Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer Series Amassed MILLIONS of Viewers Despite THIS Major Issue
Netflix has been releasing true-to-life stories about villains and criminals over the past few years, but their most recent series amassed millions of viewers despite facing a major issue.
According to Uproxx, the streaming platform released Ryan Murphy's "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" last week and it already got a whopping 196.2 million viewers.
The 10-episode show revolves around Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes in which he murdered 17 men and children decades ago. The famed criminal was sent to prison, but he was beaten to death by an inmate.
The series stars Evan Peters as Dahmer along with Michael Learned, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Niecy Nash, and many more.
The Ryan Murphy-produced show is now on the list of most-watched debuts on the platform along with other popular shows like "Stranger Things" season 4, "Bridgeton" season 2, "All Of Us Are Dead" and "Squid Game."
"Inventing Anna" also sits behind the Dahmer series as it's only a million views shorter with 195.97 million watchers.
Aside from telling Dahmer's story, the show also revolved around the systematic failures that let the criminal lure and murder young men for years.
Many critics have also praised Evan Peters' portrayal of the notorious killer.
'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" Facing Major Issue
Despite being successful when it comes to numbers, the Netflix show also has its fair share of issues, including allegedly not informing the victims' families about the series before it was released.
Rita Isbell, sister of one of Dahmer's victims Errol Lindsey, recently spoke to Insider about the show, saying she was not involved with any of the production process.
"I was never contacted about the show. I feel like Netflix should've asked if we mind or how we felt about making it. They didn't ask me anything. They just did it," she said.
Speaking about what she thought of the series, Isbell said it bothered her especially when she saw herself and her name across the screen.
She added that it felt like reliving the situation all over again as it brought back emotions that she felt in the past.
Isbell also clarified that she's not "money hungry" and she could understand it if Netflix gave money to the victims' children, but she felt like the streaming platform made money off the tragedy.
