- Hi friends. How are you today? I hope you are having
a wonderful day so far. My name is Bailey Sarian,
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today, I don't know why. Well, excuse me, Bailey, you know why. I get nervous before I film sometimes. Well, a lot of the times, because, I mean, I've been
doing this for a while, right? And it's like, you'd think by
now I wouldn't get nervous, but I still do. I mean, have you ever
tried filming a video? Seriously, have you ever tried it? It's awkward as hell.
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to talk to everybody, but there's nobody around, except for you and your makeup brushes. (Bailey breathes deeply) Deep breath. Okay. If you are a new here, hi. My name is Bailey Sarian
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contains graphic descriptions of crime scenes, adult
dialogue, and strong language. Viewer discretion is advised. So it's been a while, you guys. It's been a while since I've
talked about a cannibal. If you're squeamish, a vegetarian, or maybe you just ate, maybe
skip this one, come back to it. Because today, Baby Girl Lisa, we are talking about a cannibal. You guessed it, because I
said it 18 times by now. On top of him being a cannibal, what makes his story even worse is the fact that this
guy is not even in jail. Nope. He's roaming out
free, free as a little bird. I mean, yeah, for sure, he definitely went to jail
for like a whole minute, but then they let him go. And you're probably wondering like, "Bailey, well, if he's a cannibal, why is he out walking free?" I know that's why we're here today. I don't know what to say.
Cannibals, can't live with 'em. We could live without them, actually. Oh, if you're ever curious
as to what I'm using, I will list it down in
the description box. But other than that, I will stop rambling and let's get into today's story. So, Issei Sagawa. Have you heard of him? Yeah? You have. Oh my bad, sorry about that. Well, if you haven't,
this guy is a total dork. He was born April 26th,
1949, so he's a Taurus. You know how for the most part, most of these killers
and these bad people, their upbringing is like
so awful, so horrible. And it kind of, I don't
wanna say it makes sense as to why they turned
out the way they did, but it kind of does, you
know what I'm saying? But Issei is that opposite person, where it's like how, how, how, how? I don't know. So Issei, he was born
into a wealthy family, a very well-off family. They were living in
Japan, very traditional, but very loving. That's great for him. His father was very successful.
He was a business man. He was like president
of a water industries and he made a lot of money and
he was doing very well, okay. Also Issei's grandfather, he was an editor for one of
the major newspapers in Japan. And his mother, Issei's mother,
she took care of the family. She was like the stay-at-home mom. So they're just, they're
doing great, financially. That doesn't mean everything
else is great, but you know. When Issei's mother was pregnant with him, she actually fell down,
like a flight of stairs, and she almost miscarried Issei. And, it was said that
he was born prematurely. And like, he was so small
he could fit into the palm of his father's hand. He had a younger brother who
was born two years after him, but they were very close
and they almost raised them like twins. When Issei was a baby,
he developed enteritis, which is a disease of the small intestine. And to treat this, the
doctors would inject potassium and calcium into his body, which led to Issei eventually recovering. But the downside was that
the disease was leaving him very like, frail and just sickly looking, which made him feel very insecure. It was said because of this,
Issei was more of an introvert. He was a bit of a loner in school. He didn't really have like, any friends. But he absolutely loved
school, especially literature, because it was a way for
him to escape the world that he was in and go on
like these grant adventures in his imagination, you know,
where like, he just wasn't, he wasn't the small little guy, or he wasn't the weak sickly guy. He could be the hero of the
story using his imagination. So, he loved reading. He loved books, stories,
literature, like I said. Because of this, he would end
up getting his master's degree in English literature. Issei would say that from a young age, he noticed that something within himself, from a very early age, was going on, like something was different. Issei would, in a later
interview, would say that when growing up, his uncle
would come over to the house and they would play a
game where like his uncle would dress up as a
scary boy-eating giant, and he would chase the
kids around the house, pretending he was gonna put
them in a big pot and cook them and then eat them, which
okay, sure, you know, fine. But, where this story goes,
it's like, "Oh, shit," you know? But okay, great game. But the uncle would chase
Issei and his brother around and then his father
would like, rescue them. And it was just all fun and games. There was like nothing, no
bad shenanigans going on. But Issei would say like this game, it was more than a game for him. It was like, this awakening. He remembers having like a
mixture of terror and excitement while playing this game. I mean, it was thrilling to him. Issei would say that this
just was one of those moments that just stuck in his life, you know? And he would say that at that very moment, that's when he just really
became fascinated with stories and fairytales about monsters and dragons, especially when they
involved eating people. So, with that being said, of course, "Hansel and Gretel" was
one of his favorites. I don't remember "Hansel and Gretel," to be quite honest with you. I remember they lived in a candy house, but did they get eaten? It's been so long. Did they get eaten? That's a little fucked up.
