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Cannibalism: The Last Taboo!

In this gruesome yet compelling study, Brain Marriner charts a journey through the dark depths of the human psyche, tracing cannibalism from its prehistoric roots to the present day. From the Aztecs who ritually sacrificed and devoured their enemies to shipwreck survivors who ate the cabin boy; from the Japanese student who shot his girlfriends and sliced her thinly to eat raw, to the horrific murders committed by Jeffrey Dahmer and Andrei Chikatilo.

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Drawing on historical evidence and recent criminal cases, Marriner's chilling catalogue of human flesh-eaters takes us to the frontiers of real-life horror ...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 280 pages

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