 Doing a Dahmer In episode 3 we see what Dahmer was like in high school. The answer is strange as you might expect a group of jocks Ask Dahmer to do an imitation of the decorator a couple of times At which point Dahmer seizes up and makes an unpleasant handicapped impersonation for the ages This is quite correct. Dahmer was known at school for acting up and doing a Dahmer to grab attention The impressions came from an interior decorator who worked on Dahmer's parents house for spell and suffered from cerebral palsy When Dahmer was struggling socially his peers claim that he frequently played the class clowns to gain attention This whole period of Dahmer's life is explored more in-depth in the 2017 film my friend Dahmer Which is based on a graphic novel written by John Baxter who knew Dahmer personally at high school and was even involved in some of his acting up