deadline, Monster dives “into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree” and dramatizes 10 instances when Dahmer was questioned by authorities and set free.
It will also tackle Dahmer’s white privilege, as his attractive and clean-cut image resulted in lenient ‘punishments’ from authorities and judges.
Penelope Ann Miller and Richard Kenkins will play his parents Joyce and Lionel, while Niecy Nash has been cast as Glenda Cleveland, Dahmer’s