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The Lost Crime Files's avatar

It's interesting the way these cases are packaged and presented to us on television, and over the years, we think we know the people and cases and even the evidence. We've been manipulated.

All they need to do is create a visual with an explanation (ex: showing blue barrels and stating he stored body parts in there) to impress the subconscious mind with the idea that Jeff killed all those people. From there, people will form false memories that the court actually proved his guilt, and if you tell them there was no physical or even circumstantial evidence presented for some of the alleged victims, they will think you are crazy. Not just because it sounds crazy to convict without evidence (that, too), but because the way the media painted the story was crafted to induce beliefs about his guilt that led people to form implied conclusions that solidified as fact in a person's mind. Ex: "Of course they presented evidence for all the victims in court, I watched it on TV! I remember it all!"

Amazing research, as always!!

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Thank you! It's the age-old method of repeating from 'trusted' sources until it becomes accepted as truth, no matter how bizarre or illogical it may seem, even in the face of facts. Some prefer to live in comfortable ignorance, to 'fit in' even if they sense something is not right, or maybe they are too busy, too lazy, or just not willing to accept the truth, as that also means questioning your very existence. Fascinating stuff!

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The Lost Crime Files's avatar

It’s so much easier to accept the program than to start thinking, and once you start thinking, waking up and questioning your own existence is inevitable. That’s too much for a lot of people. But the time is now!!

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Exactly that!

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Aurel Nance's avatar

Very well-documented and precise, thank you for this high-quality article!

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Thank you! I appreciate the positive feedback :)

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Aurel Nance's avatar

Because it’s true — so thank you.

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Thanks:)

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Will Banks's avatar

You raised the question early in your post of “this seemingly open-and-shut case?” From my reading of the post and watching some of the videos, not all, that is what it indeed was, very much driven by the wish of the defendant. This, of course, should never be used as any excuse for lack of due process, which is presumably the point you are making, rather than any feeling that the judgement was incorrect?

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RJ Sykes's avatar

This is just touching the surface, as much is wrong with the case, for example, background checks which show some of the alleged victims either did not exist on state records or had different identities from what was written in the confession. There is much more to come that sheds light on all this, but the trial is how they pulled it off, so is the best place to start:)

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The Doc Maker's avatar

Okay I’m still trying to get my head round this. So were there 15 people killed or not? If not why the confession ? He wasn’t co-erced right? So what actually happened here?

I’m also working on a case here in the UK - also a high profile historic case, but where the “murderer” is still

In prison and 100% innocent - a victim of corruption and media assassination.

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RJ Sykes's avatar

The findings all point to one victim (and even the circumstances around that point to a concealed vehicular homicide) - Steven Hicks. There is no evidence that anything happened in Milwaukee. 15 victims are missing from the Social Security Death Index. The DOJ has confirmed that no autopsy records exist (even though they should), which we have in writing. Amongst other key missing documents. Some of the alleged victims had different identities from what was described in the so-called confession, or have no evidence of existing at all (such as Konerak Sinthasomphone). The only conviction that appears on verified and publicly available background checks for Jeff is for 1978, in Ohio. Nothing else. It's like nothing happened outside of Wisconsin. Bizarrely, his father Lionel Dahmer signed and renewed a movie contract months before the so called trial, and Jeff had a Metropolitan Talent Agency agreement (a copy of which showed his personality rights); these documents appeared for sale on a well-known crime collectibles site, before disappearing, but they are shown in my book and I will write about them here soon. Feel free to have a look at the other posts on this Substack, though, which include the recent FOIA responses from the DOJ & DOC. It seems that this story served several agendas, not least distraction and creating fear and division. The Milwaukee Archdiocese was facing a growing problem with predator priests at the time, and key players in this case had close connections and even went as far as defending accused priests (such as Jeff's attorney Gerald Boyle, who defended accused Capuchin priests in 1993). Interestingly, the Sinthasomphone family came to the US with the help of this church, and more notably, with the help of convicted predator Father Peter Burns (who was convicted of the same crime that they alleged against Jeff in 1988 - same time, same offenses). The story also whipped up a lot of political support in a presidential year, the winning party had a manifesto with strong racial undertones and a focus on combating crime and inequalities. I can believe there would be corruption and media assassination, it goes hand in hand. It happens a lot, if the Innocence Project is anything to go by. There are some truly shocking stories.

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The Doc Maker's avatar

What about this interview though ?https://youtu.be/iWjYsxaBjBI?si=

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Got to ask why the 'worst SK in the world' was doing TV interviews and walking freely amongst the public, with no restraint (he was filmed walking the admin halls at CCI). In this 1993 Inside Edition interview, Jeff was using movie lines, lifted from Carl Crew's comedy horror film about him, 'The Secret Life; Jeffrey Dahmer', which was filmed between May - July 1992 (just weeks after the sensational trial ended - they made a comedy horror film about it..), and ready for distribution by September 1992. There's also online footage of Carl on the tabloid talk show the Maury Povich Show in Sept 1992 ('The Maury Povich Show The Jeffrey Dahmer Movie Controversy September 28, 1992'), promoting his movie, and we see the same 'outraged families' as we did for the 2022 Netflix release. Great PR..there were audience members even laughing in the background. Here's Jeff using those movie lines in that interview, passing them off as 'memories': https://youtu.be/FBKd3Yes_E4?feature=shared

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The Doc Maker's avatar

Whoa! Yeah that’s so strange 😮

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Just a bit! It is really bizarre.

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Author Ed Anderson's avatar

Brilliant as always. Well researched and written. Thank you for sharing with us

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Welcome! And thank you for your support.

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