Milwaukee, WI
Jeffrey Dahmer murders fueling sick Milwaukee tourism trend
A Netflix-driven surge of curiosity in cannibalistic killer Jeffrey Dahmer is boosting tourism in Milwaukee, native companies say.
Ryan Murphy’s wildly in style present for the streamer, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” has true crime buffs itching to retrace the killer’s creepy footsteps within the metropolis as soon as higher often called the house of “Laverne & Shirley.”
Their presence is very welcomed by Bob Weiss, operator of Milwaukee’s “Cream Metropolis Cannibal” strolling tour, a 75-minute tour of the locations the place Dahmer “poached seven of his 17 victims.”
“It’s extremely in style now,” stated Weiss, proprietor of Hangman Excursions, who added that whereas he handled appreciable backlash upon debuting the doubtful providing over a decade in the past, the one downside he’s been going through recently is easy methods to deal with an awesome variety of new bookings.
For the reason that present debuted, Weiss has gone from the same old 4 excursions per weekend, that are eagerly promoted by some native lodges — you may even e book your time slot at Marriott.com — to a whopping 16 walks.
“Now we have introduced lots of people [into town],” Weiss stated. “The vacationer trade may be very completely happy.”
Whereas loads of home Dahmer diehards are flocking to his outdated stomping grounds, Weiss famous that Europeans — whom first swarmed town in 2018 when the stroll was featured on Netflix’s “Darkish Vacationer” — are those he sees principally these days.
“Now we have those that fly in from Barcelona, Frankfurt, [to] take our tour,” Weiss added, noting that just about 90% of his clients are feminine, typically aged between mid-20s and early-40s. Almost everybody has been curious however respectful, and in the event that they’re not, Weiss stated “buffoon”-like habits isn’t tolerated.
“We don’t glorify something that Dahmer did, we don’t make gentle of something, there are some vital classes that I believe society must be reminded of,” Weiss stated, noting that FBI officers and different members of legislation enforcement have taken the tour as a part of their learning of serial killers.
Not all Milwaukee enterprise house owners are thinking about being related to one of many metropolis’s darker chapters.
Charese Gardner, proprietor of Wall Avenue Inventory Bar, the previous web site of the notorious Membership 219, the place Dahmer picked up a lot of his victims, can’t stand to listen to his identify, or to consider what he did to her hometown.
Whereas true crime vacationers have flooded her bar, she’s not thinking about encouraging them within the slightest, she instructed Fox6.
“We’re not doing a drink, we’re not doing a mural,” stated Gardner. “I redid each single factor. It doesn’t even appear to be the place anymore.”
Ever for the reason that Netflix present premiered, the bar has additionally seen a rise in nosy passersby who’re curious sufficient to stroll previous, however not come inside, she stated.
“I’ve face marks on my [windows] exterior as a result of individuals are like, attempting to look in,” stated Gardner. “I don’t actually perceive the obsession.”
For the reason that Dahmer collection launched, the 86-year-old father of the killer, Lionel Dahmer, has had “followers” of his son seem on his Ohio property. Some are dressing up as Dahmer for Halloween and throwing events in honor of the psycho.
“It’s simply sort of traumatizing to see how individuals would reward a serial killer,” Gardner stated.
Scene near Barnett and View.
FOX POINT, Wis. – A fire broke out in a Fox Point neighborhood on Sunday night, Dec. 22.
The Brown Deer Fire Department and Milwaukee Fire Department confirmed multiple units responded to the fire in a neighborhood on Barnett Lane.
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It’s currently unclear what started the fire.
Wisconsin holiday gas prices falling
Holiday travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
MILWAUKEE – Thousands across Wisconsin are expected to hit the road for the holiday. The travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
At Good Hope and Green Bay roads, Victor Tran is filling up – and it’s not a bad time to do so.
“The gas right now. Very, very good right now. They’re getting lower. Better than they were before,” Trans said.
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According to AAA, the average for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is around $2.82 per gallon. The average in Milwaukee County on Sunday, Dec. 22 was around $2.79. That is lower than Ozaukee County with an average of around $2.93. All those prices are below the $3 per gallon national average.
Patrick De Haan is the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“It’s the seasonality that’s really been the primary reason for gas prices that have fallen compared to where they were this summer,” De Haan said. “In the last couple of days we have seen a big jump in some parts of Wisconsin ahead of the holiday. That has to do with oil prices jumping up.”
But De Haan believes prices will once again fall in Milwaukee. He suggests waiting until closer to Christmas to fill up.
GasBuddy suggests people always check fuel prices before filling up – especially when crossing the state line.
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“I do think a high number of Americans are likely going to be hitting the road in light of the relatively low gas prices,” De Haan said.
De Haan predicts prices will rise after the cold winter months.
“What goes down eventually will go up in the spring,” De Haan said.
MILWAUKEE – A 25-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting another man near a gas station near 14th and North. The accused is Dreaten Burch – and he faces a single charge of first-degree reckless injury.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded on Sunday evening, Dec. 8 to a shooting near 14th and North Avenue. Officers spoke with relatives of the shooting victim who came home with a gunshot wound to his face. They believed he had been at a nearby gas station.
That same night, a detective went to Froedtert Hospital where the shooting victim was being treated for his wound. He indicated he “exchanged words with the driver of a white vehicle, then ran west on North Avenue and got shot in the face as he ran,” the complaint says. The victim said he did not see who shot him.
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Milwaukee police responded to the Citgo gas station near 14th and North and reviewed surveillance video showing the suspect and victim. The complaint says the “video shows that at about 5:31 p.m., a man walks into Citgo, then leaves and walks through the parking lot. At about 5:33 p.m., a white vehicle turns into the parking lot and appears to nearly strike the man in the parking lot, who has to avoid the vehicle. The vehicle parks, then a suspect exits the driver’s door, then heads in the same direction as the first man.”
Investigators found a casing and unspent cartridge northeast of the intersection of 14th and North. Police “later found additional surveillance video showing the man and suspect heading to this location, and showing the man returning to the white vehicle,” the complaint says.
Investigators reviewed photos of the suspect vehicle. They also queried the Flock Safety database and found a matching vehicle within three days of the incident. Officers had previously stopped the vehicle — and identified the driver as Dreaten Burch.
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Burch was arrested on Dec. 9. When police tried to question him about the shooting incident at the gas station, Burch “said he may have been at the gas station and may have been in the car, but he didn’t know about anything else,” the complaint says.
Burch made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Saturday, Dec. 14. Cash bond was set at $10,000.
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