Wikipedia battle -- Book: Infinity Land: The Untold Story of Jeffrey Dahmer
A new book discusses in part a friendship Dahmer had with 'Meko.'
This is an excerpt from the publisher's description of Infinity Land: The Untold Story of Jeffrey Dahmer by Josef Benson
In 1988, a thirteen-year-old girl named Meko arrived in Milwaukee as a refugee from Thailand. Not long after, she met Jeffrey Dahmer—the notorious serial killer and sex offender who, between 1978 and 1991, murdered and dismembered at least seventeen men and boys. Over the course of three years, Meko, along with Laotian victims Somsack and Konerak Sinthasomphone, developed an unlikely and disturbing friendship with Dahmer, offering a rare, firsthand perspective on one of America’s most infamous criminals.
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/I/Infinity-Land M.mk (talk) 18:34, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
- Poor Sinthasomphone boys were not friends with Dahmer. It's appaling to use them for this fictitious account. CJC-DI (talk) 19:30, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
- To repeat, 'Laotian victims Somsack and Konerak Sinthasomphone.'
- Further from the publisher, 'Based on author Josef Benson’s interviews with Meko, Infinity Land: The Untold Story of Jeffrey Dahmer presents exclusive, never-before-revealed information that radically reshapes our understanding of Dahmer, his crimes, and the city that enabled them....'
- Received wisdom is challenged.
- Kindly restore the entry I made under Books. M.mk (talk) 01:34, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- To say the least, the book is an unreliable source, and contradicts other published accounts. Dahmer did not know Konerak prior to encountering him by chance at the Grand Avenue Mall and enticing him beck to his partment. Kieronoldham (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
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- The University Press of Mississippi (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi ...
- A member of the Association of University Presses since 1976...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Press_of_Mississippi M.mk (talk) 02:44, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- The observation is not the publisher or their reputability. Wikipedia:Hearsay. Also would strongly resist adding Jeffrey Dahmer's Dirty Secret: the Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh on here either. Kieronoldham (talk) 03:23, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Have it your way.
- Just so you know, from the book...
- '...Meko didn’t respond. Instead, she found herself in the year 1990. It was
- summertime, and she, Konerak (or Kum as she called him), Jun, and Jeff were
- riding their bikes near Milwaukee County Stadium....'
- '...Meko and Konerak began visiting the museum all the time, free of charge,
- with Jeff. They were both around fourteen years old....'
- https://files.constantcontact.com/5ad08519101/e2df8bc8-4abe-435c-84e1-16b7217c0389.pdf M.mk (talk) 03:46, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- I can't speak for others personally, but I think that, aside from my prv. comments, I can say nobody is denying the sincerity and integrity of your intentions. Several sources already state Konerak was known to some as "Khum" or "Kolak". Can independent corroboration Dahmer rode bikes with Meko be found? Kieronoldham (talk) 04:05, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- At this point, I don't know. So the book is not currently listed here. Not to worry. M.mk (talk) 04:13, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Again, I can't speak for others, but I am sure it's appropriate to say we appreciate the effort and integrity. It is an uphill battle to strive for trustworthiness regarding actual sources. Kieronoldham (talk) 04:18, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Hearsay cutting the other way?
- Anne Schwartz is cited in the article's Bibliography 4 times.
- From the book which I sought to add:
- '...Meko wasn’t sure where the author Anne Schwartz got her information, but it was grossly inaccurate. It completely undermined the credibility of the entire book....'
- https://files.constantcontact.com/5ad08519101/e2df8bc8-4abe-435c-84e1-16b7217c0389.pdf M.mk (talk) 05:05, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Konerak's murder is the most widely covered part of Dahmer's case. Anne Schwartz is not a sole unverified source of it. Anyone can claim that they were friends with Dahmer and offer never-before-heard shocking revelations. But these need to be verified and proved. Or at the very least sound plausible. Which this Meko person is not. Somsack gave a testimony at Dahmer's trial and he never claimed that they were friends or even acquaintances. CJC-DI (talk) 14:41, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- 'these need to be verified and proved' -- certainly. The book is newly published. I trust, in good time, this will happen.
