This Man Ate a Man Who Wanted to be Eaten
He killed his willing victim and proceeded to enjoy his flesh with a glass of fine wine.
Sometimes, people who look ordinary have a hidden secret behind their unsuspecting eyes. To the usual person, they are well-functioning and even good citizens that go about their day, pursuing their own ambitions. However, if their hidden secret is uncovered, they would be no different than heinous monsters who would stop at nothing to attain and fulfill their desires.
Such is the case of a German man named Armin Meiwes: the man who consumed over 20 kilograms of another person he met online before authorities finally caught him. What makes his case special, though, is the fact that his victim, Bernd Brandes, wanted to be eaten — a consensual homicidal case now known as love cannibalism. The story of Meiwes is of a man that horrifyingly killed his willing victim and proceeded to enjoy his flesh with a glass of fine wine.
Meiwes’ normal childhood took a drastic turn at a young age.
Armin Meiwes was born in 1961 and had a happy childhood. It wasn’t a childhood filled with abuse, like for many people who develop psychopathic and ruthless tendencies, but one where he had peace and a loving pair of parents. Meiwes…
