Willing victim was eaten while still alive

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[SMGFan]

Willing victim was eaten while still alive

Self-confessed cannibal advertised online for a victim and a man showed up, ready to be mutilated and eaten before death

BERLIN - The advertisement on the Internet read: 'Seeking well-built man, 18-30 years old for slaughter.'

The man who answered it was killed and eaten by German computer expert Armin Meiwes, 42, described by his lawyer as a 'gentleman of the old school'.

Yesterday, Meiwes went on trial in a case of sexually inspired cannibalism so perplexing it could make legal history. He has confessed to the gruesome episode, and is charged with 'murder for sexual satisfaction'.

It is the first case of its kind in Germany. The problem is whether such consensual killing is really murder, as cannibalism is not a crime there. The trial began with the court hearing how horror films had fuelled his childhood fantasies of eating school friends, the BBC said.

Meiwes, a former soldier, actually received several replies to the Internet advertisement he placed two years ago. Some were hoaxes.

Another man broke off contact after Meiwes sent him photos of the specially-built killing room in his 44-room home, said a report in the Independent on Sunday.

Eventually, a well-paid Siemens microchip engineer, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, wrote back: 'I offer myself to you and will let you dine from my live body. Not butchery, dining!! Whoever REALLY wants to do it will need a REAL VICTIM!!'

He then took one day off from his job, bought a one-way train ticket and met Meiwes in his home town of Rotenburg in March 2001.

Meiwes claims that Brandes demanded to be mutilated and killed the same day, and even fasted so that his intestines were clear, according to an interview he gave to the German news magazine, Stern. Brandes took drugs to desensitise himself to the pain, and Meiwes got a kitchen knife, and turned on his video camera. Parts of the two-hour video are expected to be shown at the trial.

Meiwes first sliced off Brandes' penis, fried it, seasoned it with salt, pepper and garlic. Then he shared it with its former owner. Stern reported Meiwes saying the dish was 'tough and unpalatable'.

Meiwes' lawyer Harald Ermel said it took the victim nearly 10 hours to bleed to death and that he had urged Meiwes repeatedly to keep on cutting him. Meiwes cut up the body and stored parts in his freezer. 'He believes he ate about 20kg and there was about 10kg left over,' said Mr Ermel. 'He defrosted it little by little and ate it.'

Afterwards, Meiwes searched the Internet for more victims. The Independent said four more men answered. Meiwes wrapped each one in cellophane, and labelled each of their body parts like cold cuts.

But they were only interested in role-playing, not really being killed, so Meiwes let them go. He was arrested last December, after a tip-off from someone who had spotted another of his online ads. The prosecution will push for a life sentence on the grounds that Meiwes is too dangerous to ever be released. -- Reuters, AFP

[martin_fierro]

"Fritz ist Freund, NOT FOOD!" <|:P~

[07055]

In ten years, the US Supreme Court will find sexually inspired cannibalism to be yet another fundamental right...

[metalboy]

Oh I can`t stand it, I am getting so turned on! Where can I apply! Only in Germany.."Sprockets Dieter! Would you like to eat my monkey?" I think this explains their aversion to taking out Saddam, "Oh please! Ve look up to men like him!" I was in Germany about 10 years ago, and there`s something with those people, must be something in the water, people scolding you if you "do not properly cross ze street at ze crossing lane! you are not in order!" It`s like, Zieg Heil, shut up and mind your own business Hansel.

[HairOfTheDog]

This should not be read by anyone.... Why the heck did I click it?

yuck.

[Buck72]

A story like that's gotta be true.

[Rokke]

Of course it's a right. Why wouldn't it be. You must be a cannibleophob. Some people are born to be eaten by other people. It's all genetics. I mean, who would chose to be eaten alive? Nobody ever "choses" a lifestyle that falls well outside social norms. Actually, I think these folks, and the people who eat them fall under the American's with Disabilities act. I hope one of the Democrat candidates proposes government funding to provide killing rooms for these long neglected souls. And perhaps the FDA can research the nutritional value of human genitiles, and whether they can be considered part of a well balanced diet.

[Aeronaut]

Cannibles and victims should be allowed to marry.

[11th Earl of Mar]

How could pro-choicers argue with this arrangement? Sounds like they were both consenting adults.

[LucyJo]

In ten years, the US Supreme Court will find sexually inspired cannibalism to be yet another fundamental right...

There was a time when I would've chuckled at such an apparent sarcastic comment without a bit of trepidation...nowadays I fear it's prescience. (she said with a nervous laugh)

[FITZ]

Some people are born to be eaten by other people. It's all genetics.

They say that about suicide --- if it's okay to kill yourself, it should be okay not to want to go to waste if you do. At least allowing a cannibal to feast on you means you weren't a total failure.

[sweetliberty]

"in his home town of Rotenburg"

Rotenburg? ROTFL! Sounds like a low budget sci-fi movie, furthur proving that truth is stranger than fiction.

[sweetliberty]

I would HATE to be one of the people that had to watch that video! I'm afraid I would lose it. This is really WAY beyond sick.

[WayneM]

In her inimitable wisdom, Barbra Streisand sang about this years ago...

