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_def 2 days ago [-]
> During a trip to the United States, Dr Masaichi brought along some of his prized tattooed skins in a suitcase. In a bizarre twist of fate, the suitcase was stolen while he was in Chicago. The fate of those tattooed skins remains a mystery to this day, with the thief likely unaware of the unique—and eerie—contents of the suitcase.
Imagine stealing a suitcase only to find it filled with tattooed human skin. Yikes.
dazzawazza 2 days ago [-]
Trying to find a fence for human skin would hard although, given humanity, I imagine not impossible.
GistNoesis 2 days ago [-]
Just go to Darcin Cole with some blood from Adalon.
Mistletoe 2 days ago [-]
The pics are enough, something very unnerving about flayed human skin.
latexr 2 days ago [-]
I’m not doubting the veracity of the story, but it reminded me of the “dog in suitcase” urban legend¹.
Maybe the robber this time was Buffalo Bill². In which case, jackpot.
I came to see if anyone else has made that connection. I wonder if he saw this and it was an inspiration? Hard to know because he could quite as easily imagined it.
crazygringo 2 days ago [-]
To me, the photos of the skin "splayed" in a large frame feel highly disturbing.
While the photo of the skin wrapped onto a mannequin seems not just entirely tasteful, but beautiful even.
It's the same thing, but preserving the shape of the human body somehow makes it feel so much more respectful. I never would have guessed that would make any difference, since I'm aware of it being the same cadaver skin in both cases.
dendrite9 2 days ago [-]
My partner and I listen to a podcast about tattoos and history called Beneath the Skin on long drives. One of the hosts, Matt Lodder has made a career studying tattooing. As an outsider I didn't expect it to be as interesting as it is and they provide an interesting look at people and history.
My god I’m aware that for people who work with dead people all the time this may be less shocking but just ripping off the biggest organ off a dead person seems like it’s in rather poor taste IMO
wiradikusuma 2 days ago [-]
How old are his, ehm, potential collections when they made the deal?
I can't imagine him making a deal with some 20-somethings and waiting 60 years to reap the fruit.
Or maybe he "accelerated" the process?
marginalia_nu 2 days ago [-]
To be fair, being a lifetime gangster tends to be bad for your life expectancy.
Imagine stealing a suitcase only to find it filled with tattooed human skin. Yikes.
Maybe the robber this time was Buffalo Bill². In which case, jackpot.
¹ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dead-dog-suitcase-stolen-tub...
² The Silence of the Lambs character, James Gumb³, not the showman William F. Cody⁴.
³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_(The_Silence_of_t...
⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill
It's very Roald Dahl. Great tale
While the photo of the skin wrapped onto a mannequin seems not just entirely tasteful, but beautiful even.
It's the same thing, but preserving the shape of the human body somehow makes it feel so much more respectful. I never would have guessed that would make any difference, since I'm aware of it being the same cadaver skin in both cases.
His book: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/painted-people-humanity...
How does the wet preservation work?
I can't imagine him making a deal with some 20-somethings and waiting 60 years to reap the fruit.
Or maybe he "accelerated" the process?