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Netflix: 'Dahmer' passes 1B hour viewership milestone

Evan Peters played serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," which has gotten more than 1 billion hours viewed since Sept. 21. Photo courtesy of Netflix
1 of 5 | Evan Peters played serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," which has gotten more than 1 billion hours viewed since Sept. 21. Photo courtesy of Netflix

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Netflix has announced that Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has officially surpassed 1 billion hours viewed since its streaming release on Sept. 21.

The fact-based drama about the infamous titular serial killer, who admitted to killing 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991, is the first chapter in an anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.

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Two more seasons of Monster following other monstrous figures have already been ordered at Netflix.

Dahmer was killed by a fellow inmate in prison in 1994 when he was 34 years old.

He is played in Monster by Evan Peters, who frequently worked with Murphy on his American Horror Story anthology.

Dahmer co-starred Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned and Niecy Nash.

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