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What was in Jeffrey Dahmer's closet? ›

An acid drum with three decomposing torsos was found in his bedroom, alongside severed body parts and skeletons hidden in wardrobes and dressers. Dahmer was arrested and the evidence was removed from his apartment.

Cult Collectibles offers a smorgasbord of alleged Dahmer memorabilia. The Milwaukee Monster's ash vase is the "rarest true crime item I will ever have on this site," said Taylor James, boss of Cult Collectibles. Cult Collectibles is selling a photo of Dahmer in the fifth grade for a whopping $3,500.

However when Joseph Zilber heard of this, he was reportedly horrified. He didn't want Jeffrey Dahmer to gain popularity and publicity through the auction. He also wanted Milwaukee to be free of Dahmer's crimes so he raised $407,225 which he used to buy all of Jeffrey's belongings from the victims and destroy them.

Police found ether and chloroform, believed to be used to drug his victims, and a barrel of hydrochloric acid which he used to dissolve the men's bodies and preserve their skeletons. Inside that 57-gallon barrel, police found three torsos dissolving.

The authorities found 11 bodies in Dahmer's apartment after his arrest in 1991, along with blood stains, seven skulls, two hearts, two skeletons, a pair of severed hands, multiple dismembered torsos, and other human organs. They also found Polaroid photos, weapons, and acid.

A pair of aviator eye glasses reported to be worn by Dahmer in prison are currently for sale for $150,000 by Taylor James, owner of the Canadian true crime media marketplace Cult Collectibles.

Dahmer killed four more men before he was finally arrested. One of his last victims was Oliver Lacy, 24, whose body Dahmer had sex with before dismembering the corpse. He kept Lacy's head and heart in his refrigerator, and his skeleton in a freezer.

Dahmer was arrested July 22, 1991. Within about 15 months after his arrest, the Oxford Apartments were demolished. A "collaborative neighborhood redevelopment initiative" called the Campus Circle Project purchased the lot in 1995, but there's not much to report since nothing really came out of it.

In July 2012, authorities found Tracy Edwards guilty and sentenced him to a year and a half in prison. As mentioned above, Edward's current whereabouts are unknown, and reports suggest that he also lost touch with his former attorney after his release from prison.

His dad Lionel Dahmer wanted closure. Lionel wanted his son's brain cremated and to put the saga behind him. On December 13, 1995, a judge ordered Dahmer's brain cremated, forever preventing scientists from revealing its secrets.

What was found in Jeffrey's fridge? ›

'I open up the door, I see a human head in a small cardboard box in the bottom of the refrigerator. ' Horrifically they also discovered two skeletons, a pair of severed hands, two severed penises, a mummified scalp, as well as three more torsos dissolving in a 57-gallon drum of acid.

According to Dahmer, he found Sears "exceptionally attractive", and Sears was the first victim from whom he permanently retained any body parts: he preserved Sears' head and genitalia in acetone and stored them in a wooden box, which he later placed in his work locker.

Yes, notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer did indeed eat a number of his victims. Active from 1978 to 1991, he killed at least 17 young men and ate many of their body parts afterward. Jeffrey Dahmer openly admitted to eating some of his victims after killing them. On several occasions, he ate their hearts.