A college student alerted authorities to the post after copy cat posts popped up on the website. Over a year and a half after the murder, Meiwes was finally arrested by police on charges of manslaughter. Hanging him from a meat hook, Meiwes dismembered the corpse, storing meat in his freezer and slowly eating it over the next 10 months. Finally, Meiwes put Brandes out of his misery, slicing his throat. The experiment failed, and Meiwes fed the chunks to his dog.Īs blood loss was causing Brandes to fade in and out of consciousness, Meiwes drew a bath for his victim, checking in on him every 15 minutes. Meiwes then amputated Brandes’ penis, and the two attempted to eat it together. First, Brandes took about 20 sleeping pills and drank and entire bottle of cough syrup. On March 9th, 2001, the two recorded a video in Meiwes’ apartment, to capture the cannibalistic activity. In March 2001, engineer Bernd Jurgen Armando Brandes answered the call willingly, looking to join in. Meiwes did not make anyone come against their will, and was waiting for a willing participant. In 2001, on the website The Cannibal Critic, Armin Meiwes made a post looking for someone to come over and let him eat him. But Meiwes’ journey to prison was far from simple. With that, Meiwes fate was sealed in 2001 when he killed this man and ate the majority of his flesh. If you think that part of the story is weird, it gets weirder when you realize that someone actually agreed to the plan. Oh, and he posted on Craigslist looking for a volunteer who he could eat. He’s a computer technician, mild-mannered and in jail. On first glance, Armin Meiwes seems like your average German man. By: Bethany Wade Is Armin Meiwes most similar cannibal to Hannibal Lecter ever?