Dahmer’s Haunts

The apartment building where serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer lived and committed many of his crimes was demolished years ago, but several of his other haunts are still standing.

AMBASSADOR HOTEL 2308 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Dahmer killed his second-ever victim in 1987, inside a room at the Ambassador Hotel, then a much seedier establishment than today. He carried the body out in a large suitcase he’d bought at The Grand Avenue mall.

LACAGE 801 S. Second St.

Most of the gay bars and clubs where Dahmer met his victims during the late 1980s and early 1990s have since closed, but LaCage is still going strong.

GRAND AVENUE MALL 275 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Dahmer occasionally shopped at this Downtown mall (now The Shops of Grand Avenue) and in 1991, he offered a man he met there $20 to pose for nude photos. The man agreed, but when Dahmer pulled out handcuffs, the intended victim ran away.