What was that all about? We read that as kids? Are we okay? Issei and his brother
said that they grew up in a very tame home, a very
loving home, a very normal home. One thing though, the family
never talked about sex. Sex was just something
nobody talked about, okay. So, this thing happened when
Issei got his first boner, his first boner, he at
first said that he thought he was seriously ill. He's like, "Oh my God,
something's wrong with me." Like, this isn't normal.
Like, he freaked out. He didn't know what was going on. And you know, there's no
internet or anything back then. So what do you do? Again, since he has no sex education, he doesn't know that you
can fiddle your diddle, you know what I'm saying? So, he doesn't know that
that's like an option. But he has his thing,
and he's feeling like, these weird feelings. And Issei said it led
him into participating in some very questionable acts. For example, like having
the family dog lick his, uh. I know, I don't know what
he's doing, but he did that. I know. Why did he
bring the dog into this? I don't know. But he did. Issei said again, 'cause he's pretty young when he's doing this, he's experimenting. And Issei said that
like, when this happened, his sexual desires started
to become more distorted. You know, I wonder why. So as Issei gets older, he
only gets weirder, okay. In first grade he said
that he saw something that just got his motor running. Again, he's in first grade, okay? He found one of his classmates
like, very attractive. So the fellow classmate is wearing shorts, as one does when it's hot outside. And he remembered looking
at this girl in her shorts and thinking to himself, "Man, that is a delicious looking
thigh. I want to bite it." Now remember, Issei is in first grade. That means he's like
six or seven years old. And you know, for someone who
is six or seven years old, that's a little different. As time went on, Issei was
growing more and more aware of like his fantasies of eating thighs, and how it just wasn't normal. And at the age of 15, he did try to seek help
from a psychologist. But when he found out like,
that he needed to go in person and that he actually needed
help, it was serious, he never went. I guess he just like
couldn't bring himself to actually tell his
parents that he needed help. So he just never said anything
and he never went to therapy. His parents never came out
and said anything on record about their son. So it's really unclear if
they knew what was going on in his head, or if they even
knew that he needed help. I doubt it. They just don't seem
like they talked at all. Like yeah, they showed love,
but I don't think they're like, "Hey, how was your day today?" So, it's 1964 and Issei is 24 years old. At this time, he's studying
at the University of Tokyo when he sees a tall,
beautiful German woman. She's like walking in the street, and he's just feeling
very attracted to her. Most people would be like, "Oh, you know, I wonder how I could
like, get to know her. She's so beautiful. I wanna talk to her," and just like, get to know
them like a normal person. But Issei, as you've probably learned, he really isn't like most people. So instead of thinking to himself like, "How can I talk to her," he's
thinking to himself like, "I wonder if I could get close
to her so I can eat her." So one summer he decides to
lean into those dark feelings, those dark desires he was having, and see where it leads him. I'm laughing 'cause it's uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable to think
like you could be walking, minding your own business, and someone's thinking about eating you. Like, what a bummer. Anyway. So he was kind of
like following this girl. I guess he would see
her from time to time, like taking the same train and whatnot. And so he decides to just
follow her home one night, okay. And he's waiting outside of her apartment, and he's waiting to see
like her lights go off. So once he knows that this
woman has gone to bed, he decides to break in through her window, and sees that she's laying
in bed, sleeping, naked. Oh, he's feeling real jazzed. He's like, "This is my
moment. This is it." He's given so many interviews. So it's like, you can
hear it directly from him. But he said that he didn't wanna kill her. He just wanted to take a
bite of her bottom, her bum. Yeah. Like she's not
gonna know or something. Anyways, he's looking for
something heavy around to like, knock the woman out with. The first thing he sees, an umbrella. An umbrella, sure, that's gonna work. So he grabs the umbrella,
