Katharina Buczek
Much of the Dahmer merchandise being sold on the site is not cheap– with some legal documents costing upward of three thousand and five hundred dollars and the killer’s handwritten school project on sale for a whopping fifteen thousand dollars.
According to James Taylor, though, Dahmer’s glasses are special, which is why they were given an extreme price point.
“This is probably the rarest thing, the most expensive thing, maybe the most one-of-a-kind thing, that is ever going to be on Cult Collectibles, ever. Hands down,” the owner stated in a Youtube video.
It is now widespread common knowledge that Jeffrey Dahmer murdered seventeen boys and young men from 1978 to 1991. Most of these heinous crimes took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with many of the victims being Asian, Black, or Latino men. A majority of the victims were also young gay individuals, ranging from fourteen to thirty-two years of age.
After Dahmer was arrested in 1991, he also admitted to torturing the victims, preserving their bodies, and partaking in cannibalism.
These monstrous acts earned him fifteen life sentences plus seventy years in prison. However, Dahmer’s life in prison was actually short-lived– because, by November 29, 1994, he was murdered by a fellow inmate in the prison bathroom.
So, according to Taylor James, the fact that Dahmer wore those glasses during his short stay in prison is what makes the merchandise so valuable.
“These were in his cell when he was killed in prison. He wore them at least for his full time in prison, and then they were in storage,” Taylor explained.
Now, the glasses are not listed directly on the Cult Collectibles site alongside the other Dahmer paraphernalia. Instead, Taylor intends to negotiate with prospective buyers in private and claims to have already privately sold another pair of Dahmer’s glasses.
Understandably, though, the fact that the killer’s former belongings are being used to churn a profit does not sit well with many people. Most notably, the peaking interest in Dahmer as a person following Netflix’s series has unnerved the families of his victims.
Many opted to speak out following the show’s release, including Rita Isbell– who is the sister of nineteen-year-old victim Errol Lindsey. In 1991, Lindsey was subjected to a gruesome death after Dahmer drilled a hole in his head and poured hydrochloric acid into it.
