Modern Day Grendel

Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer is an example of a modern day Grendel. Grendel (as we all know) not only killed his victims but mutilated them and, in some cases, eat them.Jeffrey Dahmer is not very different than Grendel.

Dahmer was born on May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also known was the Milwaukee Cannibal he was responsible for the murders of 17 young men.

However on July 22, 1991 Tracy Edwards, a young man that was about to be another victim of Dahmer, ran out into the streets,handcuffed, and contacted the police immediately.

At first doubtful of his story police made way to Dahmer's apartment. What they found inside was disturbing. There were many picture's of mutilated bodies, two skulls on top of a computer, various heads stuck in the refrigerator and freezer, and a 57 gallon drum full of decomposing bodies. There was also evidence of cannibalism. 

Dahmer was sentenced to 15 life terms but was killed by an inmate.

Like Grendel Dahmer had no reason to kill. He had no reason to kill, he grew up only with an alcohol problem, nothing that was too out of the ordinary. He seemed to be killing only to kill. He mutilated the bodies and ate them on occasion.

Dahmer is a modern day Grendel.