![]() And when we look at some of these criminals, what's interesting is that they are like us in some ways, but the ways in which they're not like us is very intriguing." We can consider other people from their vantage point. "People who are functioning well in society, we have empathy. "There's something really fascinating about watching a true story from the safety of our own homes and peeking into the psychic mechanisms behind these criminals. Robi Ludwig explained why society and celebrities are so engrossed by true-crime stories - as it taps into a deep fascination with 'mystery' and 'extremes'. Speaking to Fox News Digital, psychotherapist Dr. ![]() But the widespread phenomenon of shows like 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' seem to trivialise murderers more so than ever before.Īside from your average Joe on the internet, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and Gwyneth Paltrow have all revealed their obsession with true crimes shows as chilling series like The Watcher continue to hit the headlines. It’s not the first time that prolific serial killers have become Halloween costume staples, as the likes of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy have all been impersonated in the past. She says that she simply does not understand why people would want to dress up as Dahmer for Halloween this year, and wonders how people sleep at night after making light of such insidious crimes. She claimed: "If Netflix hadn’t streamed the show … None of the families would be revictimized … and then there’d be no Dahmer costumes this year." Sharing her outrage over the holiday 'trend', Hughes told TMZ that the costumes were "evil" and "traumatising" for the victim’s families. Shirley Hughes, mother of Tony Hughes - a deaf Black man who was lured into Dahmer’s flat before being murdered - has begged people not to dress as her son’s killer for Halloween. One Nottingham-based nightclub called Crisis was forced to apologise last week after they used Jeffrey Dahmer and Rose West to promote a serial-killer themed Halloween event. Meanwhile, a young woman posing in a 'mugshot Dahmer' costume has already gone viral on Twitter, and British glamour model Carla Bellucci has been banned from a Halloween party because she planned to dress her baby as the cannibal killer. The costumes violate eBay's official policy, which states: "Items closely associated with or that benefit violent felons, their acts, or crime scenes within the past 100 years." The victim's families have described the costumes as 'torture' (Image: Ebay)įollowing heated backlash, a spokesperson for the retailer said that items depicting Dahmer have been taken down after moderators trawled the site.
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