WI v. Dahmer
WI v. Dahmer
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S1 E59: Young Attractive Men Were His Targets
Original Air Date: Aug 4, 2023
The forensic psychiatrist hired by prosecutors points out the defendant's ability to conform to the law; Dr. Frederick Fosdal claims that Jeffrey Dahmer had discretion toward his victims and only killed the young men he was attracted to.
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S1 E59: Young Attractive Men Were His Targets
Original Air Date: Aug 4, 2023
The forensic psychiatrist hired by prosecutors points out the defendant's ability to conform to the law; Dr. Frederick Fosdal claims that Jeffrey Dahmer had discretion toward his victims and only killed the young men he was attracted to.
Oct 5
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S1 E58: State Expert Evaluates Thoroughly Dahmer
Original Air Date: Aug 4, 2023
A detailed mental health evaluation is delivered to the jury; forensic psychiatrist Dr. Frederick Fosdal specifically evaluates Dahmer's sexuality and sexual preferences to get a fuller picture of how he operated as a serial killer.
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S1 E57: Dahmer a Sex Addict
Original Air Date: Aug 4, 2023
Dr. Frederick Fosdal, a forensic psychiatrist, begins his assessment by interviewing Dahmer on his biography and the many issues he dealt with over the years; Dahmer admits having sexual contact with over 100 men, where he paid for sex half the time.
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S1 E56: State's Forensic Psychiatrist Called to the Stand
Original Air Date: Aug 3, 2023
Dr. Frederick Fosdal testifies on his experience when weighing a defendant's mental capacity to withstand trial, as well as insanity pleas in homicidal cases; Dr. Fosdal reads through his report for the jury on Dahmer's mental health assessment.
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S1 E55: Victim's Friend Calls Out Defendant
Original Air Date: Aug 3, 2023
A friend of the defendant's fifth murdered victim takes the stand; Jeffrey Connor recalls for the jury being with Anthony Sears the night Sears went with Jeffrey Dahmer back to his apartment.
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S1 E54: Probation Officer on the Witness Stand
Original Air Date: Aug 3, 2023
The defendant's probation officer takes the stand; Cynthia Sartin confirms that she was given Jeffrey Dahmer's case after he was arrested for disorderly conduct when he exposed himself to young boys in the street.
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S1 E53: Survivor Testifies
Original Air Date: Aug 3, 2023
The state continues its lineup of young men who happened to survive the defendant's killing spree; Michael Salinas takes the stand and recalls his near-fatal encounter with Jeffrey Dahmer when Dahmer lured him and drugged him.
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S1 E52: Surviving Dahmer's Deadly Clutch
Original Air Date: Aug 2, 2023
A young man who met the defendant in the early years of Jeffrey Dahmer's mass killing spree, Ronald Flowers Jr. ultimately survives Dahmer's deadly clutch, even after being drugged.
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S1 E51: No Mental Disease in Jeffrey Dahmer
Original Air Date: Aug 2, 2023
The court's appointed clinical psychologist touches upon personality disorder versus psychological disorder; Dr. Samuel Friedman determines that Dahmer did not have a mental disease and that he knew right from wrong.
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S1 E50: Loneliness Drove Him to Kill
Original Air Date: Aug 2, 2023
Dr. Samuel Friedman concludes that it was Jeffrey Dahmer's longing for companionship that drove him to kill, not psychosis; the clinical psychologist also says that Dahmer had features of paraphilia, but did not succumb to paraphilia itself.
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S1 E49: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Original Air Date: Aug 2, 2023
Jeffrey Dahmer undergoes the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a psychological test used to help doctors assess and diagnose mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, depression and anxiety.
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S1 E48: Life History Evaluation
Original Air Date: Aug 1, 2023
The second mental health doctor hired by Judge Laurence Gram testifies on his psychological evaluation of the defendant; Dr. Samuel Friedman, a clinical psychologist, explains how he conducted his mental health assessment of Jeffrey Dahmer.
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S1 E47: Second Court Appointed Expert Testifies
Original Air Date: Aug 1, 2023
The second appointed mental health expert begins his testimony outlining his educational background, work experience, and professional credentials; clinical psychologist Dr. Samuel Friedman evaluates Dahmer at the request of Dr. George Palermo.
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S1 E46: He Was Anti-Social Not Insane
Original Air Date: Aug 1, 2023
Dr. George Palermo believes Jeffrey Dahmer operated as an anti-social person and not an insane criminal; the mental health expert concludes that the defendant not being okay with his own sexuality was the real reason for his killing 15 people.
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S1 E45: Sexual Inhibitions Is the Issue
Original Air Date: Aug 1, 2023
According to forensic psychiatrist Dr. George Palermo, it was the defendant not coming to grips with his own sexuality that led him to kill; he is unconvinced that Jeffrey Dahmer's acts centered on just his sexual attraction and arousal.
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S1 E44: Jeffrey Dahmer Is a Sociopath Not Psychopath
Original Air Date: Jul 31, 2023
Dr. George Palermo concludes the defendant suffered from a personality disorder which led to anti-social tendencies; despite Dahmer's sexual acts on his victims, Dr. Palermo is not convinced Dahmer suffered from abnormal sexual behaviors or impulses.
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S1 E43: Dahmer's Mental State on Trial
Original Air Date: Jul 31, 2023
Board-certified psychiatrist Dr. George Palermo is ordered by the judge to evaluate the defendant; during cross-examination, the court-appointed mental health doctor claims that in just four hours he was convinced Jeffrey Dahmer was not mentally ill.
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S1 E42: Forensic Psychiatrist Breaks Dahmer Down
Original Air Date: Jul 31, 2023
Court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. George Palermo concludes that Dahmer is neither insane nor a necrophiliac, but instead is a very sick man who killed out of lust, the desire for control and his apprehension of being gay.
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S1 E41: Court-Appointed Doctor Takes the Stand
Original Air Date: Jul 31, 2023
The mental health doctor that the judge appoints testifies in Wisconsin v. Dahmer; Dr. George Palermo, a forensic psychiatrist, testifies on his work experience and educational background, as well as his conclusions on Jeffrey Dahmer's mental state.
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S1 E40: Dahmer Could Not Help Himself
Original Air Date: Jul 28, 2023
A forensic psychiatrist hired by the defense team to examine the defendant testified that Jeffrey Dahmer tried to resist his sexual desires and urges but ultimately failed resulting in his serial killing spree.
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S1 E39: Psychiatrist Stands On His Opinion
Original Air Date: Jul 28, 2023
Dr. Carl Wahlstrom testified that Jeffrey Dahmer killed with sex on his mind, cannibalism and the preserving of his victim's skeletal remains.
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S1 E38: Dahmer Let Some Victims Go
Original Air Date: Jul 28, 2023
The state alluded to another survivor of Jeffrey Dahmer's killing spree; a young boy Dahmer had sexual relations with but did not murder.
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S1 E37: Serial Killer Who Lusted After His Victims
Original Air Date: Jul 28, 2023
Jeffrey Dahmer's sexual desire was an early subject brought up in cross-examination of the defense's forensic psychiatrist Dr. Carl Wahlstrom; he recalled Dahmer saying he gained great stimulation with sex on dead body parts.
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S1 E36: Forensic Psychiatrist's Evaluation
Original Air Date: Jul 27, 2023
The defense's forensic psychiatrist testifies about his medical examination of the defendant; Dr. Carl Wahlstrom reads his final conclusion of Jeffrey Dahmer to the jury, determining that Dahmer suffered from progressive mental illness.
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