On March 9th of 2001, the pair met up at Meiwes’ farmhouse where Brandes was fed sleeping pills and liquid cold medicine. They exchanged emails for over a month, discussing the arrangements before finally setting a date. Brandes, who was also from Germany, suffered from depression and, upon finding Meiwes’ ad, felt he would be the right fit for the job. “Franky,” turned out to be a 42-year-old man from Germany named Armin Meiwes, and the man who would ultimately become his meal was a 36-year-old man named Bernd Brandes.
After screening through several candidates (upwards of 200), Franky found what he was looking for and invited the willing victim into his home. Please mail me your age, High and Wigth, and if you can with a pic.” As disturbing as the ad is, probably worse is the fact that several men responded to it, all of them offering up their bodies for Franky to fulfill their own fantasies of being devoured. The ad that began it all was posted by a user named “Franky,” and was titled, “Search for Young Boys.” In broken English and various typos, the ad stated, “If you are between 18 and 30 y/o and have you a normal build body, than come to me, i will butchering and eating your fine flesh. This was a surface web page and easily accessible to anyone who wanted to find it. One of the most surprising aspects of the sites was this was not a community hidden in the deep web. It goes without saying the warning on this page is warranted. The site has been shut down but is readily available on the Wayback Machine for the morbidly curious. While there are many sites like this that are completely fake and intended to frighten anyone who happens to stumble upon them, the Cannibal Cafe was not one of those sites. The website, now defunct, was dedicated to those with a fetish for cannibalism and its users would either discuss their desire to indulge in eating another human, or share their stories of doing so and what their experiences were like. Our story begins in 2001, when an ad was posted to a website called the Cannibal Cafe. This was actually a true story that did take place in Germany, and it all started with a disturbing ad posted on the internet. As messed up as the scenario sounds, the idea wasn’t just pulled out of thin air with the intention to shock for the sake of shock. There’s also a line suggesting that he’s being allowed a taste of himself and that he’s enjoying it. The song goes on with the willing victim describing the pride he’s taking in the act and how happy he is just to be a part of it. Stehen auf der Speisekarte- Are on the menu…” Weiche Teile und auch harte- Soft parts and even hard ones “ Heute treff’ ich einen Herrn- Today I will meet a gentleman,ĭer hat mich zum Fressen gern- He likes me so much he could eat me up The lyrics of the song are through the eyes of a man who is willingly offering his body to a cannibal to be eaten: If you haven’t heard this song, here’s a link to the audio if you’d like to give it a listen first. This is the true story behind “Mein Teil,” which translates in English to, “My Part.” There is, however, one particular song that is far more obvious in its subject matter and has a creepy story to go along with it. A lot of talented artists use this technique and forcing listeners to have to think is, in my opinion, one of the best contributions an artist can give to their audience. And maybe that’s the point, to force you to think, analyze, and draw your own conclusions. One of the difficult things about Rammstein is even if you get past the language barrier (assuming you’re like me and are not fluent in German), there are times when, even translated, their songs can be interpreted in a number of ways leaving behind more questions than answers.
From accusations of supporting Germany’s dark history of Hitler’s regime (they don’t, by the way), to just general offense for the amount of nudity and sexual content they sometimes include in their videos, they tend to be an easy target for moral outrage. The German industrial metal band, who is actually more popular in the US than in Germany, has had a wide variety of songs that often cover dark subject matter as well as equally controversial videos to go along with them. When it comes to controversy, Rammstein is no stranger.
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