Footage has resurfaced on YouTube showing the moment Jeffrey Dahmer told a reporter why he took a nine-year break from killing.
As previously detailed, Dahmer brutally slaughtered and dismembered 17 young boys and men - who were predominantly queer Black, Latinx, and Asian - in a variety of gruesome and disturbing manners between 1978 and 1991.
Referred to as the "Milwaukee Cannibal", Dahmer also famously preserved body parts of his victims, including skulls and bones.
He was only caught when a potential victim escaped from his home in 1991. At the time, the 31-year-old was served with 16 consecutive life sentences, earning him a total of 941 years in prison. He was eventually murdered by a fellow inmate in 1994, at the age of 34.
The Milwaukee native's life has been covered ad nauseam in the media - through multiple films, books, and television series - including a recent Netflix show starring American Horror Story regular, Evan Peters.
Dahmer is part of a long list of infamous serial killers who have earned notoriety over the years, including Ted Bundy, the 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez, and Ed Gein - the latter of whom Dahmer is often compared to, given the similarity of their crimes.
Originally broadcast in February, 1993, the notorious serial killer granted Inside Edition an opportunity to interview him in prison.
"When I sat down opposite Jeffrey Dahmer for this interview, I wondered what he would tell me and how hard it would be to get him to discuss his horrific crimes. What I found was that he was very forthcoming; he volunteered details that may be difficult to hear. I began by asking what he wanted from the men he picked up," journalist Nancy Glass told the studio before the interview was aired.
Shooting to footage of the face-to-face meeting, Nancy is seen sitting across from Dahmer, who appears incredibly calm and collected. He answers her questions frankly, telling her that he had "obsessive desires and thoughts" about wanting to control his victims and wished to "possess them permanently."
"And that's why you killed them, right," Nancy asks Dahmer, to which he replies: "Right. Not because I was angry with them, not because I hated them, but because I wanted to keep them with me.
"As my obsession grew I was saving body parts such as skulls and skeletons," the then-33-year-old revealed.
Speaking about his victims, Dahmer stated: "When you view them as just an object for pleasure instead of a living, breathing human being, it seems to make it easier to do things you shouldn't do.
"I always knew that it was wrong," he added.
The Inside Edition segment described Dahmer as articulate and intelligent, claiming that this could have been one of the reasons why he was able to evade suspicion for 13 years. However, many people still maintain that his victims - who were primarily LGTBQ+ identifying men of color - were part of marginalized groups often disregarded by society, especially during the late 70s, the 80s, and the early 90s.
When asked why he took a nine-year break from killing, Dahmer simply answered: "There just wasn't an opportunity to fully express what I wanted to do... There was just not that physical opportunity to do it."
Dahmer then revealed that he killed his second victim unintentionally, telling Nancy he only wished to drug him and spend the night with him. When Dahmer woke up, however, he realized that he had beaten the man he intended to spend the night with to death with his fists.
"I had no memory of it, but that's what started the whole spree all over again," he stated.
Of all 17 of Dahmer's victims, the youngest was just 14 years old.
