Ryan Murphy says he reached out to families of Dahmer’s victims but ‘not a single person responded’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ryan Murphy has said that he reached out to the families of Jeffrey Dahmer’s families, but “not a single person responded”. He said: “And we, over the course of the three, three and a half years when we were really writing it, working on it, we reached out to 20, around 20 of the victims’ families and friends trying to get input, trying to talk to people and not a single person responded to us in that process. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Murphy said he would be “happy” to pay for a memorial for Dahmer’s victims, stating that he has been trying to “get a hold of people” to talk about making that a reality. “I think there’s some resistance because they think the park would attract people who are interested in paying homage to the macabre… but I think something should be done.” The true-crime series was watched for 196.2 million hours in its first week, making Dahmer the platform’s most watched new show ever in its first week.