The Terrifying Case Of Cannibalism Of Armin Meiwes, Who Murdered And Ate A Stranger
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, situations in which it is necessary to feed on other human beings so as not to die of hunger, or different rituals or sacrificial ceremonies. 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 posting an advertisement on the internet, managed to eat his victim, who voluntarily agreed to this macabre act.
First of all, it must be mentioned that throughout the history of humanity, isolated cases of cannibalism have been described, generally carried out by individuals with serious 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 the United States, in which Rudi Eugene was shot dead for attacking and trying to eat the face of a homeless man. If you want to know more about this shocking case, you can read our article: “Bath salts: discovering the terrible cannibal drug.”
The event that we are going to tell about today occurred in Germany, and its protagonists are Armin Meiwes and Bernd-Jürgen Brandes Armin posted an ad on an internet forum in which he was looking for someone he could swallow. The text was not very long, but rather simple. He said like this: “We 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 were left, Brandes had a few drinks, had intimate relations with Meiwes, and then the latter slit his throat to let him bleed to death Before dying, Brades asked his killer to bite off his penis once he had died. Meiwes tried but couldn’t, so he used a knife to cut it. He then tried to eat the piece of meat, but since he couldn’t eat it raw (it was impossible to chew), he cooked 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 preserved Brend’s body after cutting it up. He ate it little by little, and after a few months, he returned to post a note on the forum in which it was possible to 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 so he could do the same with her.
A user, concerned about the writing, 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 him. When Meiwes’ parents separated, he was only eight years old. His father then abandoned the family never to contact them again. Later, when he was trying his son Meiwes, he told the court that, despite everything that had happened, his son had always been a good little boy and was very well behaved. But he became obsessed with the story of Hansel and Gretel, particularly the episode in which a witch fattened them and tried to eat them.
When his father disappeared, he made his mother become both the father and the mother. She punished him and yelled at him in public and accompanied him everywhere. Lacking a father figure, Meiwes created an imaginary brother named Frankywith whom he shared his cannibalistic thoughts Franky was her escape route because she listened to him, something her 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 him and stay with him forever, a desperate solution for an only child who felt very alone and misunderstood.
In 1999, Meiwes’ mother died and left him a huge mansion in Amstetten, which belonged to his family. With no family nearby, no one to have an intimate relationship with, and now without her mother’s oversight, she built a shrine in the house. According to police reports, there was a plastic mannequin in the mansion that kept him company.
Totally alone and isolated, He developed a great interest in adult films through the Internet , especially for those sadomasochistic contents that included torture and pain. Thanks to these communities, she found refuge in chat rooms. There he began to concoct 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 reconstruct her rotting body to continue maintaining his human figure. 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”.
