Ryan Murphy's Monsters has been renewed for more seasons focusing on different serial killers, but is this fair on the victims families?
It is the first season of the controversial American, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. The first season focused on the crimes of
Furthermore, attempting to rationalise and understand the gritty inner thoughts of such a criminal seems to now be a part of the appeal. But through doing this, the creators are only sensationalising and attempting to rationalise the unthinkable. Like it or not, true crime seeks to humanise inhumane acts. So, is this healthy and do we really need yet another retelling of a prolific serial killer?
Rita Isbell’s brother, Errol Lindsey, was murdered at age 19 by Dahmer. She gave a victim impact statement during Dahmer’s 1992 sentencing, when the killer was given 15 consecutive life sentences. The emotional moment is also re-created in the series. She spoke out to Insider about the show, 'When I saw some of the show, it bothered me, especially when I saw myself — when I saw my name come across the screen and this lady saying verbatim exactly what I said.
Series creator Ryan Murphy’s remarks counter claims by some victims’ relatives that no one from the production notified them of the show or consulted them. He told The, 'It’s something that we researched for a very long time 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.
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