Men Of Flesh And Blood

Nicolas Claux, also known as “The Vampire of Paris”, was born on March 22, 1972 in the African nation of Cameroon. His father was a French banker. He moved back to Paris when he was 16. While Nico was too young to remember his early years in Cameroon, he does recall the family moving to London around the age of five, and then off to the southern most part of Paris when he was seven, where they remained until he was 12.

He started robbing graves in Paris when he was only 17, stole bones, and mutilated mummified remains. He moved on to eating human remains when he worked as a morgue attendant and stretcher-bearer at Saint Joseph Hospital, which is also in Paris. Nico says human flesh tastes like horsemeat.

On Nov. 15, 1994, officers of the Parisian "Brigade Criminelle" arrested 22-year-old Nicolas Claux outside the world famous cabaret Moulin Rouge on suspicion of the killing of Thierry Bissonnier, 34. Bissonnier's murder was one of a string of homosexual murders, seven of which occurred in October alone. The murder squad's preliminary investigator, Gilbert Thiel, believed that a single killer was responsible and was eager to get Claux back to headquarters for questioning. Claux says that Thiel, veteran of several high-profile cases, was not prepared for the web of murder, cannibalism, and sadistic acts that he had woven in his short lifetime.