- BTW, FWIW:
- 'The more [Meko] thought about how the victims were portrayed in that book [by Schwartz],
- especially Kum and Tony, the more she felt a deep obligation to come forward. Those guys were not prostitutes. They were her friends. They were Jeff ’s friends, too.'
- https://files.constantcontact.com/5ad08519101/e2df8bc8-4abe-435c-84e1-16b7217c0389.pdf M.mk (talk) 16:37, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- An FYI:
- I've never taken much of an interest in Dahmer's crimes/trial/etc. beyond what 'everybody knows' about such.
- I first learned of this new book only several days ago on an interview show on the local NPR affiliate; recording here:
- https://www.wgtd.org/playlist/morning-show/ms-professor-josef-benson-uw-parkside
- And last night, I attended a talk the author gave at UW-Parkside.
- Far from being some loner, Meko has it that Dahmer was pretty gregarious, introducing her to a number of people he knew.
- Dahmer volunteered at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter.
- https://milmission.org/
- He befriended Richard Morgan, the man who managed the Charles Allis Art Museum for many years, a place her and Dahmer went to a number of times.
- It was located in a large old house that Dahmer was fascinated by.
- https://www.charlesallis.org/
- Curiously, the new book reports that when the apartment where Morgan lived was cleaned out, photos were found much like the photos Dahmer had of dismemberments and so forth. She was told this by a man who helped clean out the apartment.
- When Dahmer's crimes became general knowledge, Meko's stepfather insisted she destroy anything that connected her to Dahmer and she complied.
- Somewhat like many Holocaust survivors who never speak of what they went through, for many years, Meko spoke to no one about knowing Dahmer.
- Even when she's getting counseling, she never tells the therapist about knowing Dahmer.
- The man telling her about the photos found at Morgan's place didn't have a clue that she knew Dahmer. He was just a customer in the restaurant she then ran.
- She only decided to come forward when she belatedly read Anne Schwartz book -- she generally did not read about Dahmer's crimes nor watch documentaries and so forth -- and was outraged as I have mentioned that her friends were inaccurately characterized in Schwartz book as sex workers.
- The author of the new book, Prof Benson, suspects, given Dahmer's gregariousness, there could well be a number of people who knew Dahmer who choose as Meko did for many years to not come forward about knowing Dahmer.
- Who can blame them? M.mk (talk) 16:17, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
- Prof Benson said in his talk that Meko first sought to speak with Anne Schwartz and a meeting was scheduled but that it fell through. I forget exactly the problem, but I don't think the falling through was from Meko's end.
- Meko, of course, was entirely unaware of Dahmer's crimes. He did her a number of kindnesses. She thought well of him, even likening him to being her 'uncle' as it were. M.mk (talk) 16:53, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
- Konerak's murder is the most widely covered part of Dahmer's case. Anne Schwartz is not a sole unverified source of it. Anyone can claim that they were friends with Dahmer and offer never-before-heard shocking revelations. But these need to be verified and proved. Or at the very least sound plausible. Which this Meko person is not. Somsack gave a testimony at Dahmer's trial and he never claimed that they were friends or even acquaintances. CJC-DI (talk) 14:41, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Again, I can't speak for others, but I am sure it's appropriate to say we appreciate the effort and integrity. It is an uphill battle to strive for trustworthiness regarding actual sources. Kieronoldham (talk) 04:18, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- At this point, I don't know. So the book is not currently listed here. Not to worry. M.mk (talk) 04:13, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- I can't speak for others personally, but I think that, aside from my prv. comments, I can say nobody is denying the sincerity and integrity of your intentions. Several sources already state Konerak was known to some as "Khum" or "Kolak". Can independent corroboration Dahmer rode bikes with Meko be found? Kieronoldham (talk) 04:05, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- The observation is not the publisher or their reputability. Wikipedia:Hearsay. Also would strongly resist adding Jeffrey Dahmer's Dirty Secret: the Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh on here either. Kieronoldham (talk) 03:23, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- To say the least, the book is an unreliable source, and contradicts other published accounts. Dahmer did not know Konerak prior to encountering him by chance at the Grand Avenue Mall and enticing him beck to his partment. Kieronoldham (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
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