Neighbor recalls shock when he found out the truth about Jeffrey Dahmer: ‘I thought he was my friend’

A man who lived in Jeffrey Dahmer’s building described the shock he and other residents felt when they learned that their neighbor was a serial killer.

Vernell Bass participates Conversations with a Murderer: Jeffrey Dahmer TapesA new documentary is coming to Netflix on October 7 in the US and UK.

“I had no idea this was what was happening across the hall from where we lived,” Bass says in the documentary about Dahmer’s crimes.

Everyone in the building felt cheated. We all felt like Jeffrey Dahmer had manipulated us. It is very difficult to get attached to a person and find out that in reality this person has betrayed you. I thought this guy was my friend.”

Dahmer was arrested in July 1991 and confessed to killing 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1999. He was living in Oxford Apartments, an apartment block in Milwaukee, at the time of his arrest.

At the beginning of the documentary, Bass says he tried to monitor Dahmer after realizing that Dahmer had “began to drink more and go down hill.”

“I actually knocked on his door to see how he was, and noticed the peephole was darker,” Bass says on the show. “Then the light came back and I knew he came to the door and saw me. He knew I was the one knocking on the door and he didn’t open it for me. So I assumed he wanted me to stay away, and I did.”

Bass says that one night he was woken by a “smelly stench” around 2:30 a.m. He says he covered the bottom of the door with a towel and went back to bed. According to Bass, his wife, Pamela Bass, went to investigate the smell and determined that it came from Dahmer’s apartment, where he later discovered that Dahmer had been storing the remains of some of his victims.

Bass recalls his wife: “I took a lawn chair and sat in our apartment with the door open, waiting for Jeff to come home.” “When he got home, I confronted him about the smell.”

Bass says Dahmer tried to explain the smell by saying his freezer had stopped working.

Dahmer is heard recounting the same episode on audiotape of a conversation he had with defense attorney Wendy Patrickos.

“I told them that only the freezer allowed Ed to work,” Dahmer says on the tape.

Jeffrey Dahmer tapes It is the third installment in the series. Conversations with a killer From Netflix, which previously focused on Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. Opens in just over two weeks Dahmer – The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story By Ryan Murphy, a dramatic depiction of the case, also aired on Netflix.

A man who lived in Jeffrey Dahmer’s building described the shock he and other residents felt when they learned that their neighbor was a serial killer.

Vernell Bass participates Conversations with a Murderer: Jeffrey Dahmer TapesA new documentary is coming to Netflix on October 7 in the US and UK.

“I had no idea this was what was happening across the hall from where we lived,” Bass says in the documentary about Dahmer’s crimes.

Everyone in the building felt cheated. We all felt like Jeffrey Dahmer had manipulated us. It is very difficult to get attached to a person and find out that in reality this person has betrayed you. I thought this guy was my friend.”

Dahmer was arrested in July 1991 and confessed to killing 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1999. He was living in Oxford Apartments, an apartment block in Milwaukee, at the time of his arrest.

At the beginning of the documentary, Bass says he tried to monitor Dahmer after realizing that Dahmer had “began to drink more and go down hill.”

“I actually knocked on his door to see how he was, and noticed the peephole was darker,” Bass says on the show. “Then the light came back and I knew he came to the door and saw me. He knew I was the one knocking on the door and he didn’t open it for me. So I assumed he wanted me to stay away, and I did.”

Bass says that one night he was woken by a “smelly stench” around 2:30 a.m. He says he covered the bottom of the door with a towel and went back to bed. According to Bass, his wife, Pamela Bass, went to investigate the smell and determined that it came from Dahmer’s apartment, where he later discovered that Dahmer had been storing the remains of some of his victims.

Bass recalls his wife: “I took a lawn chair and sat in our apartment with the door open, waiting for Jeff to come home.” “When he got home, I confronted him about the smell.”

Bass says Dahmer tried to explain the smell by saying his freezer had stopped working.

Dahmer is heard recounting the same episode on audiotape of a conversation he had with defense attorney Wendy Patrickos.

“I told them that only the freezer allowed Ed to work,” Dahmer says on the tape.

Jeffrey Dahmer tapes It is the third installment in the series. Conversations with a killer From Netflix, which previously focused on Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. Opens in just over two weeks Dahmer – The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story By Ryan Murphy, a dramatic depiction of the case, also aired on Netflix.

