CANNIBALS

by Ray Black

Is cannibalism the expression of an evil urge for revenge? A form of punishment? A religious rite or a sexual depravity?Or is the taste for the flesh of another human being so irresistible that it is a mixture of all of these, driving one person to kill and devour another. This books delves into the gruesome history of cannibalism and explains the psychology behind anthropophagy - the four medically recognised areas of criminal cannibalism - sexual, aggressive, nutritional and spiritual/religious.PART ONE CANNIBALISM AROUND THE WORLD including Easter Island, The Aztecs, The Congo, Russia, Captain Cook, Werewolves of France, The Marquis de Sade, Napoleon's March to Moscow, The Boyd Massacre.CANNIBALISM MOST MACABRE including Sawney Bean, Albert Fish, Ed Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrei Chikatilo, Ed Gein, Gary Heidnik, Fritz Haarmann

Genres: Nonfiction

196 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2010

Reviews

[Karen Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great true crime book but needed better editing

[Julie Berzins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Section 1 - Cannibalism around the world
Easter Island, The Aztecs, The Crew of the Essex, The Last known tribe, Sorcery in Guyana, Cannibalism in the Congo, Cannibalism in Russia, The American west in 1846, Werewolves of France, Survival in Chile, Captain Cook, The First Crusade, The Marquis De Sade, Darangel Vargas, Napolean's March on Moscow, The Tupinamba, The Boyd Massacre
Section 2 - Cannibalism Most Macarbe
Alexander "Sawney" Bean, Albert Fish, Richard Chase, Ed Kemper, The Team from Hell, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Gary Heidink, Karl Denke, Issei Sagawa, Robin Gecht, Alferd Packer, Fritz Haarmann, Joachim Kroll, Arthur Shawcross, Stanley Dean Baker, Armin Meiwes, Sascha Spesiwtsew