The terrifying case of cannibalism by Armin Meiwes

Acts of cannibalism, those in which individuals eat human flesh, have occurred throughout history in different cultures or peoples. The two main causes of this phenomenon are: survival, that is, the situations in which necessary to feed on other human beings so as not to die of hunger, or different rituals or ceremonies of sacrifice. But eIn the modern world there are very few cases of this type of behavior. In today's article, we are going to review the terrifying and famous story of a character who, after post an ad on the internet, he managed to eat his victim, who voluntarily agreed to this act macabre.

First of all, it should be mentioned that throughout the history of humanity isolated cases have been described of cannibalism, generally carried out by individuals with severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia. Cases of cannibalism due to drug use have also been reported, such as the one that occurred in 2012 in United States, in which Rudi Eugene was shot dead for attacking and attempting to eat the face of a homeless. If you want to know more about this shocking case, you can read our article: “

Bath salts: discovering the terrible cannibal drug”.

How the events occurred

The event that we are going to tell today occurred in Germany, and its protagonists are Armin Meiwes and Bernd Jurgen Brandes. Armin posted an ad on an internet forum in which he was looking for some individual to gobble up. The text was not very long, but rather simple. He said like this: "You are looking for a young man, between 21 and 40 years old, who wants to be devoured." Although many took this as another joke, Brend-Jurgüen contacted Armin.

when they stayed Brandes had a few drinks, had intimate relations with Meiwes, and then the latter slit his throat to let him bleed to death.. Before he died, Brades asked his killer to bite off his penis once he was dead. Meiwes tried but couldn't, so he used a knife to cut it off. He immediately tried to eat the piece of meat, but since he couldn't eat it raw (it was impossible to chew), he cooked the Brades member. Apparently he didn't like the taste, and he ended up giving it to his dog. All this happened with the consent of Brades himself, who fulfilled his wish to die and have someone eat his flesh.

The story of cannibalism did not end here, because Meiwes kept Brend's body after cutting it up. He ate it little by little, and after a few months, he again posted a note on the forum in which one could read that he had made his dream come true and that the pieces of meat were running out. Therefore, he was looking for a new victim to be able to do the same with her.

A user, concerned about the letter, contacted the police who, in 2002, arrested him.

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Who is Armin Meiwes?

Armin Meiwes was a computer scientist who was born in the city of Kassel (Germany) and lived a very lonely childhood.

His father was a hard man who was uninterested in his son and paid no attention to her. When Meiwes's parents separated, he was only eight years old. His father then abandoned the family, never to contact them again. Later, when his son Meiwes was on trial, he told the court that despite everything that had happened, his son had always been a good boy when he was little and was very well behaved. But that he became obsessed with the story of Hansel and Gretel, particularly with the chapter in which a witch fattened them up and tried to eat them.

A childhood with cannibalistic thoughts

When his father disappeared, he made his mother become both his father and mother. She punished him and yelled at him in public and accompanied him everywhere. Lacking a father figure, Meiwes created an imaginary brother named Frankie, with whom he shared his cannibalistic thoughts. Franky was her escape route because she listened to him, something his mother never did.

At the age of 12 Meiwes began to fantasize about eating his friends, in this way, he believed that they would become part of it. him and stay with him forever, a desperate solution for an only child who felt very lonely and misunderstood.

In 1999 Meiwes's mother passed away and left him a huge mansion located in Amstetten, which belonged to her family. With no family nearby, no one to be intimate with, and now unguarded by his mother, he built a sanctuary in the house. According to police reports, in the mansion there was a plastic mannequin that kept him company.

All alone and isolated he developed a great interest in adult movies through the net, especially for those sadomasochistic contents that included torture and pain. Thanks to these communities, he found a refuge in chat rooms. There he began to devise his cannibalism story.

Another macabre story that became famous: the case of Carl Tanzer

Another terrifying story that became known is the case of Carl Tanzer, a radiologist who met a sick woman and took care of her. When the woman died, Tanzer exhumed her body to continue having relations with her. He was able to rebuild her rotten body to continue maintaining his human form. If you want to know this shocking story of necrophilia, you can visit our article: "The famous and macabre case of necrophilia of Carl Tanzler”.