Miniseries · Netflix
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jeffrey Dahmer
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Vernell Bass
Self - Jeffrey Dahmer's Neighbour
3 eps
Pamela Bass
Self - Jeffrey Dahmer's Neighbour
3 eps
Fred Berlin
Self - Forensic Psychiatrist for the Defence
3 eps
Park Dietz
Self - Forensic Psychiatrist
3 eps
James Causey
Self - Reporter for Milwaukee Sentinel
3 eps
Michael Ross
Self - Friend of Victim
3 eps
Wendy Patrickus
Self
3 eps
Anne E. Schwartz
Self
3 eps
Kenneth Smail
Self
3 eps
Gerald P. Boyle
Self
3 eps
E. Michael McCann
Self
3 eps
Dennis Murphy
Self
3 eps
Kenneth Meuler
Self
3 eps
Jeff Fleming
Self
3 eps
Jeff Connor
Self
3 eps
Heather Kelly
Wendy
3 eps
Eric Tyson
Self
3 eps
Michail Takach
Self
3 eps
Jeffrey Jentzen
Self
3 eps
Crocker Stephenson
Self
3 eps
Norman Goldfarb
Self
3 eps
Roy Ratcliff
Self
3 eps
Eric Michael Hambury
Jeffrey
3 eps
Lionel Dahmer
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Evil or Insane?
Dahmer's trial raises controversial questions about law enforcement and justice. Today, the repercussions of the murders he committed still reverberates.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
S01E02
Can I Take Your Picture?
In the late 1980s, Dahmer develops a pattern of targeting victims in Milwaukee's gay bars while hiding his impulses from the people around him.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
S01E01
Sympathy for the Devil
Attorneys, experts and journalists recall Jeffrey Dahmer's 1991 arrest and trace the beginnings of the horrifying murders he ultimately confessed to.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Joe Berlinger
Showrunner
- Photo unavailable
Jon Doran
Executive producer
Matthew Helderman
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jamie Fleischel
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Rusty Lemorande
Executive producer
Jon Kamen
Executive producer
Catharine Park
Executive producer
Luke Taylor
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Josh Modell
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jen Isaacson
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Joe BerlingerExecutive Producer
- Jon DoranExecutive Producer
- Matthew HeldermanExecutive Producer
- Jamie FleischelExecutive Producer
- Rusty LemorandeExecutive Producer
- Jon KamenExecutive Producer
Direction
- Joe BerlingerDirector
Cinematography
- Luke GeissbühlerDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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