Cannibalism
The Truth About Flakka: the Latest 'Cannibal Drug'
Last year it was bath salts, the year before that it was mephedrone – but there has always been bullshit.
'Thought Crimes' Explores the Story of the 'Cannibal Cop' and Our Right to Have Demented Desires
Former NYPD officer Gilberto 'Gil' Valle's was almost locked up just for having fantasies of kidnapping and slowly roasting women on a spit. Erin Lee Carr's new documentary takes a deeper look at his story and the implications it has for our society.
This Study About Early Human Cannibalism Is So Awesomely Gross
If the walls of the cave could talk, they would scream bloody murder.
Cannibals, Zombies, and Hexes on Hitler: The Life and Times of William Seabrook
The weirdo travel writer is making a comeback after decades out of print.
Meeting the Cannibal Tribes of Indonesian New Guinea
Australian journalist Paul Raffaele was the first Western man to infiltrate the flesh-eating Letin clan, and they taught him how to dine on human brains.
Why We're All Eating Pigs That Eat Fish That Eat Hens That Eat Fish That Eat Pigs
If there's one thing that makes the British peerless among their European counterparts, it's their noble history of feeding industrially reared animals the reconstituted carcasses of their animal cousins.
These Burgers Taste Like Human
It's often said that cannibalism is the last taboo. Maybe that's why I struggled so much eating a "human" burger—a mix of different meats carefully combined to apparently be as close to the taste of long pig as possible.
There's Human Hair in Your Bread
L-cysteine is an amino acid used to extend the shelf life of commercial bread products and is most commonly synthesized from human hair. But no one eats processed food with the illusion that they're not eating something at least a bit gross.
Hannibal's Food Stylist Is More Worried About Oysters Than Cannibalism
Lobsters in cantaloupes and foie gras gussied up with ostrich feathers are commonplace on the Hannibal dinner table. But it takes a keen artistic sensibility—and sometimes a pile of mashed potatoes—to make that food camera-ready.
You're Probably Drinking Cannibal Cow Milk
Modern dairy farmers use every tool at their disposal to increase milk yields, and that includes feeding tallow to their herds. That's right: Cows are eating cows, and you're drinking the delicious product of cannibalism.
The Student Who Ate His Own Hip as an Art Project
Alexander Wengshoel is a 25-year-old Norwegian who got international media attention for cooking and eating a chunk of his body as part of a project that, he says, wants people to think about what their bodies mean to them.
Placenta Smoothies Aren't a Bloody Joke, People
If you’re about to bring a new life into this world and were thinking about turning its thick, bloody, in utero life support machine into a tablet to knock back with your cod liver oils and multi-vits, your plans might be buggered, friend.