Most folks think of cannibalism as something straight out of a B-Movie or Mayan and Polynesian ancient cultures and that the practice died out long ago.  Though many more will be shocked to see that it’s probably as prolific today as it was when both Queen Mary II and her uncle King Charles II first too participated in such “fine cuisine.”   

Accounts of cannibalism date back as far as Biblical times and it’s quite obvious cannibalism was common in human societies and has been taking place since “man” first stepped onto the earth.   Like many others, I too have had my share of fine dining, done the Ritz, Hilton, Ivy, Kettner’s.  So I’ve tasted all types of cuisines; from sheep’s eyes to testicles, insects, snakes, eels, and basically most kinds of meats and fish dishes from around the world.  

Now I’ve never quite sat around a dining table and discussed what human meat would taste like, nor ever enquired for a ’Special Fried Leg.’  Though the conversation of eating another “person” has on occasion come up, say following watching a film about the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as the Andes flight disaster, in South America.  When on 13 October 1972 a chartered flight carrying 45 people, crashed in the Andes. Only 16 survivors were rescued on 23 December 1972.  Faced with starvation, the survivors ate some of the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow.   

So it’s at times like this I’ve talked about it and questioned myself; ‘What would I do in a similar life or death situation?’   

I assume I would have done what those survivors of Flight 571 had to succumb to. It’s a hard call to make and until you yourself are in such dire straits, then how can you possibly tell?  But hey, this is far from sitting around a candlelight table and wondering what the hell a baby’s arm or leg may taste like - and how would it be best to prepare and cook?  

Suckling pig when cooked to perfection, is indeed very succulent and tasty.  

And following on from what some folk, like William Seabrook, have said about what human flesh tastes like and that the Cannibal Club recommends; “The meat we serve is selected only from the young and healthy,” - then I suppose the suckling pig route would perhaps be the best way to go.  

But that’s just discussing the matter here;  Would I want to actually eat another person, then I’m not so sure. 

‘Not so sure!’ You may gasp and ask.  

The reason I have to be totally honest and open is that this taboo subject of cannibalism - is indeed very real, so I’m putting the questions to myself to save others from having to do so.

 Have I ever wondered what we [humans] taste like? - Yes.  

Have I ever tasted one of us? -  No.  

Would I? - No, but...

 ....in particular circumstances such as those on Flight 571, then yes, I probably would.  Though I'm sure I'd feel sick in the process as it’s more in the mind than in the taste.  I understand there is a morality issue here and that's one of the reasons I decided to take a look closer at the subject.  

Though if someone cooked you a dish and told you it was pork or veal, then you’d very likely be none the wiser and enjoy it, unless, of course, you were a vegetarian. 

The Royals and Elites have long been famed for their love of lavish banquets and rich recipes.  Though what is less well known and according to Dr. Sugg, in his book Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires, which delves into the dark world of medicinal cannibalism, the British royals loved the taste for human flesh.  As recently as the end of the 18th century, British royalty swallowed and ate parts of the human body.

However, this was not a practice reserved for monarchy only, no, as it was widespread among the well-to-do in Europe, and I take it the rest of the world, and why and when would they have stopped this practice?

It's hardly as if someone is policing this "underworld" of "fine cuisine" - and that no one has stood up and declared such practices ought to be abolished. 

And like said; ‘Why would they stop this practice today?’

Despite they were denouncing those ‘barbaric cannibals’ of the New World and calling them savages, they were themselves feasting, drinking, or wearing ground-down Egyptian mummies, human fat, flesh, bone, blood, brains or skin; -'...the finest thinnest of crackling.'  Dr. Sugg, said; ‘The human body has been widely used as a therapeutic agent with the most popular treatments involving flesh, bone or blood.’  

Whilst James I had refused to take the human skull, his grandson Charles II loved the idea so much so that he bought the recipe.  Having paid £6,000 for this, he often distilled human skull himself in his private laboratory. 

Dr. Sugg's research was featured in a Channel 4 Time Team documentary with Tony Robinson, in which they reconstructed versions of older cannibalistic medicines with the help of pigs' brains, blood, and skull when surely all they had to do was go to The Cannibal Club.   

 In the Channel 4 documentary - Cannibals of Stone Age: - It showed has that in the German Hamlet of Herxheim, archaeologists excavating a 7000-year-old mass grave of up to 1000 Stone Age people have concluded that the site was not a Neolithic graveyard, as previously assumed, but a killing field where hundreds of men, women, and children met a grisly fate.

Scholars now believe that Stone Age Europe was much more violent than previously thought, and some scientists believe the bodies in Herxheim were murdered, cooked, and cannibalized in sacrificial rites that drew participants from hundreds of miles away.

It's a possibility that calls into question much of what we thought we knew about civilization and forces us to face the fact that cannibalism and human sacrifice may be undeniable parts of our human history.

The Cannibal Club

According to an article in the Financial Times by Gillian Tett DECEMBER 1, 2017In 1863; a group of Victorian men assembled in a London club. They were there to create the Cannibal Club, a so-called anthropological society that, its members hoped, would explore far-flung cultures in order to uncover what made humans tick — even cannibals.

This might seem like a strange snapshot of long-forgotten Victorian history but it has considerable relevance today. The club was not composed purely of professors with an academic interest in exploration. Many members belonged to the so-called Corporation of Foreign Bondholders, which was linked to the London Stock Exchange. In the 19th century, the British empire was expanding, creating new trade and business opportunities around the globe. That prompted London financiers to extend credit to remote parts of Asia, Latin America, and Africa, as well as parts of North America.

"The Cannibal Club is such a source of shame that its existence has been airbrushed from most university courses." - Gillian Tett.

The creepy truth of cannibalism is that it‘s never gone away.  Knowing that many of the elites and royalty love to tuck into a medium-rare human butt-cheek or thigh, one can't help wondering that following the French Revolution, (one must ponder; - 'did any of the royals or elites get eaten in revenge, necessity - or shear want during this period in time?) WWI and WWII, the "food" available for their banquets must have been abundant and immense, though they are hardly going to step forward and admit that’s what they have done and still do so today.  

Modern-day Cannibal Club 

According to the proprietor of the Cannibal Club, Elspeth Blake (seen below), she states; “Cannibalism, as traditionally practiced, usually shows respect to the deceased, who is desired to be reborn into the living, or offered as a worthy sacrifice to some deity. It is never our practice to debase or objectify human life. Arguments against cannibalism are typically grounded in ignorance, cultural prejudice, and nonsensical spiritual beliefs.” 

So like most things in this world, it’s kept well secret and hidden behind guarded doors.   Until now that is and with the resurrection of places like the Cannibal Club which has already been trading for over six years.  

We know how some folk are particular about everything in life, they want the best of this and the finest of that; that’s why the best cuts of meat of an animal can be extremely expensive.  

To give you an idea as to what the rich are willing to pay for "everyday" food dressed-up, here's an American example; A day spent indulging in the world's most expensive meals will set you back a stonking $95,065 more than the average American household's annual income.

In New York City it will cost a $1,000 frittata at Norma's Restaurant, made with potatoes, a pound of lobster, and ten ounces of caviar.  Other items on the menu include sushi wrapped in 24k gold leaf and topped with pearls, truffle salad and 'bacon-bling' - a sandwich served with black truffles, gold leaf, gold dust, and saffron.

Some of the foods have such a hefty price tag because they are rare or "difficult to source" - like the Wagyu ribeye lunch at Craftsteak restaurant in New York City.  This expensive cut, which costs $2,800, comes from cows raised in Hyogo, Japan, which are fed beer and are regularly massaged to make their meat extra tender.

And Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota, a ham that can be purchased at a London restaurant for an incredible $2,682, is made from pigs fed exclusively on acorns and roots. The pigs are then slaughtered and cured for three years before consumed by diners.  The bill for all the breakfast items amounts to $5,200, and the total cost of the five-course lunch - including appetizer, first course, soup, second course and dessert - would be $63,670.

The decadent dinner would cost you $31,395, and the total cost of all the dishes adds up to an eye-watering $95,065.  Source

Every meat has its own texture, flavor, aroma and taste.  Smoked, and it will produce a strong potent flavour full of body that can be altered in taste according to which type of wood you use to smoke it.  

Slaughtered - then cooked-smoked Gorilla Bush-Meat. 

The same must be said about “Bush-Meat” and where there’s a huge black-market for animal meat from the jungle-bush - and of every species of animal including primates are slaughtered and sold.  The Vietnamese and Chinese have long loved the delicacy of Monkey brains as much as many an African loves the taste of Gorilla or Chimpanzee meat.

So it must go without saying; if human meat is supposed to be the sweetest and tender of all meats - especially if young, then they are going to want to prefer to eat that, as opposed to the fillet steak they have long got weary of.   

Though we can see it’s a very small sector of society who participate in cannibalism, as otherwise, we wouldn’t have such mass burial sites and graveyards all over the world; - and you’ll probably find it’s those who live in remote parts of the world, psychopathic serial killers or the elite who do so.    

Take Sagawa, a Japanese student completing an English Literature degree in Paris. He met a fellow student, shot her on June 11, 1981. After her death, he proceeded to cannibalize her over the next two days. Due to an alleged paperwork error, it allowed Sagawa to simply check himself out of a mental institution after a little more than a year in confinement.

He is now a free man living in Japan!

The counter argument and those in favor of cannibalism, think we should eat our loved-dead ones; - that as a direct result we wouldn’t need to produce so much meat; beef, lamb or pork, thus it will reduce carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and ozone.  

Elspeth Blake

The Cannibal Club specializes in the serving-up of human flesh, described on their website; “Specialising in the preparation of human meat, the Cannibal Club in Los Angeles brings ‘the cutting edge of experimental cuisine’ to the refined palates of L.A.’s cultural elite.  We celebrate artistic excellence as the natural and inevitable expression of the unbridled human spirit.” 

Their master chefs hail from around the world for the opportunity to practice their craft free of compromise and unbounded by convention.  Their exclusive clientele includes; noted filmmakers, intellectuals, and celebrities who have embraced the Enlightenment ideals of free expression and rationalism.  

On event nights, avant-garde performance artists, celebrated literary figures, and ground-breaking musicians entertain their guests, such as Diamanda Galas (above video), whom musicologist Susan McClary writes that; “Galas heralds a new moment in the history of musical representation.” Focusing on themes of suffering, injustice, and despair, her works are characterized by visceral shrieks and wails reminiscent of glossolalia or “tongues.” She has collaborated with Led Zeppelin and her work has appeared in such mainstream films as Natural Born Killer and Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula. Galas, trained in the Wagner school of opera and calls her work; “…a very, very ancient form of Satanism”.

The other staff of the Cannibal Club is; Chef de Cuisine, Sophie Laffite (above), who regularly updates their menu with “new and daring dishes.” It’s said she gained notoriety in culinary circles when she prepared Ortolan, an endangered bird thought to represent the soul of France, for the last meal of President Francois Mitterrand in 1996, and one can’t help but wonder; - what was next on the menu?

Procurement; Raven Chan (above) is known as the “Service Manager and worked with Elspeth Blake and Vincent Sardi, Jr. in New York before traveling to L.A. with Blake to start Cannibal Club.  As service manager - she actually procures the bodies that will be eaten. 

Apart from Raven Chan doing her bit, according to Elspeth Blake, their avenues of procurement vary.  Most of the businesses and institutions that supply them prefer to keep those relationships discreet. On the individual level, bodies are often bequeathed to them. For some, this is a way to supplement life insurance and offset funeral expenses.  For others, such as Cannibal Club member Gwendoline Fenwick, who was served to her friends and relatives at the Club in January of 2008.  

Blake said; “…being prepared as a meal, and thereby reborn into the bodies of the living, is an attractive alternative to the more than traditional practices; some folk bury their dead, others cremate them, - whereas in some pagan traditions they ate them in the belief they are reincarnated into the bodies of those who have eaten them and where they can continue to live and experience not just one life, but multiples. The more who eats you, the more your “own” life is expanded.”  

