Popular selling website eBay has condemned the selling of Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween outfits and items, going on to remove various listings by manufacturers and sellers.
It is said that these costumes violate eBay's official sales policy, which bars listings from being closely associated with violent felons over the last 100 year period.
The surge in popularity of Dahmer costumes comes just weeks after streaming service Netflix released an eight piece series revolving around the twisted life and sickening crimes of the killer dubbed the Milwaukee Cannibal - with sellers hoping to profit.
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However, the e-commerce site is fighting back against sellers who are trying to flog Halloween attire related to the notorious serial killer, whose crimes took place between June 1978 to July 1991.
A spokesperson from eBay confirmed to Chronicle Live that the site is removing all Dahmer related costumes from its market place. In a statement, they wrote: "“These items are prohibited for sale on our site and we are removing them.”
eBay’s official policy states that 'items closely associated with or that benefit violent felons, their acts, or crime scenes within the past 100 years' are not prohibited from sale - with Dahmer falling into the bracket with his notorious crimes starting just 44 years ago.
All items thought to violate eBay's policy are currently being removed.
This revelation comes a short time after the mother of Tony Hughes - Dahmer's twelfth victim - spoke out about how she could not believe that the popular Netflix series was allowed to be made to begin with, quoting various inaccuracies in the plot itself.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story was put together by horror auteur Ryan Murphy, who created the massively popular American Horror Story. Within it's first week of airing, it accrued over 196.2million hours of watch time, making it the most viewed show ever within seven days of launching.
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