Jeffery Dahmer’s Real Neighbor Breaks Down What it Was Like to Live Next Door to A Monster-Ep. 008

Uzézi sits down with Vernell Bass, neighbor of Jefferey Dahmer to discuss the realities of what it was like to live next to the most infamous man on the planet. Also, the two go into the difference between the real events and the way Netflix portrayed those events.


0:00-Intro to Vernell Bass
4:00-What was the Oxford Apartments like?
5:40-Vernell served years in prison
7:54-Did the tenants have any concerns that he was the only white person in the building?
10:15-Did you get weird vibes from Dahmer when you first met?
11:50-When did the tenants start to realize Dahmer was unusual?
12:30-The smell of death
15:24-Did Dahmer want to get caught?
16:21-Netflix Lied! Glenda Cleveland was not Dahmer's neighbor
18:00-Vernell's Ex-Wife started rumors about Dahmer giving her a sandwich
20:42-The community blamed the tenants more than the Police
30:30-Both Vernell and ex-wife experienced nightmares for awhile because of Dahmer
33:50-Vernell hears Dahmer screaming at victim
37:53-First time Vernell was inside Dahmer's apartment. What did he see?
40:50-The night Dahmer got caught
41:52-The most accurate part of Dahmer-The Netflix series
43:43-The night the police returned the 14 year old boy back to Dahmer
46:44-Does Vernell NOT fault the officer who returned the 14 year old back to Dahmer?
50:00- "Dahmer was a murderer not a killer." What's the difference?
52:25- Dahmer's killer was a killer, Dahmer was a murderer
58:53: Vernell wonders why Jeff never tried to kill him
59:40-Vernell would never let anyone pour him a drink, after drinking toilet water?!?!
1:01:45-Some people cut ties with Vernell after the Dahmer news broke
1:03:41-Did he target blacks deliberately out of hate or strategy?
1:09:25-Question about the ending quote in Vernell's book
1:12:12-Last words