Journalist Recalls Breaking The Dahmer Story

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

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True Crime

4.8 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On July 23rd, 1991, the Milwaukee Journal published a story that sent shockwaves across the city. Residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shocked to learn that a local apartment contained dismembered body parts and remains of numerous victims. Even more disturbing was the man responsible for all the horrors. Former Crime Reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Anne Schwartz was the first to break the story of Jeffrey Dahmer. She looks back at her coverage of the case and shares why it's so difficult for residents of the city to remember this disturbing part of their history. Anne has authored two books about the Dahmer case: The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough, and Monster. Anne was also featured in the series, My Son Jeffrey: The Dahmer Family Tapes, which is available to stream now on FOX Nation. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	I'm Emily Componio, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.
0:47.0	Thank you. True Crime Podcast. Annie Schwartz was a crime reporter with a Milwaukee Journal when one night she received a tip
0:52.5	from a police source about a ghastly discovery at a local apartment.
0:57.6	She rushed to the crime scene and quickly got to work.
1:01.3	The next morning, she wrote a headline that shocked readers across the city,
1:06.5	Body Parts Litter Apartment.
1:09.3	Those were the words plastered upon the front page of the Tuesday publication on July 23, 1991.
1:17.6	When Annie wrote about the gruesome scene located at an apartment on North 25th Street,
1:22.8	she had no idea she would be the first to break the story of one of America's most prolific and
1:28.9	horrifying serial killers, Jeffrey Dahmer. Annie has since written books covering the Dahmer case
1:35.1	and was featured in the new series My Son Jeffrey, the Dahmer family tapes, which is available
1:40.7	to stream now on Fox Nation. Today, Annie joins me to discuss what it was like to cover the Apolline case as the story developed
1:49.3	and shares the impact the Dahmer Horror continues to have on the Milwaukee community.
1:55.6	It's hard to believe, Emily, that 32 years later we're still having this conversation.
2:00.1	It really is is because I remember
2:02.0	when this happened and it was crazy. It was an amazing story when it happened, but I never imagined
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