Netflix shows'monster' The Jeffrey Dahmer Story tops its 200 million views

The Netflix show topped Strangers Things Season 4 with nearly 197 million views, according to the streaming service's online data, as Netflix dives into the story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer with its chilling series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryJeffrey Dahmer Story.

Since its launch on Sept. 21, the series has drawn a huge audience, and Netflix plans to release another crime special on the notorious murderer, Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer TapesJeffrey Dahmer Tapes, set to be released on October 7.

This installment will be included in Netflix's docuseries franchise, which has featured killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy in the past.

The ten-part series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryJeffrey Dahmer Story, is mostly told from the point of view of Dahmer's victims and highlights the murderer s upbringing before he decided to kill multiple innocent people.

In the first episode, the series flashes back to the night of July 22, 1991, in Wisconsin, when Dahmer was arrested after killing 17 victims.

Other celebrities starring in the series include Niecy Nash, who played Dahmer's neighbor Glenda Cleveland — Richard Jenkins and Molly Ringwald — Dahmer's father and stepmother.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryJeffrey Dahmer Story beat other popular Netflix shows such as Inventing Anna, which attracted 195.97 million viewers and You Season 3 with 179 million viewers.

Squid Game, Stranger Things Season 4, Bridgerton Season 2 and All of Us Are Dead are the only Netflix series that surpasses the limited crime series.

Ryan Murphy, the director of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryJeffrey Dahmer Story, has also worked on other Netflix series such as Hollywood, Ratched and The Politician.