Yes, the homosexual bar that Jeffrey Dahmer is shown luring sufferers from in 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' is real. Details on Milwaukee bar Club 219.
In the new Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the infamous serial killer is depicted picking up multiple victims from a gay bar called Club 219 near his apartment. He'd trap them with promises to pay them for footage, and prep drugged drinks for the sufferers again at his apartment.
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Was the bar in question a real position, or fictionalized for the Netflix series? If the bar was real, is it still working to these days? Here's what we know about Milwaukee's Club 219.
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Was the Milwaukee homosexual bar Club 219 a real place?
Club 219 was a real, popular gay bar in Milwaukee.
According to an extensive file from the Wisconsin LGBT History Project, Club 219 truly got its get started in January 1981, cementing itself because the gay membership to be at in Milwaukee till it was ultimately eclipsed by every other homosexual bar, La Cage Aux Folles, in 1984. Club 219 was referred to as the second-best gay bar, after La Cage. However, the club was still energetic, and cherished via consumers. Unfortunately, Club 219 was notorious after Dahmer changed into a standard in 1991.
A former Club 219 patron recounted a chilling second at Club 219 (by means of the similar Wisconsin LGBT History Project file), saying, "I went on a date with what would become my 1st boyfriend (Danny Fonz) at 219. It was exciting as that had been the 1st dance club I had ever been to. After I left Cest La Vie I went in there more often. One night a guy said 'Hi' to me. I walked away because he stunk. That person I later learned was Jeffrey Dahmer."
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Is Club 219 still operating?
Sadly, Club 219 shut down for excellent in 2005. A Google Maps seek from the address the place Dahmer's condominium was situated to Club 219 unearths that it was best about an eight-minute pressure.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Oxford Apartment building, the place Dahmer stayed in condominium 213, was demolished in 1992. The building that formerly housed Club 219 is still standing in the Walker's Point community in Milwaukee.
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Per a report from WISN 12, members of the Milwaukee LGBT community that were round when Dahmer was murdering Club 219 consumers weren't delighted that the Netflix series was revisiting the previous trauma the killer inflicted.
Drag performer B.J. Daniels performed at Club 219 in 1991. Daniels informed WISN 12, "I feel like it fetishizes this whole horrible moment in Milwaukee history."
#Dahmer episode 6-10 is the point of interest we should've gotten for the entire series. Remember the victims. Their lives and their goals. Not the killer.
Still happy they didn't glorify. Never once did I feel sorry for him. Evans actually made him yuck. I did really feel a bit sorry for his dad. pic.twitter.com/oe8Jy58ZTY
— Woof woof (@kk_romeow) September 21, 2022Daniels also mentioned in the similar report a couple of unhappy come across he had at Pride Fest 1991 with the mother of considered one of Dahmer's sufferers, recalling, "A woman came up to me and we were in drag, so she knew we were drag queens, and she said 'Have you seen my son?' and she held up a little snapshot. Come to find out this young man she showed me a photo of was one of the victims."
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