The success didn't come without some backlash from the families of Dahmer’s victims, some of whom said the show never reached out to them and and criticized the show for humanizing Dahmer's slayings and motives.
Ryan Murphy's dramatized retelling of the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was a massive hit on Netflix when it was released in October, reaching 1 billion view hours in its first 60 days, making it only one of four series to achieve the record, according to the streaming platform. The success didn't come without some backlash from the families of Dahmer’s victims, some of whom said the show never reached out to them and and criticized the show for humanizing Dahmer's slayings and motives.