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Monday, December 8, 2003 at 8:33 PM Heh, somebody call in with this one.
BERLIN, Dec. 3 -- In a case that has both fascinated and revolted Germans, a 42-year-old computer technician went on trial Wednesday for the cannibalistic killing of a Berlin man who allegedly volunteered to be consumed after the two met in an Internet chat room and exchanged e-mails about gruesome fantasies.
Armin Meiwes, from a small town in the state of Hesse, is charged with murder for sexual satisfaction in the killing of Bernd Juergen Brandes, 43, a microchip engineer from Berlin. Meiwes has acknowledged carrying out the killing but said it was with the victim's consent and not for sexual satisfaction. In late 2000, in an Internet chat room devoted to cannibalism, Meiwes posted a message "seeking well-built man, 18-30 years old, for slaughter," investigators said. A few months later, Brandes replied: "I offer myself to you and will let you dine from my live body. Not butchery, dining!!" Brandes visited Meiwes' home in March 2001 for the express purpose of being killed and eaten, according to statements from Meiwes and police and media accounts of a videotape of the killing. The two dined on part of Brandes' body together before Meiwes stabbed him to death, according to court testimony.
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jason the First |
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Monday, December 8, 2003 at 9:17 PM I think I remember them actually doing that one already. I want to say that Adam clued in on Germany because of the word "cottage" —Jason |
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Kevin U. |
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Monday, December 8, 2003 at 9:19 PM Jimmy Kimmel talked about this story on his show at some point in the last few weeks, so I think Adam might already know about it, but it certainly is a disturbing story. —Kevin U. |
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Kevin U. |
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at 4:16 PM Just re-heard it... a girl called in with this one when Yellowcard was guesting. —Kevin U. |
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NJC |
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at 6:03 PM Not that I'm a huge fan of the bogus calls but it's been a while: Someone should call with a bogus (or real) Germany or Florida, and work in a mason jar joke! You know they aren't expecting it, and I think they might actually appreciate it ;) —NJC |
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Bob S. Yunkle |
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Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at 10:58 AM There's only one problem with Germany of Florida.. there's a lot of messed up stuff that's in neither.. like my fav. story about the old man who used an immersion heaters to keep his tub warm... long story short, he had a heart attack in the tub, and they didn't find him for a while.. (you can make your own image if you want, i don't think i have to spell it out)... but it wasn't Germany OR Florida.. —Bob S. Yunkle |
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