Oliver Bateman Does the Work

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The Work of Digital Cannibalism

The Work of Digital Cannibalism

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Armin Meiwes did the work you shouldn’t do

The Armin Meiwes case vanished from headlines years ago. The German computer repairman now sits in a reasonably clean and neat prison cell, serving life for killing and eating a willing victim he found online. Most folks remember only fragments — the classified ad, the videotaped horror, the bizarre consent. But…

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