A YouTuber who posted a video in which he pretended to be Jeffrey Dahmer “for 24 hours” is receiving criticism.
On October 6, DuB Bridge uploaded the contentious video to the DuB Family YouTube channel, which has over 1.3 million subscribers.
The video opens with Bridge at home watching “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which is a biography of the notorious serial murderer that details his life and crimes.
“It’s about him, you know, doing monstrous things — people being a cannibal and stuff like that but I just really honestly believed that he was just misconstrued. Like he grew up wrong and it was just like that was the only way that he could tame it,” Bridge says in the clip, attempting to give a synopsis of the Netflix show that he calls an “amazing documentary.”
He likens Dahmer’s killings and cannibalism to people who use drugs and tell lies to get by in a difficult life. Bridge explains, “He just happened to kill.
He compares Dahmer’s murders and cannibalism to people taking drugs and lying to cope with a hard life. “He just happened to kill,” Bridge says.
The YouTuber dresses up and heads to the booze store where he poses as Jeffrey Dahmer. Bridge offers the male cashier a drink despite the woman behind him in line urging him to no, He commits serial killings.
“You look like Jeffrey Dahmer low-key,” one of the women tells him.
He insists on pouring his male friend a drink, which he pretends to spike, and paying him to pose for “private” photos. Bridge creepily stalks his friend into the bedroom. After his friend takes a sip of the “spiked drink,” he kicks Bridge out, yelling, “What did you give me bro?”
The friend then collapses on the floor in perfect view of the two women, who reply, “that was weird.”
“You think he was trying to get some ass from him?” one asks. They then pretend to freak out and attempt to revive him while he’s splayed out on the floor.
Bridge then returns home where his young son reproaches him. “You [are] almost 50 years old. You got a kid that is in first grade. Why are you acting like this? … And you look stupid,” the 6-year-old sasses him.
“I’m just trying to make a video because Jeffrey Dahmer is important today,” the content creator says.
On YouTube, the video has received over 188,500 views and 10,000 likes, however many online users were not amused.
In addition to killing 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer admitted to eating some of his victims. In July 1991, he was ultimately apprehended and given 16 consecutive life sentences. In the end, a fellow prisoner shot and killed Dahmer in 1994.
“I don’t know why it’s suddenly cool to have people want to be Jeffrey Dahmer…there are families still haunted by these terrible murders man,” one commenter wrote.
Another replied, “Imagine someone recreating what happened to your brother & then being told to laugh more. Where’s the integrity ? This is FOUL.”
“Feels kinda weird laughing and making jokes about it. Considering it’s real,” a third said.
“It’s not a f–king joke when one of your family members ended up being the victim,” another wrote.
“Y’all really have no respect for the families of these victims,” one claimed.