279: Stranger than Fiction: The Cannibal of Rotenburg, Armin Meiwes
Corpus Delicti
CDM Productions
4.4 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Sources:
Victim of cannibal agreed to be eaten | World news | The GuardianBBC NEWS | Europe | German cannibal tells of fantasyEaten by a thoroughly modern cannibalCannibal trial reveals perverse intimacyArmin Meiwes: Interview with a Cannibal documentary sheds new light on one of Germany’s most infamous murderers | The Independent | The IndependentCannibal let cook off the hookBBC NEWS | Europe | German cannibal to face retrialEat What You Kill: Or, a Strange and Gothic Tale of Cannibalism by Consent
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Jen. |
| 0:25.1 | And this is Lindsay. |
| 0:26.8 | And welcome back to Corpus delictide, the podcast. |
| 0:29.9 | We're going to say this up front. |
| 0:31.6 | For the love of God, there's content warning the entire episode. |
| 0:36.8 | If you are squeamish, please do not listen to this one. |
| 0:40.2 | Okay, so we are going into the brand new series. |
| 0:43.4 | True Crime Theater 2 is done. |
| 0:45.1 | We are now in strange rhythm fiction. |
| 0:47.5 | And boy, does this really sum that up. |
| 0:52.4 | Quite literally, the first words on this outline are content |
| 0:55.8 | warning for the love of God content warning this is by far the most gruesome one |
| 1:01.2 | we have done if that is not your thing don't listen if you are squeamish like |
| 1:07.6 | Jen said don't listen if you know Jen and I in real life maybe don't listen, |
| 1:12.0 | I don't know. Even I had to take several breathers on this one. I showed my husband little bits and |
| 1:17.9 | pieces and he was like, there is zero way. This is real. But it is. It's in court documents and all |
| 1:24.9 | sorts of stuff. So you guys need to buckle up. |
| 1:28.5 | Jen has not read this. |
| 1:29.9 | I told Jen not to read this because I wanted to hear what she had to say. |
| 1:34.5 | So without further ado, let's jump into the Cannibal of Rotenberg. |
| 1:41.5 | All right. |
| 1:42.1 | It all begins with an online ad, not asking for a roommate or a sofa or even a date. |
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