Cannibalism
Human Flesh Cure
The 1999 film Ravenous (starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle) is about cannibalism. It's loosely inspired by the stories of the Donner Party and Alferd Packer. But it also includes the idea that eating human flesh can cure any wound or disease.I was reminded of that film when I came across this real-life case, from 1932, of someone trying the human-flesh cure, apparently successfully. But I wonder why the husband fed his wife only a third of his thigh steak? What did he do with the rest? Does eating too much human flesh turn someone into a vampire?
The Des Moines Register - Dec 25, 1932
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 11, 2016 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Medicine, 1930s
How to Cook Husbands
Alas, I wanted this 1898 book to be a tract by an angry feminist cannibal, but it is not--as you can see for yourself, if you go here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 22, 2015 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Feminism, Food, Books, Nineteenth Century
He’ll Just Be Hungry Again In An Hour
An unfortunate Chinese woman who failed to answer her estranged husband's 2am phone call got a surprise visit at work the next day. The husband showed up and in a fit of temper bit her nose off and swallowed it. Due to the tissue being unrecoverable it will be at least 3 months before any reconstructive surgery can be done for her.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 10, 2015 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Cannibalism, Husbands, Can’t Possibly Be True, Face and Facial Expressions, Eating
Placenta Smoothies
Unsafe for Revulsion-prone Stomachs.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 22, 2015 -
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Category: Body, Blood, Cannibalism, Eccentrics, Fads, Food
Pro Basketball Player Eaten by Cannibals?
Vanished forever in Africa while visiting Idi Amin. Surname suspiciously close to "brisket." 'Nuff said.
Contemporary account from 1985.
Article from 2007.
Wikipedia.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 16, 2014 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Sports, 1980s, Africa
Sunglasses for Chickens
Invented in 1937 to control cannibalism among chickens. Apparently chickens have a natural instinct to peck each other, but the sight of blood intensifies this instinct. So much so that if one chicken has blood on its feathers, all the others in the flock will peck it to death. This was a real problem for farmers until these rose-colored chicken sunglasses came along, which made it hard for the chickens to see the sight of blood. Nowadays, farmers must have other solutions to the problem of chicken cannibalism, because these glasses are no longer manufactured and are considered collector's items. (National Band and Tag via Feathered Forager)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 02, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Cannibalism, Fashion
Fijian Cannibal Forks
If you're ever at a dinner party where the host has a set of forks that look like these, you might want to consider leaving, quickly.
These are Fijian "cannibal forks" used for eating human flesh. The iron dance blog offers this description of them:
Fijian cannibal forks are still made, to sell to tourists. What the tourists use them for... I guess that's their own business.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 15, 2012 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Food, Rituals and Superstitions
Hamatsa
Did the Kwakiutl Indians practice cannibalism? Learn more here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 08, 2011 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Documentaries, North America, Nineteenth Century
Toto Coelo
total coelo - i eat cannibals from alexei glowakz on Vimeo.
If you didn't live through the 1980s, you would not believe they happened.
Toto Coelo info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 01, 2011 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1980s
The Past Is Another Country #1
From The Saturday Evening Post for April 13 1963.I'm guessing by the signature that this is the work of Ronald Michaud.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 09, 2009 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Africa
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