Directed by Gregg Araki Written by David McMillan   Ryan Murphy   Ian Brennan   Cast Evan Peters ... Jeffrey Dahmer Richard Jenkins ... Lionel Dahmer Molly Ringwald ... Shari Dahmer Michael Learned ... Catherine Dahmer Niecy Nash ... Glenda Cleveland David Barrera ... Chief Arreola Michael Beach ... Detective Murphy Dyllon Burnside ... Ronald Flowers Colby French ... Patrick Kennedy Nigel Gibbs ... Jesse Jackson Karen Malina White ... Shirley Hughes Matthew Alan ... Officer Gabrish Shaun J. Brown ... Tracy Edwards Scott Michael Morgan ... Officer Balcerzak Penelope Ann Miller ... Joyce Dahmer Michael Adler ... Judge Lawrence Gram Carlos Arellano ... Bailiff Molly Baker ... Audience Member DaShawn Barnes ... Rita Isbell Serene Branson ... News Correspondent Markina Brown ... Fresno Reporter #2 Demián Castro ... Geraldo Rivera Maurice Demus ... Jacob Chase Fein ... Police Officer #2 Nikea Gamby-Turner ... Mildred Lindsey Vanessa Giordano ... Fresno Reporter #1 Horace Gold ... Isaac Richards Arye Gross ... Gerald Boyle Rodney J. Hobbs ... African American Sergeant Bobbie Lee Jr. ... J.W. Smith Shane Kerwin ... Ed Gein Ericka Kreutz ... Female Sergeant Amy Mack ... Barbara Hughes Phet Mahathongdy ... Somdy Sinthasomphone Mercy Malick ... Milwaukee Reporter #2 Brayden Maniago ... Somsack Sinthasomphone Ed Mattiuzzi ... Milwaukee Reporter #3 (as Edward Mattiuzzi) Danny Max ... Fresno Reporter #3 Jim McCaffree ... Sheriff - 1957 Keyla McNeely ... Dorothy Straughter Clark Moore ... Deputy Chief Dia Nash ... Sandra Smith (as Dia La Ren Nash) Scott Paophavihanh ... Anouke Sinthasomphone Khetphet Phagnasay ... Southone Sinthasomphone Tony Robinette ... Donald Bradehoft Spencer Squire ... Nick Rosemary Thomas ... Catherine Straughter Ava Ticotin ... Janie Hagen Corey Timmons ... Will Hughes Kyrsten V. Williams ... Kim Hughes Mike Estes ... Lieutenant Perez Uncredited Cast Vance Duplechin ... Mourner Karman Graham ... Prosecuting Attorney Trevor Snarr ... AIDS Clinic Front Desk Staff Baker Wiles ... Courtroom Gallery Produced by Ian Brennan   Lou Eyrich   Mathew Hart   Scott James   Richard Jenkins   Regis Kimble   Eric Kovtun   Todd Kubrak   Alexis Martin Woodall   David McMillan   Janet Mock   Ryan Murphy   Todd Nenninger   Evan Peters   Tanase Popa   Scott Robertson   Rashad Robinson   Kathia Sanchez-Aldana   Reilly Smith   Sara Stelwagen   Original Music by Nick Cave Warren Ellis

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