Leading journalist who spoke with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer explains what it was like to look evil in the face and why he was unique among murderers.
Psychopathic cannibal Dahmer was interviewed by six-time Emmy winner Nancy Glass for CNN’s Inside Edition in 1993, one year before he was killed by another prisoner.
It was the first public interview the serial murderer had ever given since receiving a life sentence for the murders of 17 men and boys.
Nancy, who has had a distinguished career interviewing murderers and other criminals, described to The Sun Online why Dahmer was the most terrifying person to talk to.
“My first impression of Dahmer was how normal he appeared,” she said. “It makes you think that anybody could be capable of crimes like this.
“If he had acted like a maniac, I would have been more relieved.”
She said Dahmer was “not charming”, but at the same time, “you wouldn’t have picked him out of a crowd”.
Although she doesn’t know exactly why Dahmer agreed to an interview with him, she believes one reason was simply that he was “lonely” and “wanted to talk”.
Getting an interview with Dahmer was no easy task, and it took more than a year and a half to secure the exclusive, building a relationship with the murderer and his family.
“He wanted to talk to somebody and he had gotten used to talking to me.”
Nancy made it clear there were no conditions for the interview, and that she would let him speak.
“His mind is not like yours and mine,” she said. “He was so twisted.
“The only thing that is fair is the truth. I’m not there to prosecute him, but by telling the truth, people realise what evil was there, and the intentionality of it.”
She added: “I’ve interviewed other serial killers, and he wasn’t like any of them.”
