Pleased To Eat You
Cannibalism in Popular Culture
Celeb Status Obtained: Issei Sagawa
"Maybe if we'd had dinner once more, I wouldn't have eaten her."
Sagwa in 1981
Issei Sagwa was deemed unfit to stand trial by insanity claim.
Renee Hartevelt
He stayed in a mental institution for about 2 years. He checked himself out on August 12, 1986.
Sagwa in 2013
He has been a free man ever since.
Titus Andronicus
"Why, there they are both, baked in that pie;
Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
'Tis true, 'tis true; witness my knife's sharp point. (5.3.9)"
-- Titus Andronicus
Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
'Tis true, 'tis true; witness my knife's sharp point. (5.3.9)"
-- Titus Andronicus
Red Dragon: Hannibal Lecter
"You wake in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs."
-- Dr. Hannibal Lecter
-- Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter
The ever famous photo
Prepare for a Meal
Hannibal looks upon Paul Krendler as he prepares to remove parts of his brain in order to feast.
"It is important... always to try new things."
Lecter asks the boy if he would like to try some of the food (brains) on the plane.
Armin Meiwes: The Rotenburg Cannibal
“Flesh tastes like pork, but stronger, more substantial, although I don’t think that other people would have noticed a difference, had they eaten it. It tasted really good.”
Armin Meiwes
At his home in Rotenburg, Germany
Bernd Brandes
The requesting victim
Armin Meiwes
On trial in 2001, sentenced life imprisonment
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead
"Sanctuary for all. Community for all. Those who arrive, SURVIVE."
-- Terminus
-- Terminus
Rick Grimes
The Walking Dead's main character.
Killer of Gareth
Killer of Gareth
Gareth
Leader of cannibal community, Terminus
Hacked to death by Rick
Pictured eating a part of Bob's leg
Hacked to death by Rick
Pictured eating a part of Bob's leg
Bob
Pictured shortly after having his leg cut off and eaten right in front of him