Jeffrey Dahmer

“I bought Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood home in Bath, Ohio – Let that sink in for a second,” writes owner Chris Butler for NPR. “If your first reaction is “eeewwwww,” that’s perfectly understandable.” “Dahmer was one of America’s most notorious serial killers; his rampage lasted from 1978 to 1991. He confessed to killing at least 17 young men – Many of these murders involved torture and cannibalism,” reports Butler.

“I bought the house, though, not for some kind of perverse, Goth thrill, but because I needed a place in woodsy-suburby Northeastern Ohio where I could make a loud musical racket and not bug my neighbors,” reports Butler. “I was instantly charmed the first time I pulled in the driveway… Charmed turned to creeped-out when 24 hours after I first saw the place with my real estate agent, Greg Greco, he told me of the house’s grisly provenance.”

“Dahmer did commit his first murder here — a hitchhiker named Steven Hicks whom he lured back to the house with promises of drugs and alcohol, and then clubbed with a barbell after Hicks said he wanted to leave – Dahmer later dismembered Hicks’ corpse in the house’s crawlspace,” reports Butler.

“The vibe here is fantastic – The house didn’t kill anybody, and I didn’t see any ghosts. I’m not superstitious or a believer in the paranormal, but after months of people freaking out about where I was living, I did begin to wonder if there might be some leftover bad business in the place,” reports Butler.

“As it turns out, in Northeastern Ohio, there is a lot of interest in the paranormal. Ghost hunts were being offered at creepy sites all around the region, and I’d been approached by several psychics and paranormal clubs that wanted to bring audio recorders and video cameras over to see what they could scare up,” reports Butler.

Read the results of the ghost hunter’s investigation here

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys– most of whom were of African or Asian descent – between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders were particularly gruesome, involving rape, torture, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism. On November 28, 1994, he was beaten to death by fellow Columbia Correctional Institution inmate Christopher Scarver with a bar from a weight machine while on work detail in the prison gym. (Source)