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Murder Mile UK True Crime

Cannibalism #2 Disposal

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

Uk, True Crime, London, Society & Culture, Documentary, British, Killer, True-crime, English, Murder, History, Crime

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing.


This is Part 2 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks, featuring facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz the Cannibal of Ankara, Albert Fish, Ed Gein, Psycho, Issei Sagawa the Kobe Cannibal, Dmitry & Natalia Malyshev the Krasnodar cannibals, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Rudy Eugene, Katherine Knight, Antron "Big Lurch" Singleton, Klára Mauerová, Rick Gibson, Omaima Nelson, Stephen Griffiths the 'Crossbow Cannibal', Matthew Williams, Ted Bundy, Sawney Bean, Andrei Chikatilo, Austin Harrouff, Ronald Poppo, Tim McLean, Matej Curko, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Richard Chase the 'Sacremento Vampire', Nikolai Dzumagaliev, Alexander Spesivtsev, to name but a few. As well as a wealth of facts about dead bodies, death, meat, organs and ancient tribes.


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0:00.0

Cannabis.

0:03.0

Could you eat a whole human being?

0:07.0

With the help of a doctor, a scientist and a chef,

0:10.0

I set out to see if it's possible.

0:12.0

Cannibalism. I set out to see if it's possible.

0:18.0

Cannibalism Part 2, Disposal So many serial killers have tried and failed to dispose of a body.

0:25.0

In 1949, John George Haig disposed of his sixth victim in a 40-gall gallon fat of sulfuric acid. With her body boiling at

0:36.0

337 degrees Celsius, within 48 hours he had dissolved almost all of

0:42.0

Olive Durand-deacon, except her foot, 18 small bones, 3 gallstones,

0:48.2

and 28 pounds or 2 stone of body fat. He failed as it takes a stronger acid than sulfuric to dissolve a human

0:57.5

body. If he were to try it today in the United Kingdom, he'd be stumped as it is illegal to buy anything

1:06.2

stronger than a 15% solution of sulfuric acid without an EPP license.

1:17.0

And yet, the human body has its own vat of acid, capable of disposing of human remains.

1:22.0

The stomach is a work of biological wonder.

1:25.0

A 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, 160 grams in weight and encased in just a 5 mill wall of muscle and mucosa, it secretes 1.5 liters of gastric juice a day.

1:40.0

Made of lipase and pepsen, two enzymes which break down fats and proteins,

1:45.5

an lethal mix of hydrochloric acid, potassium chloride and sodium chloride.

1:51.2

It's so powerful, stomach acid can dissolve meat, bone, fat and sinew.

1:57.0

It can destroy all but three types of bacteria, and it can permanently erase tattoos, birthmarks and scars.

2:05.0

Although oddly, it can't digest the skin of peas,

2:09.0

which is why when you vomit they come out whole.

2:15.1

With a pH level of 1.5, it can dissolve most metals like zinc, magnesium and copper.

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