Altar of Evil: The Story of Cannibal Killer Jeffrey Dahmer

In the summer of 1991, a panic-stricken man with handcuffs on his wrists ran out of an apartment building and begged patrol police for help. Shaking with fear, he led them back to the lair of his kidnapper—where they found the most real kind of hell. The apartment held the remains of at least fifteen people: torsos in a huge barrel, a collection of skulls, and a whole skeleton in a dresser; in the refrigerator there were severed heads. At the freezer there were Polaroid photos of mutilated bodies. After the arrest of 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer, investigators realized they had stumbled upon a “real-life Hannibal Lecter”: the killer had told them that he had kept a human heart in order to eat it. The murderer intended his victims’ bones to become part of his own altar—so he could honor the terrifying beauty of death…

How did a quiet employee at a chocolate factory turn into a sadist, necrophile, and cannibal—whose crimes shook the whole country? A psychological, horrifying, and candid story of Jeffrey Dahmer reveals the most extreme and darkest sides of human nature.