TV News: eBay bans Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes after hit Netflix series

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eBay bans Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes after hit Netflix series

eBay bans Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes after hit Netflix series

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eBay bans Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes after hit Netflix series

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Brendan Morrow, Staff Writer
Wed, October 19, 2022 at 4:50 PM·1 min read

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If you're planning to dress as a character from a Netflix show this Halloween, it would probably be best to stick to Stranger Things.
eBay is removing listings for Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes from its platform following the success of Netflix's new series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, BuzzFeed News reports. A spokesperson for the online auction site told BuzzFeed that these costumes violate its violence and violent criminals policy, which states, "Listings that promote or glorify violence or violent acts, or are associated with individuals who are notorious for committing violent acts, are not allowed."

Monster has been a massive hit for Netflix, becoming the streamer's second-biggest English language show behind only Stranger Things. A mask of actor Evan Peters' portrayal of Dahmer, who murdered 17 people, is among the costume items that popped up on eBay.


But the show has also drawn criticism, including from the families of Dahmer's victims. Eric Perry, whose cousin was murdered by Dahmer, tweeted that his family was "pissed" about the show, writing, "It's retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?" Rita Isbell, whose brother was murdered by Dahmer, also wrote for Insider that "Netflix should've asked if we mind or how we felt about making it," adding, "It's sad that they're just making money off of this tragedy. That's just greed."

Simone Biles was among those to condemn the idea of dressing up like a real serial killer for Halloween, tweeting, "I'm just gon go head and say it, put the Jeffrey Dahmer costumes back in the closet. We ain't having it!!!!!!"

 

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eBay Bans Jeffrey Dahmer Costumes After Listings Surge Due to Netflix‘s ’Monster’: You Can‘t Sell Items That ’Promote or Glorify Violence’

Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer series has resulted in a surge of listings for Dahmer Halloween costumes.

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eBay Bans Jeffrey Dahmer Costumes After Listings Surge Due to Netflix‘s ’Monster’: You Can‘t Sell Items That ’Promote or Glorify Violence’

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Listings for Jeffrey Dahmer costumes on eBay.com are being pulled this Halloween season. The popular e-commerce website has put a ban on Dahmer costumes because they violate its policy on violent and violent criminals, Buzzfeed News confirms. A surge of listings for Dahmer-related costumes hit the website in the aftermath of Ryan Murphy’s blockbuster Netflix series, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” starring Evan Peters as the serial killer.
As reported by Buzzfeed: “A spokesperson confirmed that the selling platform was actively removing these listings and that they were ‘prohibited,’ although some listings are still active at the time of publication…The company policy states that sellers are banned from listing items that ‘promote or glorify violence’ or are associated with violent individuals, the acts for which they gained notoriety, or crime scenes from the past 100 years.”



Variety has reached out to eBay representatives for further comment.
Interest in Dahmer has skyrocketed because of Netflix’s “Monster,” which now trails only “Stranger Things 4” as the streamer’s most-watched English-language original series. The series has earned well over 700 million hours viewed since launching Sept. 21.
One Dahmer-related costume on eBay that was removed directly related to the Netflix series as it was a mask of actor Evan Peters in character as Dahmer.
Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 people between 1978 and 1991. His victims were all men or boys. The Netflix series has received backlash from several family members of Dahmer’s real-life victims. Shirley Hughes, whose son was murdered by Dahmer in 1991, recently told TMZ it was “evil” that people now wanted to dress up as Dahmer because of the Netflix series’ popularity. She added there’d be no Dahmer costumes this year if Netflix didn’t stream the series.
“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is now streaming in its entirety on Netflix.

 

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Twitter loses it over Jeffrey Dahmer costumes for Halloween

The outrage has reached a point where many say dressing up as the Milwaukee mass murderer warrants a public beating.

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[Maxxam]

Are they banning police costumes too? Who kills, rapes, robs and beat wives more than them?

 

[pookie]

Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 people between 1978 and 1991. His victims were all men or boys. The Netflix series has received backlash from several family members of Dahmer’s real-life victims

I didn't follow the Dahmer story closer and still haven't watched the documentary but I didn't know it was 17 victims and it was over that long of a span

 

[playahaitian]

I didn't follow the Dahmer story closer and still haven't watched the documentary but I didn't know it was 17 victims and it was over that long of a span

Yeah bro it is gruesome

Your aint miss nothing

aint even really necessary to absorb that energy

 

[COINTELPRO]

I liked the movie, it shows you how he manifest into becoming a prolific serial killer from an early age. We are coded/hardwired to be repulsed by cannibalism because killing women, potential mating partner would be foolhardy. If it wasn't for women that shit would be more rampant.

Now killing other men is fine, but it usually stops at their death.

I think I am being Jeffrey Dahmer in the United States, they want to turn me into a zombie and drill holes in my head in order to maintain perpetual control over me. I need help to escape. They are doing all kinds of experiments to lobotomize. It is sick and perverted.