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Daily Mirror
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'Perfect' neighbour cut off man's penis and ate it with him before killing him
Armin Meiwes, 42, killed and ate Bernd Brandes, 43, after the latter answered his ad for someone who wanted to be killed and consumed - and now the home where it happened has been burnt down In a horrifying case of cannibalism, a killer devoured his consenting victim over 10 months following a macabre pact between the two. Armin Meiwes infamously consumed Bernd Brandes' flesh with his consent, in a gruesome saga that lasted almost a year. Meiwes had placed a ghastly advertisement titled 'Dinner - or your dinner' on a German internet forum, seeking someone willing to be eaten. Bernd, a 43-year-old engineer, responded to the ad in 2001. Then 42, Meiwes welcomed him to his Rotenburg home in southern Germany. There, Meiwes gave Bernd a powerful mix of sleeping pills and schnapps to numb him before cutting off his penis, which they both ate, reports the Mirror US. As reported by the Mirror, what ensued was another horrific act involving Bernd's back meat. In the documentary Docs: Interview With a Cannibal, Meiwes said: "I took out my best dinner service, and fried a piece of rump steak – a piece from his back – made what I call princess potatoes, and sprouts." Meiwes narrated his initial experience of human flesh as an extraordinary feeling. He said: "The first bite was, of course, very strange. It was a feeling I can't really describe. I'd spent over 40 years longing for it, dreaming about it." He added: "And now I was getting the feeling that I was actually achieving this perfect inner connection through his flesh. The flesh tastes like pork but stronger." In a chilling ritual, Meiwes carefully arranged his dining table with candles, ready to indulge in the forbidden feast he had craved his entire life. Following the meal, Bernd, who was still conscious, was placed in a bath while Meiwes recited from a Star Trek book until he committed the final fatal deed, stabbing Bernd in the throat and ending his life. Meiwes then horrifically butchered his victim and buried the body parts in his garden, saving some of the flesh in his freezer for later consumption over ten months. He was caught in December 2002 and concocted a tale for the police, alleging the meat in his freezer was wild boar. The former IT worker had a long-standing morbid obsession with cannibalism, a dark fantasy that began in his youth. In court, he maintained that the engineer "came to me of his own free will to end his life. For him, it was a nice death." Investigations later revealed that the deceased had an extraordinary wish to be disfigured and had seemingly agreed to Meiwes' gruesome craving as a compromise – fearing that he might be committed if he chose to continue living. Over a month, the duo exchanged messages daily, meticulously crafting their grim agreement, which culminated in Bernd selling his car, wiping his computer clean, and leaving his possessions to his partner via a handwritten note before he left. In January 2004, Meiwes was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months behind bars. Following a retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and handed a life sentence, where he remains locked up at the age of 63. In April 2023, an arson attack razed Meiwes' former residence, the scene of the horrific crime, to the ground.
Daily Record
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Killer cut of victim's penis and ate it with him after horror agreement
Armin Meiwes, 42, made a chilling agreement with Bernd Brandes who agreed to be killed and eaten by the killer. What ensued was an act so gruesome it sent shockwaves around the world In a terrifying twist of fate, a killer engaged in an act of cannibalism, devouring his consenting victim over a period of 10 months following a sinister pact between the two. Armin Meiwes infamously dined on Bernd Brandes, who had agreed to be eaten, for almost a full year. Meiwes advertised for a victim with an unsettling post titled 'Dinner - or your dinner' on a German online forum, seeking someone amenable to being consumed. Bernd, a 43 year old engineer, responded to the advert in 2001, leading to him visiting Meiwes, then aged 42, at his Rotenburg residence in the south of Germany. There, Meiwes gave Bernd a potent mix of sleeping pills and schnapps to relax him before cutting off his penis, which they both consumed together. As reported in the Mirror, Bernd's ordeal continued as another grim serving of his back flesh was prepared. In a documentary named Docs: Interview With a Cannibal, Meiwes said: "I took out my best dinner service, and fried a piece of rump steak – a piece from his back – made what I call princess potatoes, and sprouts.", reports the Mirror US. Meiwes likened his initial experience of human meat to something beyond words, explaining: "The first bite was, of course, very strange. It was a feeling I can't really describe. I'd spent over 40 years longing for it, dreaming about it." He added: "And now I was getting the feeling that I was actually achieving this perfect inner connection through his flesh. The flesh tastes like pork but stronger." In a morbid ritual, Meiwes meticulously readied his dining table with candles and took part in the forbidden feast he had been "longing" for throughout his life. After the sickening meal, Bernd, who was still conscious, settled into a bath while Meiwes narrated from a Star Trek book until he ultimately committed the final gruesome deed by stabbing Bernd in the neck, causing his demise. Chillingly, Meiwes dismembered his deceased victim, burying body parts in his garden and stowing some of the meat in his freezer for future consumption over ten months. Law enforcement finally caught up with Meiwes in December 2002, where he tried to mislead them, claiming the flesh found in his freezer came from a