29/10/2022
Not typically my field of interest as I generally deal in Mob Memorabilia and other Historical pieces, but here is something very interesting I recently acquired: a May 1992 dated letter from Dr Fred Berlin at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that was sent to and owned by Jeffrey Dahmer while in Columbia Correctional Institute in Wisconsin. Dahmer related items are already very hard to come by in the collecting world and the content within this letter makes it even more appealing to that market. Another unique aspect is the fact that this particular letter was collected by Shari Dahmer (Jeff’s mother) in June of 1992 from his mail bag while in prison and she even typed out her own personal note of that onto the letter and signed it with her own hand. Stapled to the back of it is a copy of the letter without any notations. The short amount of time while Dahmer was in prison, prior to his death, he had received a lot of mail, majority of which he sent to or had his parents pick up from the prison. An interesting speculation on Jeffrey Dahmer is that while he was in prison it’s apparent that he purposely did not write back to much of his “fan” mail he received due to the fact that he knew it to be worth money, even at that time… Dr. Berlin who sent this letter, has appeared as an expert witness in several trials including the murder trial of Mark Dean Schwab and Jeffrey Dahmer. He has discussed the merits of chemical castration for s*x offenders as well. He is a well renowned psychiatrist and s*xologist, as you can see his background listed on the letter here itself.
*Its worth noting that I simply have this piece for historical interest only.
