Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Epigraph
Contents
Acknowledgements
Part One – Cultural Cannibalism
One: A Word of Warning: Cannibalism in Myth, Legend, Folklore and Fiction
Two: Ancient Origins: Archaeological Evidence of Cannibalism
Three: Institutionalised Cannibalism: Rituals, Religion and Magical Rites
Four: Cannibalism in extremis: Famine, Disaster and Warfare
Part Two – Case Studies of Taboo Breakers
Five: Keeping it in the Family: Sawney Beane (c. 1400–35)
Six: The Proof of the Pudding is in the Tasting: Margery Lovett and Sweeney Todd (1789–1801)
Seven: A Hunger for Adventure: Alfred Packer (1874)
Eight: This Little Piggy Went to Market: Karl Denke and George Grossman (1921–4)
Nine: Candy from a Baby: Albert Fish (1924–34)
Ten: The Shallow End of the Gene Pool: Ottis Toole and Henry Lee Lucas (1951–83)
Eleven: Psycho Killer qu’est-ce que c’est? Ed Gein (1954–7)
Twelve: From Russia with Hate: André Chikatilo (1978–90)
Thirteen: Zombie Sex Slaves of Milwaukee: Jeffrey Dahmer (1978–91)
Fourteen: Sushi Dreams: Issei Sagawa (1981)
Fifteen: Even the Best of Families: Hadden and Bradfield Clark (1984–92)
Sixteen: Stocks and Bondage: Gary Heidnik (1986–7)
Seventeen: Bringing Home the Bacon: Nicolas Claux (1990–4)
Eighteen: Spider on the Web: Armin Meiwes (2001)
Nineteen: Something Completely Different: Marc Sappington (2001)
Twenty: A Rising Tide of Flesh Eaters? The Future of Cannibalism
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Plates
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →