{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpushing-up-lilies.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsimon-the-cannibal-rUEaSjGB","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Simon the Cannibal","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/e6f5b62c-73b6-4771-9a31-5dcfefae3ed9/5399069e-4957-4f8d-a50b-99d4a6bbdd38/pul-podcast-cover-3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Episode 04: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. Today we are going to talk about Armin Meiwes. Armin was born December 1st of 1961, he was a German computer repair technician, and he achieved international attention because he advertised on a website called the Cannibal Cafe. He was looking for a voluntary victim who wanted to be slaughtered and consumed, so he found his victim in a gentleman named Bernd Brandes. Bernd was a 43-year-old engineer from Berlin. He was the one that Armin actually chose for the position, although many responded, which is crazy to me to think that anybody would respond to that. Armin killed Bernd and then proceeded to eat a large amount of His flesh. This to me is just crazy, but it's so interesting. I usually look back at someone's life or history or the way they were raised, and you can somehow put two and two together as to why they turned out this way or why they think this is acceptable behavior. Let's take a closer look together, ready?"}