Another excellent entry into Joe Berlinger's "Conversations with a Killer" series, this time tackling the strange story of Jeffrey Dahmer. This one makes for a more fascinating watch than the series on John Wayne Gacy simply because of the ways in which racism and homophobia coloured the police response to Dahmer's killing spree, naturally resulting in a documentary that has a wider range of voices and cultural context than a regular true crime story. Incredibly, there are even a couple of people who show up here to defend the police who laughingly returned one of Dahmer's groggy victims (a Laotian child) to his killer over the protestations of black witnesses, whose opinions the cops naturally didn't care for. "The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes" stops short of being an ACAB screed, however, and presents a well-rounded look at his criminal story, even if it lacks a little in covering his youth. Worthy viewing for true crime aficionados.
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