wild pig. The former computer repair specialist nurtured a dark obsession to eat another human, a twisted dream birthed during his adolescent years. During the trial, he maintained that the engineer "came to me of his own free will to end his life. For him, it was a nice death." Investigations later revealed that the deceased man carried what some might consider an odd wish to be mutilated and seemed to give his consent to Meiwes' sinister yearning as a form of exchange, fearing insanity if he chose to go on living. Over a month, the duo exchanged messages daily, meticulously crafting their grim agreement. This led to Bernd selling his car, wiping his computer's data, and leaving his possessions to his partner through a written note on the eve of his departure. In January 2004, Meiwes was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. However, following a retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and given a life sentence. He remains behind bars at the age of 63. In April 2023, an arson attack destroyed Meiwes' former residence, which was also the scene of the horrific act.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GTCR Announces Sale of Antylia Scientific
Transaction Follows Decade-Long Management Partnership Culminating in Successful Transformation and Growth of Unique Life Sciences Tools Business CHICAGO, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GTCR, a leading private equity firm, today announced that it has signed and completed the sale of Antylia Scientific ("Antylia" or "the Company") to Brookfield Asset Management's private equity business and CDPQ for approximately $1.34 billion. Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, Antylia is a diversified life sciences company focused on the biopharmaceutical, clinical diagnostic, and environmental testing industries, among others. Antylia supports the accuracy and repeatability of processes in research and clinical labs by manufacturing and selling mission-critical products to thousands of long-term customers across these industries. As part of GTCR's Leaders Strategy™, the firm partnered with Antylia Chairman Bernd Brust, CEO Jonathan Salkin, and the Company's executive team to execute transformational growth. Since the firm's initial acquisition of Antylia (f/k/a Cole-Parmer Instrument Company) from Thermo Fisher Scientific in a carve-out transaction in 2014, GTCR's investment funds continued to invest significant capital in the Company to expand its geographic reach and portfolio of lab products, bioprocessing tools and life sciences reagents and quality controls. Since 2014, Antylia has completed 15 add-on acquisitions of complementary life science tools and diagnostic controls businesses. In addition, in late 2021, Antylia separated and divested its Masterflex bioprocessing business segment to Avantor Inc. in an all-cash transaction that valued the business unit at $2.9 billion, which represented the culmination of transforming that business segment into a high-growth bioprocessing asset supporting biologic drug and vaccine production. "We are extraordinarily proud of the business transformation that Bernd, Jon and the entire Antylia team have been able to achieve over the last decade," said Sean Cunningham, Managing Director and Head of Healthcare at GTCR. "From just an idea in 2014, to creating the current business through organic investment and M&A, we believe this is another great example of our Leaders Strategy™ approach, and we want to thank the entire Antylia team for their partnership." "Bernd and Jon have created a unique platform within the life sciences industry," said Dean Mihas, GTCR Co-CEO and Managing Director. "The business has grown and evolved significantly in the decade we have partnered with them, and we look forward to watching the Antylia team's continued success as the business drives innovation in the life sciences industry." "Antylia's continued growth and momentum would not have been possible without the thoughtful partnership from the entire GTCR team over the past decade," said Jonathan Salkin, CEO of Antylia. "We are thankful for their support and look forward to continuing to grow Antylia into the future." Goldman Sachs and Jefferies acted as financial advisors and Kirkland & Ellis acted as legal counsel to Antylia. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as financial advisor to GTCR. About GTCR:Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that pioneered The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify, acquire and build market-leading companies through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. GTCR is focused on investing in transformative growth in companies in the Business & Consumer Services, Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Technology, Media & Telecommunications sectors. Since its inception, GTCR has invested more than $30 billion in over 280 companies, and the firm currently manages more than $45 billion in equity capital. GTCR is based in Chicago with offices in New York and West Palm Beach. About Antylia:Antylia Scientific™ is a diversified life science tools business with a portfolio of products serving the pharma, biopharma, healthcare and environmental markets. Its life sciences portfolio includes well-recognized brands such as the environmental sampling and testing innovator, Environmental Express®; real-time monitoring and cold storage expertise at Traceable®; our standards and external diagnostic control specialists, SPEX® and ZeptoMetrix®; and our lab essentials and consumables Cole-Parmer Essentials® brand. For more information, please visit GTCR Media Contact: Josh Clarkson / Ryan Smith 212-279-3115 Pro-GTCR@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE GTCR Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Daily Mirror
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Man dismembered alive and eaten over 10 months by lover in sick cannibal pact
