Netflix's Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes covers many details that the TV series Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story misses in the serial killer's story. As the third installment of Netflix's Conversations with a Killer collection, The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes follows the release of The Ted Bundy Tapes in 2019 and The John Wayne Gacy Tapes in 2022. In three episodes, the documentary covers Dahmer's childhood, murder investigations, trial, and eventual death in prison.

Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is just as much a show about Dahmer's victims as it is about Dahmer himself, taking the time and care to contextualize the victims’ stories before Dahmer cut their lives short. In doing so, the dramatized account of Jeffrey Dahmer's life skips over a lot of Dahmer’s personal confessions and the deep-dive into Dahmer's psyche over the duration of his trial. Another reason the writers...