Moloch- Bohemian Grove 

Bohemian Grove comes to mind, though as Satan does not exist in Judaism, Moloch does.  Moloch was the pagan God of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children; - “extra relish on that sir?”  Though I shan’t start raising the topic of Cabalist Talmudism and blood-curdling rituals. This is strictly looking at the fundamentals of fine dining!  

One of the club's regular dishes is Placenta Lasagna, described as; “an otherwise traditional Lasagna with one layer of cheese substituted by minced placenta in heirloom tomato sauce, seasoned with garlic, onion, and oregano.”  Without a doubt full of nutrition.

Human Placenta 

Apart from Sweeny Todd coming to mind, one can only guess the contents of the country cottage sounding Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pies; “A delectable pot pie in a genuine puff pastry crust with locally-grown vegetables - and tender strips of meat.” 

Blake says; "Human flesh, the Chefs gush, and blush, when prepared by them - tastes unbelievable. Of the meats you are likely to find in stores, pork is the closest match." "The club insists that they take care to ensure that all of their meat is produced legally and ethically, with some correctness in older more primitive cultures, that cannibalism, as traditionally practiced, usually showed respect to the deceased, who is desired to be reborn into the living, or offered as a worthy sacrifice to some deity." 

She further states that: “It is never our practice to debase or objectify human life. Arguments against cannibalism are typically grounded in ignorance, cultural prejudice, and nonsensical spiritual beliefs.” 

The Question of Real Procurement? 

My main question to the Cannibal Club is; Under what circumstances does a person qualify to be the type of meat you wish to serve; “…selected only from the young and healthy.” 

Cancer of the Human Liver 

After all if a person is dying and riddled with disease or pump-with intoxicating drugs or radiation, then that’s the last thing anyone would wish to digest.  The same could be said about older meat, mutton dressed up as lamb.  Old muscles would perhaps take on the same toughness and darkness as chicken legs can do and why they’re normally sold as ‘Boilers’.  

So it makes me wonder; who are these people such as Gwendoline Fenwick - making up the dishes?  I appreciate you prefer to keep those relationships discreet, though I don’t expect names. I just want to know; who are the type of people you are eating; is it a case of a “mercy killing” and where the person wishes to commit suicide and not due to physical illness or disease, but mental illness?    

It’s obvious you’ll not going to admit that; - some could be innocent victims such as stillbirths and freshly deceased babies. Though I should imagine, as you say; ‘…businesses and institutions’ - supply you; well that can surely only be places like abortion clinics-doctors, hospitals, prisons, mental institutions, morgues, and funeral directors.   

It's said this first attack was religiously motivated, and admitted that he and his group battered the man because he had killed his pregnant wife, sister-in law, and her baby.  CANNIBAL: Magloire (above) told the BBC how he cut into a man's leg before eating it. He said that he and a mob of 20 other Christians forced the bus driver to stop before pulling the victim out of the vehicle, stabbing him and setting him alight before taking a bite out of the victim's leg.  

He said: "I stabbed him in the head. I poured petrol on him. I burned him.  "Then I ate his leg, the whole thing right down to the white bone."

        "That's why people call me Mad Dog.     

On 19th July 2013 casting director Rachel (Ray) Chandler posted an Instagram link which has now gone but can be seen below.  It's alleged the screenshot shows CCTV footage of underground rooms on Epstein's island, and where groups of naked "people" can be seen gathered around small tables. 

Once enhanced the images of Channels 10 and 14, seem to reveal children.  Of course, I cannot confirm this, though others suggest the images show cannibalism.

  Three packages containing baby body parts and an adult heart have been discovered at a parcel delivery company in Bangkok.

The boxes, containing an infant’s head and foot, were bound for the USA and their grisly contents were found after they were passed through a routine X-ray.

The company, DHL, alerted police who tracked down the sender, a 31-year-old American tourist who said he found the items at a Bangkok night market, police Colonel Chumpol Poompuang said.