goes up to her bed, he's like leaning over her, right. And I guess he kind of like
brushed up against her, or something, but she wakes
up and she starts screaming, as any of us would do. Issei is a very, very like, small man. And so, anyone over like
5'2" can take him down, and that's what she did. She wakes up, she starts screaming at him. She grabs his arm. She
throws him to the ground. And then she calls police. You go girl. So the woman ends up calling
police and Issei was arrested. And he was being charged
with attempted rape. If only they knew what his
real goal was, you know, but of course he's not gonna tell 'em that he was gonna to do that. He's like, "Sure, I was gonna
rape her, sounds about right." Well, like I mentioned earlier, Issei's father was super wealthy. And when he finds out that
his son was in trouble, he pays a large, unknown
settlement to the victim and the charges end up being dropped. I think it's safe to say that Issei, he didn't learn a damn thing, right? Like, "Thanks, Daddy." I mean, good for the girl,
she got a large settlement. But you know, you know, he
should have to pay the price, teach him a goddamn
lesson, but he doesn't. So after that failed attempt, Issei's desires didn't just go away. Nay, nay. In fact, they just got
stronger and more persistent. He knew he had to eat a woman. This was his one dream in life. And he needed to fulfill
it in order to be happy. "Dream big," they say, "dream big." So then, Issei ends up
going on a vacation, a little holiday. And he goes on like a cruise to Greece. And while he's on this cruise,
he meets like, a butcher, and he's like super
interested into this guy, and this guy's like, "Oh, okay. Let me tell you about my job." Issei's like, "What's it
like being a butcher?" You know, "What do you
use to cut the meat with? Is there a certain technique?" You know, he's just trying
to get butcher basics 101. And the butcher, he's
feeling very flattered that someone is so
interested in his profession. And he stays with Issei
for a good amount of time, explaining how to butcher meat. Issei plays it all cool.
Like, "Yeah, thanks. I wanna become a butcher
one day, you know." But secretly, he was taking notes, knowing that he was going to
probably most likely apply them to cutting up people meat and
not so much cow, or whatever. I'm sure if the butcher
knew then what we know now, you know, this would've never happened. And okay, I'm gonna jump
ahead here a little bit because this part just,
it's so upsetting because, okay, so Issei does terrible things, which we're gonna get into, but he ends up, Issei writes
a letter to this butcher, telling him, "Thank you so
much for taking the time to explain to me like, how to
do all this," blah-blah-blah. And by this point, his story, Issei's story was pretty well known. The butcher never responded to his letter. But, I just thought, "Wow,
that's super f'd-up." 'Cause now that guy, the
butcher, has to live with that for the rest of his life. Like, "I told this person how
to cut meat and he applied it towards actual people." That's just so fucked up. (laughs) Is that not? I literally was
like, "I would be livid." So then in 1981, Issei,
he graduates from college and he ends up moving to
France to pursue a PhD in comparative literature
at Sorbonne University, which is like a very
fancy-smancy university, I hear. Don't know, but I've heard that. So when he moves, he moves
to like a Latin quarter of Paris, France, an
area which is super known for like, its student life. It's very lively, lots of people, bistros. Issei is kind of getting
adjusted to this new life of his. And he would say that every
night, almost every night, he would go out, and he
would bring a sex worker, like back home with him. And instead of paying them for,
you know, some sweet lovin', he would wait for the moment when they had like their backs towards him. And he would try to shoot them. Like he was trying to kill somebody. But luckily, I guess, he would freeze and he would chicken out. So, he couldn't do it. But he was trying to get some practice in. So time goes on, and in one of his classes he meets a woman named Renee, and he immediately falls in love with her. Renee Hartevelt was 25 years
old, and she was also studying to get her PhD in French literature. She was originally from Holland, and it was said that Renee
was like five foot, 10. She was just tall, stunning, super smart, and she spoke three languages. So again, Issei meets
