Word: dahmer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even for the increasingly sensational network magazine shows, the ghoulish display last week was something of a milestone. In addition to the Manson hour -- the first weekly episode of ABC's new Turning Point series -- serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and his father were brought together for a session on Dateline NBC. CBS's 48 Hours spent another hour exploring the case of Russell Obremski, convicted of two Oregon murders in 1969 and recently freed on parole. And NBC's Now served up its own creepy sociopath: a man in prison for kidnapping untold numbers of children from their...
...owner) has immersed cable viewers in the slow, sometimes tedious, often mesmerizing workings of the American judicial system. With 47 states now allowing cameras in the courtroom, the channel has broadcast such high-profile proceedings as the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, the insanity defense of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and the parole hearings of Charles Manson and his followers. But nothing has brought it quite so much attention as the Menendez case. Says senior vice president Merrill Brown: "It has sustained viewer interest in a way that we didn't believe previously a trial of this length could...
...minute tape in Terres' apartment. The rambling message pointed to several possible motives. Terres spoke of being under psychiatric care a few years ago and admitted to fantasizing about killing people for more than a year. The tape made reference to several notorious mass murderers, including Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. It also referred to a 1984 bloodbath at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, California -- and police speculated that Terres' rampage might have been a copycat massacre. On tape, Terres stated, "Society screwed me, and now it's payback time." He may have been referring to the company that...
...format: "If our program is three pieces of the same length and then a light, short piece at the end, then we will have failed." After early shows drew criticism from ABC News executives for being too downbeat and tabloid-like (example: a whole show on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer), the program was retooled. Last week's show featured three main stories and a light, short piece at the end on the New York Mets...
...JEFFREY DAHMER...