Chapter One
A debt of gratitude to all the authors who have recorded the legendary cannibals of the past, present and future, including Herodotus, Homer, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, E.A. Poe and the greatest chronicler of classical mythology, Thomas Bulfinch. Thanks too to the entire Monty Python troupe.
Chapter Two
We are endlessly grateful for the scholarly work and published articles concerning the Anasazi and other early cultures carried out by Christy Turner, Paola Villa, Douglas Preston, Brian Billman and others.
Chapter Three
A debt of gratitude beyond measure is due to the intrepid explorers and missionaries whose bravery and concise records and diaries made this chapter possible. They include – but are not limited to: H.W. Walker, Jens Bjerre, Alfred St Johnston, A.H. Keane, Russell Wallace, H.W. Bates, Algot Lange and Prof. A.P. Elkin.
Chapter Four
A special thanks to Dr Maynard Felix and Alexandre Dumas for their accounts of disasters at sea, and to Mick Angelo for his concise chronicles of Japanese atrocities during World War II.
Chapter Five
We acknowledge Sabine Baring-Gould and Ronald Holmes, for information provided in their books The Book of Werewolves and Legend of Sawney Bean (respectively) for background information on the Beane legend. Also to R.H.J. Urquhart at
http://ayrshirehistory.org for dispelling the myth.
Chapter Six
We are indebted to author Peter Haining for Sweeney Todd: The Real Story, the most in-depth study of Todd yet undertaken.
Chapter Seven
For his compelling work on Alfred Packer, to R.W. Fenwick, author of Alfred Packer: The True Story of the Man-Eater, we acknowledge a debt of gratitude. Our thanks also to the governments of the State of Colorado and the town of Littleton, Colorado for providing access to historical documents and photos of Alf Packer. We also appreciate the insights of Jeff Hoskin at www.concours.org.
Chapter Eight
For information on Karl Denke, we acknowledge Daniel Korn, Mark Radice and Charlie Hawes found in their book Cannibal: The History of the People Eaters. For information on Georg Grossman, we also acknowledge Brian Mariner and his work Cannibalism: The Last Taboo. Our thanks also to Alan Denke for his translation of articles from the Warsaw Gazette.
Chapter Nine
We are indebted to Harold Schechter for his thorough and insightful book Deranged, and also to Marilyn Bardsley for her in-depth articles on Albert Fish at www.crimelibrary.
Chapter Ten
For the general story of Ottis Toole and Henry Lucas we drew heavily on the work of Dr Joel Norris, entitled simply Henry Lee Lucas. Additional material was provided by Patrick Bellamy in his articles at www.crimelibrary. Additional information on Ottis Toole came from information found at www.mayhem.net.
Our primary source for information on Ed Gein was The Shocking Story of Ed Gein, The Original Psycho, by Harlod Schechter. A special thanks to bbqshackowner, the webmaster of www.geocities for his archive of now rare ‘Geiner’ jokes.
Chapter Twelve
We acknowledge our primary sources of information on André Chikatilo as Richard Lourie’s Hunting the Devil and Brian Marriner’s Cannibalism: The Last Taboo. Additional important information was provided by www.crimelibrary.
Chapter Thirteen
The main facts on Jeffrey Dahmer were gleaned from Edward Baumann’s book, Step into My Parlor. Quotations and insights from Dahmer’s father, Lionel Dahmer, came from Mr Dahmer’s book A Father’s Story. Police record details came from the database at www.nndb.com and extracts from Jeffrey Dahmer’s confession came from www.tornadohills.com.
Chapter Fourteen
We gratefully acknowledge Daniel Korn, Mark Radice and Charlie Hawes’ book Cannibal: The History of the People Eaters and www.crimelibrary as providing essential information on Iessei Sagawa. English translations of excerpts from Sagawa’s book, In the Fog, came from www.answers.com (a part of Wikipedia) and Nicolas Claux’s website nicoclaux.free.fr.
Chapter Fifteen
Our thanks to Adrian Havill for his book on Hadden Clark, Born Evil, and to Paul Duggan and Veronica Jennings for their series of articles on Clark written for the Washington Post and archived on the Post’s website.
Gratitude is owed to author Jack Apsche for his biography of Gary Heidnik, Probing the Mind of a Serial Killer, to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s online morgue and their coverage of the Heidnik story, and to www.crimelibrary for additional information.
Chapter Seventeen
Thanks to David Lohr and his series of articles on Nico Claux at www.crimelibrary, and to www.mansonfamily picnic for Claux’s recipies and to www.francesfarmersrevenge for the interview with Claux. Thanks, too, to Mr Claux for his co-operation.
Chapter Eighteen
Primary souces of information on the Armin Meiwes case were the series of articles found at www.gmax with additional background information from www.wikipedia.
Chapter Nineteen
For information on Marc Sappington, we acknowledge the articles which appeared in the Kansas City Star and are archived on their website. Additional important background information came from www.crimelibrary.com
Chapter Twenty
Special thanks for information on trends in cannibalism go to www.crimelibrary.com, and to the University of Texas conferences website. Thanks too, to the Sun and the Daily Mirror for coverage of current cases of cannibalism in the UK.