Renee in one of his classes and he's like friendly with her, whatever. And he asked her that, or he
goes up to her and he says that he's looking for someone
to help him study German 'cause he's struggling. He asked Renee like, "Hey, would you be open to teaching me?" He then went on to tell Renee that he had a very wealthy
father who could pay for her to help him, and just
pay her for her time. Renee was friendly with Issei, and she agreed to help
him with his German. And over time, the two of them formed like a little friendship. Issei was really smart, and
he enjoyed Renee's company, because she was also really smart too. And, Renee liked that about him. They bonded, they had a lot in common. They had a lot of common interests. So Issei is in love with Renee and thought she was absolutely beautiful. He even started to write her love letters, and he would invite her
to different art exhibits or concerts. And Renee saw him as a good friend. She agreed to go out dancing
with him from time to time, because she just enjoyed his company. In a letter Renee wrote to
her parents back at home, she said that she found Issei
friendly and intellectual. What I'm getting at is like,
she wasn't, they were friends. They seemed, yeah, friends. But I think that's the problem. Renee saw him as just that, a
great friend, great company. She enjoyed him as just that. And Issei's love for
Renee is just growing. He is wanting more than
just being friends. He wants to do more than
just wine and dine her. He wants to wine and dine
her, if you catch my drift. He wants to eat her. So, Issei would later explain that one of the reasons he
really wanted to eat Renee was because she was healthy and beautiful, two characteristics he
felt that he lacked, and he considered himself
weak, ugly, small. He wanted to absorb her energy
through eating her, I guess. That's his mind. I don't know, dude. I don't frickin' know you
guys, but that's his reasoning. But he knew in order to eat
her, he has to kill her first, which is something that he
seems to be struggling with. He said in interviews that if
Renee would have allowed him to drink her urine, or would've given her
some of her pubic hairs, that alone might've satisfied his desires, but he was too afraid to
ask in the first place. So killing her, in his mind, was easier than asking her for her
urine and pubic hairs. Either way it's awkward, man. What was he gonna do with the urine? Ew. So one evening, Issei
invited Renee over for dinner. And he was asking her to read him a poem by one of his favorite German writers. And she was like, "Oh,
okay, sure," you know, 'cause German, they're learning, remember? So, she sits down at his desk and she's reading him the poem. Issei, he had a rifle
hidden in his drawers on the other side of the room. And there are different
reports that say Issei actually tried to shoot Renee this night when she wasn't paying attention, but that the gun ended up jamming. And I guess Renee didn't
hear it or even have any idea that it happened behind her back, because she was like sitting, reading. And Issei just pretends that
nothing happened, I guess. So, Renee took off for the night. She's like, "Bye," you know, whatever. She has no idea what
Issei's really thinking. And he went just full-blown,
creep status 100, and just went off. You know when you're really into someone and the scent of like
their cologne or perfume, it kinda lingers after they leave. And you're like, "Oh my god,
like, it smells like them," but nothing more than that. Like, not in a creepy way. You're just like (inhales),
like, "Oh my god." You know? Just me? No. That's normal, whatever. Well, it was kind of like that. Issei was doing that, but it
was to the hundredth degree. Issei said that that
evening, when Renee left, he smelled the chair where
she had been sitting. He's trying to sniff up all of her scent. And then he even went as
far as to licking the chair she sat in. Issei wanted Renee all to himself, and he made a little promise with himself that he was going to eat her, which would allow him
to possess her forever. On June 11th, 1981, Issei invites Renee over for dinner again. This time he told Renee that
he had a cassette recorder and he wanted to record
her reading the poem aloud. That way he could like
practice, or whatever. So she's like, "Okay, sure. Sounds good." Poor thing. And she goes over to
Issei's house that evening. Renee arrives to Issei's
house, right. Great. So he welcomes her in,
they sit down on the floor, he offers her some tea. But what I guess Renee didn't know was that he spiked her tea with whiskey. Now, I couldn't get clarification
though if she did know or if she didn't know. I feel like you would taste it, but I'm going to say maybe she didn't know because there was no straight
answer and let's not assume. Anyways, so he spikes
her tea with whiskey. And they're just sitting on
the floor and they're chatting, and Issei, he's waiting
for the alcohol to kick in, you know, for Renee to be
a little bit more loose, a little bit more relaxed. And then after some time
passes and he notices that Renee does seem a
little bit more relaxed, that's when he uses this opportunity to confess his love for her. And he tells Renee that he
wants to take her to bed for some, you know, winky dinky. And he's telling her that over time he's been having all these
emotions and feelings for her and thinks she's wonderful, X Y and Z. You get it. Now at this moment, I guess
this was a shock to Renee, because she had making it
clear that they were friends and she was taken aback. And she was like, "Oh dear," like, "Oh no, I am busy around that time
you were thinking about doing that, I'm so sorry." Like, "I thought we were just friends." She went on to tell Issei, "I really appreciate your friendship, and I just want nothing more than that." And she's just trying to be really polite, and you know, not piss him off, right. But she's bummed, I guess,
because this is the, that's the moment that your
friendship is kind of over. Issei responds by saying
that he understands. And he's like, "Well, let's
just get to the poetry though." So he gets up, he gets the book of poetry he wanted her to read, hands it to her. She sits back down at his desk, and he starts a tape recorder. So when she's sitting at Issei's desk, her back is faced towards him,
like she's facing a window. And Renee begins reading the poem. Well, Issei has his gun ready. He comes up behind her slowly with a .22 caliber rifle in his hand. Bang, bang, he shoots her in the neck. I guess there was like a brief moment where Renee kept reading the poem before she fell onto to the floor, dead. And the whole thing was being recorded. Mm-mm. Mm, mm. Mm-mm. Issei said after he shot
Renee, she falls to the ground, and then he like fell into shock himself, and then he fainted. So they're just like, get
it together, guy. Okay? If you're gonna do this,
you can't be fainting, you frickin' loser. So then he comes back to. And when he comes back
to, he is like, "Great. I get to like, carry out my original plan. Now's my chance. I get to eat Renee." I mean, he had no other choice now. He already followed through with step one. Issei said that he laid
a towel under her head and then he undressed her, and he had everything
planned out in his mind, like knowing which part he
was gonna start eating first. I don't know, he seemed
to have like an obsession with eating the booty. I don't know how else to
put that, because like, that's what he really wanted to do. He wanted to take a big
old chump into her butt, and he wanted to start
with her right cheek first. It's kind of ironic, I guess, but he didn't like blood and
he feared that the left cheek would be more bloody since
it's closer to the heart. So, okay. You know, all right, sure, LOL. So, while following his dreams, Issei notices that his
teeth are not sharp enough to penetrate someone's skin. He's like, "Oh dear. I
didn't think about this." So he's like, "Oh my god, fruit knife. I have a fruit knife in the
kitchen. Let me go get that." So he goes to get the
fruit knife. He comes back. He's trying to cut her with that. But again, that wasn't
sharp enough either. So he goes back to his kitchen. He's just looking for anything, any kind of tool that will be sharp enough to help him out here. And, he's got nothing. So, he decides to make a quick
little trip to the store, where he purchases a curved meat knife. So he gets the curved meat
knife, comes back, it works. And he proceeds to cut Renee's body up, starting with her butt,
he's a booty guy, I guess. So Issei proceeds to eat
parts of Renee's body, mostly focusing on her boobage,
her butt, and her face. And, he was kind of
experimenting a little bit. He would either cook the
meat, or he would try it raw. He would try with different
sauces, mustard, ketchup, vinegarette, whatever you
use, you know, butter. Issei, in interviews,
said that he was surprised at the corn-colored nature of human fat, and he found the meat soft and odorless. And it melted in his mouth like raw tuna. Specific, but if you were
curious, now you know. He said a lot more, but
I just, you know, I just, we don't need to go into
super-graphic details. You get the gist of it. He fried some of the meat, and he tried baking different parts, but he didn't like the greasy consistency that he was getting a lot of the times. He just was experimenting
with different techniques on how to eat the human meat. So, during all of this, he's
cutting Renee's body up, and Issei said that he was
getting really excited, if you know what I mean. He was getting a bonner. And, just during this whole process, he tells Renee that he loves
her for the first time. And, it's just like,
"Dude, get a fucking grip. What are you doing?" He said that night, he
brought Renee, her body, into bed with him and like
slept with her, cuddled, knowing that the next day he was probably going to have to dispose of her body, because most likely, like flies
and stuff would come around. But Issei was excited because
the next day he realized that there were no flies just yet, and her body hasn't seemed to gone bad. There was no like weird
smell, there was no flies, so it still must be good. And he's like, "Fuck yeah, I
get another day to experiment." So, he goes on to cut up,
again, her skin, her body, he's sampling different parts of her. And he upgraded to an electric
carving knife at this point. I'm sorry for laughing,
but what are you doing? Yes, he got an electric carving knife. Like he upgrade, he's like, "I'm gonna go upgrade really quick." He gets an electric carving knife, cuts up the rest of her body. He's putting them in
Ziploc little baggies, putting them in the fridge for later. Right. Saving it for snacks or something. And then during each stage
of dismembering the body, he took photographs of each process to keep for his scrapbook,
I guess, memories. But soon enough, the flies showed up. And once the flies came and started to swarm around the body, he knew it was time to get rid of it. It was done, it was over. So in order to get rid of
the body, the evidence, poor Renee. So he's like, "Let me just chop
her up into smaller pieces. And I'll shove her in these
two suitcases I have." So he does just that,
of course along the way, cutting her up further to
fit into the suitcases, he's sampling and taking
bites of different parts that didn't have any flies on them. So Issei came up with a plan. His plan was to put Rene's
body into the two suitcases and then take it down to the local lake and drop them in the
lake, hoping it would sink and never be found again. So with this in mind, Issei, he packs up, he loads the two suitcases,
and he calls up a cab and he asked them to take
them to a public park, which is like five miles from
the city center of Paris. It's like the second
largest park in Paris. It's about two, almost three times the size of Central Park in New York. And this park has several
gardens, several lakes. There's even a zoo and an amusement park. Everyone goes there and like, hangs out. And it's not like a quiet place to go where nobody's gonna see
you execute this awful plan. But that's, that's his idea. So it's around 8:00 p.m., and
Issei calls up a cab driver to come pick him up and
take him down to the park. When the cab driver picks him up, he helps Issei out with the
two suitcases he brought. And the driver even made a
comment to Issei, joking like, "What is there a body
in here or something?" Literally just joking, because
the suitcases were so heavy. And you know, when you're
making small talk like that, you say something stupid like, "What do you got, a dead body in here?" One out of every thousand
times, it may just be the case, but I guess Issei just
kind of laughed awkwardly and said like, "No, it's full of books. I have tons of books in these suitcases." The suitcases were super heavy though. So, when Issei was
dropped off at the park, he was trying to carry these suitcases, and people are just kind of
staring at him at the lake, just watching this small scrawny man struggling with these two heavy suitcases. He's like dragging them down to the lake, like a little weirdo, you know? So a lot of people are just sitting there kind of watching, minding
their own business. But they're like, he's like, you know, "What is this guy doing?" Because the park was a very popular spot, Issei didn't think about
how crowded it would be. Even though it was late, it still, there was like a lotta people there. And he was feeling very overwhelmed trying to drag these suitcases around, because he felt like
everyone was staring at him, which they were, so he wasn't wrong. Eventually he said he found
like a little quiet place where there wasn't that
many people around. And, he starts pushing the
suitcases down towards the lake, towards the water. But he got to a point where
he was really exhausted, so he like, suitcases are on the ground, took a break and just kind of
walks a little bit forward. And he's admiring the
really pretty sunset. Mind you, his suitcases are
kind of like back behind him a little bit. And then he hears someone
shouting behind him. It's a man, it's an older man. He's hanging out at the park
and he saw the two suitcases. And he thought like somebody had left them or forgotten them. He saw Issei standing not far. And he's like, "Hey man,
are these your suitcases?" And Issei said he
thought about saying yes, but he wanted the man
to just like, go away. So instead he said "No,"
and just walked away, which I feel like that
wasn't the right move. So, (laughs) he just walks away. So the man who asked Issei like,
"Hey, are these your bags," he's super curious. He's like, "Who left
these two suitcases here? Let me open them up. Maybe there's a million dollars in there." So the man, he opens up the suitcases and he sees something
like a bloody bed sheet that I guess Issei had
wrapped Renee's body in, but he just sees like a bloody bed sheet. And then he screams,
"Murder," like really loud. So everyone in the park
is looking over, like, "What the hell is going on?" Like, "What?" 'Cause this man seems very
upset, as one would be, you know. Issei, he didn't even
flinch. He just kept walking. He just aborted mission, walked back, headed straight to his
apartment as fast as he could without drawing any attention to himself. So police were obviously
called out to the scene and they investigate the suitcases and ask the witnesses at
the park what they saw. Multiple people reported
seeing a small Asian man pushing the suitcases down
to the end of the lake, but that's really the only
information anyone had. So the suitcases were
taken to the local mortuary where they were fully unpacked, and the gruesome scene
began to tell its story. They discovered the gunshot
wound at the nape of the neck, and portions of her flesh
seemed to be missing. Photographs were taken of the
body for evidence reports, but sadly they would not stay contained within the police files. Somehow, somebody with greedy intentions, it was someone working on the inside, they took those photos and they sold them to like a popular French magazine, which led to them being
published all over. But, it is a horrifying scene. They haven't seen anything like this, and it's obvious to them, like, it looks like somebody ate this, you know? So they're kind of, they don't
know what to do with this. It wouldn't take long for investigators to find Issei though. Police reached out to local cab companies asking if any of the drivers had a client that maybe had some really
heavy suitcases, you know? Well, sure enough. One of the drivers came
forward and said like, "Hey, I had a client, yeah, just yesterday who I picked up, who had
some really heavy suitcases." And shortly after that Issei was arrested. So police go and arrest Issei. And I guess lucky for them, Issei didn't even try to
pretend like he was innocent. The cops came in, they arrested him, and he just confessed like that. They were like, "Hey, you're
under arrest for murder." And his response was, "I
killed her to eat her flesh." So. Case closed, you know, like
great, we got a confession. After being arrested for Renee's murder, Issei's daddy once again
came to his rescue, paying for a top defense lawyer. Despite there being
multiple eye witnesses, evidence found in Issei's apartment, and his confession to the crime, he was locked up, put away for two years, he was waiting for trial, and then the judge found
Issei legally insane and unfit to stand trial. So the charges were dropped. The French courts sentenced
Issei to be held indefinitely, a.k.a. forever, in a
mental institution though. So, you know, at least
he'll be locked up there, and maybe get some help. During this time, Renee's
parents never spoke to the media. And on the other hand,
Issei, like his parents were paying for anything that had to do with the legal side of things. And then both of the parents,
