# The men who allowed German cannibals to EAT them: One let a cop hang and butcher him…while another victim severed his own genitals and shared them with his killer

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-men-who-allowed-german-cannibals-to-eat-them-one-let-a-cop-hang-and-butcher-him-while-another-victim-severed-his-own-genitals-and-shared-them-with-his-killer/
- Published: 2026-10-25T12:08:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T12:38:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16224001/The-men-allowed-German-cannibals-EAT-One-let-cop-hang-butcher-victim-shared-genitals-shared-killer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Europe, World

## Key points

- Brandes was killed by Armin Meiwes in 2001.
- Meiwes was convicted of murder at a 2006 retrial.
- Stempniewicz was later killed by Detlev Guenzel.

## Summary

Two German murder cases involved men who sought out killers after posting about fantasies of being killed and eaten online. The cases drew attention to how online forums connected people with extreme desires to those willing to act on them, and to the legal questions raised when victims appeared to consent.

In 2001, telecommunications engineer Bernd Brandes travelled to meet Armin Meiwes, who killed and dismembered him; Meiwes was convicted of murder at a 2006 retrial. More than a decade later, Polish businessman Wojciech Stempniewicz, 59, was killed and partly eaten by Detlev Guenzel, a police forensic specialist, after they made contact online. The supplied article text ends before giving further details of that case.

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