Armin Meiwes kept portions of Bernd Brandes' flesh in a freezer after they made a fatal agreement. The cannibal consumed his victim over a lengthy period and was later jailed for his murder Armin Meiwes spent 10 months dining on his voluntary victim after he ate him alive following a sick pact. With cannibalism highly illegal, depraved Meiwes was later jailed for life for murdering Bernd Brandes. The fetishistic killer had posted an advert called 'Dinner - or your dinner' more than 60 times on a German forum when his offer was taken up by Bernd, a 43-year-old engineer in 2001. Meiwes, then 42, invited his victim into his home in Rotenburg, southern Germany, feeding him sleeping pills and Schnapps before cutting off his penis and feeding it to both of them. The next gruesome course was Bernd's back, telling a documentary called Docs: Interview With A Cannibal: "I took out my best dinner service, and fried a piece of rump steak – a piece from his back – made what I call princess potatoes, and sprouts." "The first bite was, of course, very strange. It was a feeling I can't really describe. I'd spent over 40 years longing for it, dreaming about it. "And now I was getting the feeling that I was actually achieving this perfect inner connection through his flesh. The flesh tastes like pork but stronger." Meiwes prepared his dinner table with candles and cooked and consumed the illegal feast he had been "longing" for. Bernd then took a bath as Meiwes read a Star Trek novel to him before he stabbed him in the neck, killing him. He cut him into pieces and buried him in his garden, saving some of his flesh in the freezer which he ate over the next 10 months. After the deed was done, Meiwes was arrested in December 2002 and lied to the police, telling them the meat in his freezer was wild pig. The former computer technician had developed a sick obsession with eating someone alive when he was a teenager, inviting his victim to his home in Rotenburg, in southern Germany. He told a subsequent criminal trial that the engineer "came to me of his own free will to end his life. For him, it was a nice death." The dead man was later reported to have a fetish to be castrated and had agreed to accommodate Meiwes' cannibal wish in return, and said to have feared he would be committed if he lived. The pair spent a month communicating daily by email discussing their plans, and the day before Bernd left, he sold his car, wiped his computer and wrote a note leaving his possessions to his boyfriend. In January 2004, the cannibal was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. In a subsequent retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, where he remains behind bars at the age of 63. In April 2023, Meiwes' former home and the scene of the murder was destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
Daily Mirror
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Cannibal cut off lover's penis, fried it with garlic and served it for dinner
The sick fetishist placed an advert entitled 'Dinner - or your dinner' (Image: AFP) Cannibal Armin Meiwes dined on his lover's flesh after he agreed to be eaten alive. Sick Meiwes carried out his highly illegal fantasy in 2001, when he killed Bernd Brandes and cooked his penis for dinner. The cannibal had posted an advert called 'Dinner - or your dinner' more than 60 times on a German forum when Bernd, 43, took him up on his offer. Meiwes then decorated his table, adding candles for ambience, before he carried out his gruesome act. The former computer technician had developed a sick obsession with eating someone alive when he was a teenager, inviting his victim to his home in Rotenburg, in southern Germany. He told a subsequent criminal trial that the engineer "came to me of his own free will to end his life. For him, it was a nice death." READ MORE: Britain's longest serving prisoner kept in glass box is 'slowly dying' The engineer was 43 when he was eaten alive after responding to an advert Bernd first took sleeping pills and drank Schnapps before Meiwes cut his penis off and they both ate it. He then ate part of his voluntary victim's back, describing how he had been "longing" for it. The cannibal told a documentary called Docs: Interview With A Cannibal: "I took out my best dinner service, and fried a piece of rump steak – a piece from his back – made what I call princess potatoes, and sprouts. After I prepared my meal, I ate it. "The first bite was, of course, very strange. It was a feeling I can't really describe. I'd spent over 40 years longing for it, dreaming about it. "And now I was getting the feeling that I was actually achieving this perfect inner connection through his flesh. The flesh tastes like pork but stronger." Meiwes first developed his sick fantasy when he was a teenager After the sick feast, Bernd took a bath as Meiwes read a Star Trek novel to him before he stabbed him in the neck, killing him. He cut him into pieces and buried him in his garden, saving some of his flesh in the freezer which he ate over the next 10 months. The dead man was later reported to have a fetish to be castrated and had agreed to accommodate Meiwes' cannibal wish in return, and said to have feared he would be committed if he lived. The pair spent a month communicating daily by email discussing their plans, and the day before Bernd left, he sold his car, wiped his computer and wrote a note leaving his possessions to his boyfriend. After the deed was done, Meiwes was arrested in December 2002 and lied to the police, telling them the meat in his freezer was wild pig. He was 42 when he had videotaped the killing, dissection and consumption of Bernd. In January 2004, the cannibal was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. In a subsequent retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, where he remains behind bars at the age of 63. In April 2023, Meiwes' former home and the scene of the murder was destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