A man who lived in Jeffrey Dahmer’s building described the shock he and other residents felt when they learned that their neighbor was a serial killer.

Vernell Bass participates Conversations with a Murderer: Jeffrey Dahmer TapesA new documentary is coming to Netflix on October 7 in the US and UK.

“I had no idea this was what was happening across the hall from where we lived,” Bass says in the documentary about Dahmer’s crimes.

Everyone in the building felt cheated. We all felt like Jeffrey Dahmer had manipulated us. It is very difficult to get attached to a person and find out that in reality this person has betrayed you. I thought this guy was my friend.”

Dahmer was arrested in July 1991 and confessed to killing 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1999. He was living in Oxford Apartments, an apartment block in Milwaukee, at the time of his arrest.

At the beginning of the documentary, Bass says he tried to monitor Dahmer after realizing that Dahmer had “began to drink more and go down hill.”

“I actually knocked on his door to see how he was, and noticed the peephole was darker,” Bass says on the show. “Then the light came back and I knew he came to the door and saw me. He knew I was the one knocking on the door and he didn’t open it for me. So I assumed he wanted me to stay away, and I did.”

Bass says that one night he was woken by a “smelly stench” around 2:30 a.m. He says he covered the bottom of the door with a towel and went back to bed. According to Bass, his wife, Pamela Bass, went to investigate the smell and determined that it came from Dahmer’s apartment, where he later discovered that Dahmer had been storing the remains of some of his victims.

Bass recalls his wife: “I took a lawn chair and sat in our apartment with the door open, waiting for Jeff to come home.” “When he got home, I confronted him about the smell.”

Bass says Dahmer tried to explain the smell by saying his freezer had stopped working.

Dahmer is heard recounting the same episode on audiotape of a conversation he had with defense attorney Wendy Patrickos.

“I told them that only the freezer allowed Ed to work,” Dahmer says on the tape.

Jeffrey Dahmer tapes It is the third installment in the series. Conversations with a killer From Netflix, which previously focused on Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. Opens in just over two weeks Dahmer – The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story By Ryan Murphy, a dramatic depiction of the case, also aired on Netflix.

A man who lived in Jeffrey Dahmer’s building described the shock he and other residents felt when they learned that their neighbor was a serial killer.

Vernell Bass participates Conversations with a Murderer: Jeffrey Dahmer TapesA new documentary is coming to Netflix on October 7 in the US and UK.

“I had no idea this was what was happening across the hall from where we lived,” Bass says in the documentary about Dahmer’s crimes.

Everyone in the building felt cheated. We all felt like Jeffrey Dahmer had manipulated us. It is very difficult to get attached to a person and find out that in reality this person has betrayed you. I thought this guy was my friend.”

Dahmer was arrested in July 1991 and confessed to killing 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1999. He was living in Oxford Apartments, an apartment block in Milwaukee, at the time of his arrest.

At the beginning of the documentary, Bass says he tried to monitor Dahmer after realizing that Dahmer had “began to drink more and go down hill.”

“I actually knocked on his door to see how he was, and noticed the peephole was darker,” Bass says on the show. “Then the light came back and I knew he came to the door and saw me. He knew I was the one knocking on the door and he didn’t open it for me. So I assumed he wanted me to stay away, and I did.”

Bass says that one night he was woken by a “smelly stench” around 2:30 a.m. He says he covered the bottom of the door with a towel and went back to bed. According to Bass, his wife, Pamela Bass, went to investigate the smell and concluded that it came from Dahmer’s apartment, where he later discovered that Dahmer had been storing the remains of some of his victims.

Bass recalls his wife: “I took a lawn chair and sat in our apartment with the door open, waiting for Jeff to come home.” “When he got home, I confronted him about the smell.”

Bass says Dahmer tried to explain the smell by saying his freezer had stopped working.

Dahmer is heard recounting the same episode on audiotape of a conversation he had with defense attorney Wendy Patrickos.

“I told them that only the freezer allowed Ed to work,” Dahmer says on the tape.

Jeffrey Dahmer tapes It is the third installment in the series. Conversations with a killer From Netflix, which previously focused on Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. Opens in just over two weeks Dahmer – The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story By Ryan Murphy, a dramatic depiction of the case, also aired on Netflix.