People,
People who eat people,
Are the luckiest people in the world
We're children, eating other children
And yet letting a grown-up pride
Hide all the need inside
Acting more like children than children
Lovers are very special people
They're the luckiest people in the world
With one person one very special person
A feeling deep in your soul
Says you were half now you're whole
No more hunger and thirst
But first be a person who eats people
People who eat people
Are the luckiest people in the world
With one person one very special person
No more hunger and thirst
But first be a person who eats people
People who eat people
Are the luckiest people in the world...


Always one of my favorites!

[ican'tbelieveit]

ROFL!!!!!!!!! Can't you see the books and movies already?

[putupon]

Cannibles and victims should be
allowed to marry.

In Vermont and Canada, Jeffrey
Dahlmer would only be guilty of bigamy.

[squidly]

described by his lawyer as a 'gentleman of the old school'

He must look like Anthony Hopkins.

[Heatseeker]

If the victim had been Gerhard Schroeder, I would vote to acquit. :)

[zook]

File under "How many times has this happened to you?"

[The Iguana]

I like to grok my friends.

[Riley]

Makes you want to think twice before telling people to 'bite me'.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Meiwes first sliced off Brandes' penis, fried it, seasoned it with salt, pepper and garlic. Then he shared it with its former owner. Stern reported Meiwes saying the dish was 'tough and unpalatable'.

Two words: Pressure Cooker.

[lelio]

Meiwes first sliced off Brandes' penis, fried it, seasoned it with salt, pepper and garlic. Then he shared it with its former owner. Stern reported Meiwes saying the dish was 'tough and unpalatable'.

Phew, thanks to the internet I'll know what parts of the body to skip when I turn to cannibalism.

[Spok]

So is it the NOW position that this sicko had the absolute right to do what he wanted with his own body?

[Senator Pardek]

Stern reported Meiwes saying the dish was 'tough ...'

Still "tough"? It was great to be 18...

[Aeronaut]

I had to suspend my utter contempt for babs to imagine that in her voice.

ps: you owe me a new monitor!

[IronJack]

The problem is whether such consensual killing is really murder

Unless German statute differs considerably from American, "murder" is defined as homicide with malice aforethought. I don't think anyone would have too much trouble proving the homicide part, but the malice might be a little tougher.

I think it would be much easier to just put a bullet in this guy's head and save the aggravation.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Ok, I've read this story several times. How much drugs would a man have to take to have his penis amputated, without dropping dead from the pain? This story is unbelievable. I'm not saying it didn't happen, it's just that I cannot comprehend this.

[hosepipe]

Ah!, finally, the answer to:
Is the smell coming from France with a west wind too dangerous for a civilized mind to bear ?

[Darksheare]

Way beyond sick doesn't begin to describe it.
Anyone who answers an ad for victims is a moron who deserves what he gets.
Anyone who places an ad for victims deserves to be executed.
But, this will not happen, after all, the criminal has more rights than anyone.
Several courts world wide have pretty much said so.

[sweetliberty]

Why Dark, this is too macabre even for you. I knew I'd out you one of these days as a regular guy who happens to enjoy having shock value.

Careful or next thing you know folks will start calling you a metrosexual.

[Darksheare]

Well, actually, I'm a closet Gothic that dresses rather conservatively to blend in with the normal humans.
Yes, this is too macabre for me, eating people is such an unfriendly act.
Torture rack, 550 paracord cuffs and silk wrist ties yes.
That's do-able and fun since no-one dies from it.
But eating someone?
Even I have limits.

Regular guy?
*cough*
Never.

[sweetliberty]

LOL!

[Gritty]

What cannibals do in the privacy of their own kitchens is nobody else's business!

[Dog Gone]

He then took one day off from his job

Just one day, eh? He didn't feel like taking the whole week off to get eaten, or maybe even quit his job?

[witnesstothefall]

Sophisticated Euro-bump.

[MinuteGal]

I wonder if he enjoyed his feast with a side dish of sauerKraut?

Leni

[RichInOC]

If this hadn't actually happened, Thomas Harris would have had to invent it.

Actually, on second thought, he sort of did, in "Hannibal"...except Hannibal ate pieces off the other head.

[ladyinred]

I am stunned beyond words.

[ladyinred]

How much drugs would a man have to take to have his penis amputated, without dropping dead from the pain?

I don't know, let's just hope he didn't buy them illegally, or from more than one doctor.

[Spunky]

"Meiwes first sliced off Brandes' penis, fried it, seasoned it with salt, pepper and garlic."

Mummm! Mummm! Good! PENIS-SNITZEL

[TheSpottedOwl]

How much drugs would a man have to take to have his penis amputated, without dropping dead from the pain?

I don't know, let's just hope he didn't buy them illegally, or from more than one doctor.

Exactly! Lol, what a sad world this is :/

[Eternal_Bear]

Hey it doesn't take like mushroom at all!

[Steel Wolf]

That's right folks,

YOU READ IT! YOU CAN'T UN-READ IT!

[Fintan]

'Seeking well-built man, 18-30 years old for slaughter.'

 

Considering some of the women I've known, this sounds more like a marriage proposal.

[lavrenti]

Yeah, I knew I shouldn't have answered that ad.

[Kaslin]

Check out this thread

Posted by me

[Rainbow Rising]

Did he serve the penis with a side of fava beans and a nice chianti?