A woman who spent £1,500 on a series of serial-killer inspired tattoos said she has no regrets - despite devoting a huge section of her leg to the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer who is now the feature of a gruesome Netflix show. Britnee Chamberlain, 28, has a unique style with ink devoted to Ted Bundy and plans to get a piece featuring Jack the Ripper, which will both be part of her morbid theme.
She said the tattoo of Dahmer, the Milwaukee cannibal, is her favourite - even though he's back in the public eye as a new series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, was released on Netflix, as the Daily Star reports. Britnee said she has received some funny looks and hateful comments about her tattoos, but insists she doesn't regret a single one.
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Dahmer reigned for 13 years before being caged for the murders of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He served three years behind bars before being beaten to death by another inmate in 1994.
Despite his atrocities, which involved necrophilia and cannibalism, Britnee is adamant she is not glorifying him.
She said: "I can say that my favourite piece of the sleeve is the quote by Jeffrey Dahmer.
"Now that's not to say I envision it in the way he did. But metaphorically speaking not feeling defeated by others and pursuing nonetheless, no matter the difficulty for you."
Speaking previously, she said: "I don't condone the hostile crimes of serial killers by any means. I am simply intrigued as to why they do it.
"There are so many contributing factors such as socio-environmental, biological and psychological aspects that encourage or result in a criminal acting out in the way they do.
"And it's fair to say that not all of them are coherent or sane enough to realise this is not a sense of normalcy in society."
She continued: "They're not given voices or outlets to speak up, reach out for help and or support before it’s too late. The way I have designed the sleeve is to deter glorification for artistic expression.
"Thousands of people each year get fictional characters tattooed on them like Hannibal and Freddy Kreuger. They are all serial killers yet this portrayal is accepted as it's not real - now riddle me that."
Britnee, who is from Sydney, splashed out over £1,500 on the controversial tatts and her loved ones were "initially surprised" when she revealed them for the first time – but they held "absolutely no judgement" against her.
Social media users meanwhile were a lot more vociferous with their opinions.
Writing on Instagram, tattoo enthusiast Kaitlin Burch said: "Do you realise how disgusting this is? You can be interested by serial killers. Watch a documentary, become a psychologist, or a criminologist. Victims of these killers are still alive.
"Imagine one of their family members or the victims seeing this on you. You are fetishising real life murderers and it absolutely disgusts me. Enjoying horror and loving fictional characters is 10000 per cent different than this s**t. Ew."
Despite the criticism, Britnee remained unfazed and simply replied: "Thank you for your personal opinion, I'll put it with the rest."
And referring to online backlash, she said: "If I was worried about what others think I wouldn't be staying true to myself and living a life of authenticity.
"People are always going to have their own opinions but who is to say any of those opinions or choices are right or wrong?
"Having these displayed on my body is solely for my own personal meaning, as is for someone who has a beloved pet, initials of a loved one or perhaps a silly joke tattooed on theirs."
The heinous acts of infamous killers inspired Britnee to study forensic psychology and she is passionate about understanding how their criminal minds operate.
She even revealed she wanted four more killers immortalised on her skin – including Jack the Ripper and Ed Gein.
And she said most people in real life react with curiosity rather than cruelty.
"They certainly do [stop me on the street] and I welcome it and 95 per cent of those ask questions or recognise one and give credit to the artwork and artist as well as take photos to show their friends as they're wildly intrigued," she laughed.
"The other five per cent just stare and back away slowly."
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The new 10-part series is largely told from the points of view of Dahmer's victims and the notorious killer is played by American Horror Story star Even Peters.
Reacting to the gruesome show, one person wrote: "I watched 11 minutes of the new Jeffrey Dahmer series and had to turn it off because it was too scary," while a fourth echoed: "I had to turn that Jeffrey Dahmer s**t off. I can't watch s**t like that."
A second added: "That Jeffrey Dahmer show has me sick to my stomach."
A third meanwhile said: "This Dahmer series is one of the most disturbing things I have ever watched and I feel like I have a pretty high threshold. Not sure I'm gonna be able to finish it."
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