A Netflix-driven surge of interest in cannibalistic killer Jeffrey Dahmer is boosting tourism in Milwaukee, local businesses say.
“We have brought a lot of people [into town],” Weiss said. “The tourist industry is very happy.”
“We have people that fly in from Barcelona, Frankfurt, [to] take our tour,” Weiss added, noting that nearly 90% of his customers are female, often aged between mid-20s and early-40s. Nearly everyone has been curious but respectful, and if they’re not, Weiss said “buffoon”-like behavior isn’t tolerated.
Charese Gardner, owner of Wall Street Stock Bar, the former site of the infamous Club 219, where Dahmer picked up many of his victims, can’t stand to hear his name, or to think about what he did to her hometown.While true-crime tourists have flooded her bar, she’s not interested in encouraging them in the slightest,“We’re not doing a drink, we’re not doing a mural,” said Gardner. “I redid every single thing. It doesn’t even look like the place anymore.
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