they didn't talk to media, but they also shielded their son, Issei, from the public eye. They just really protected him
and just paid for everything. Issei's brother actually
showed public support. But it turns out, like he's
also an interesting case, all on his own. He did an interview for
"Forbes," and Issei's brother said that he himself had his own urges that he kept to himself, like he didn't tell anyone about it. And not even Issei knew
about his urges himself. He wanted to eat people
too, is what I'm getting at. His brother said in an interview
that he'll probably die not knowing why he had these feelings, or if there's anyone else
there, like out there like him. But Issei was quick to like, turn down his brother's comments, I guess. He would publicly say
like, "Oh my brother, his thoughts are not
as bad as my thoughts. I'm way worse than he is." And it was like some
really weird competitive, "I'm a better cannibal than you are." I don't know, it was very strange, but there seems to be some
kind of competition going on. Issei was sent to a mental institution and a Japanese author came by to visit. He wanted to write a story and then wanted to get
Issei's account of his crime. So this author went out and
interviewed him for his book. It was later called "In the Fog," which included Issei's
account of his kill. And it would go on to sell
like over 200,000 copies. And this book, it also featured
all of the horrifying photos that no one should have seen. Now because of this book, the
attention Issei was getting was widespread, and he was
becoming a big media sensation. Everyone just wanted to know
like, "What, what? What? Huh?" You know, the curious cats that we are, just trying to figure it out. Now, the French were not
too excited about this because they were receiving
a lot of negative publicity, because Issei was
technically still in France. So, because they didn't
like all this negative press they were getting, they decided it would be best
to deport him back to Japan. So Issei was sent to a hospital in Tokyo, and the psychologists,
they're examining him, and they declare him to be sane, but evil. And his sexual perversion
was his only motivation for murder. Does that mean Issei goes back to jail and court and all that? No. Nay, nay. Japanese authorities did
try to put him on trial for murder, but the charges got dropped, and the French refused to hand over the necessary court documents. So there was no evidence
for a trial in Japan, and without any evidence
linking Issei to Renee's murder, the Japanese courts, they were
unable to keep Issei further. It doesn't make any sense. He was literally held for 15 months, and then because the French authorities didn't hand over the documents, they couldn't charge him with anything. And I was trying to
understand why that happened, I really was, but I don't know. I don't know why they wouldn't
hand over the documents. So after 15 months of being held, he was able to check
himself out of the hospital on August 12th, 1986, free to just live his life. Okay. So the response in Japan
was a lot different than the response in
France, and his crime, it kind of made him a cultural
icon in Japan, I guess. And Issei, he didn't, he
didn't shy away from it, he embraced it. Anyways, a Japanese magazine
called "Murder in Mind," asked Issei to write an
article about the murder he committed, which again, led to more media attention and outrage. So over the years
following Renee's murder, Issei's crime continued to
catch people's interest. Even a verse in the Rolling
Stones' song, "Too Much Blood," they make a little shout out to Issei, it was inspired by him. His fame kept him busy writing books, a comic book with graphic
illustrations of his crime, and making countless
guest speaker commentator and talk show appearances. He was like, just really milking it. I mean, again, it was a way
for him to make his money. I don't know if I'm mad at him or like, "Nah, I don't blame you." Anyways, he even appeared
in several movies and documentaries. Issei had a small part
in a sexploitation film, playing a sado-sexual voyeur. And, he was getting a lot of porn offers, to be quite honest with you. Like there was another
one where a producer asked Issei to participate in a movie where they had him doing
really weird things. Like they would measure his strength while they were making fun of him, like a humiliation fetish. Issei also took a role in a
porno where he and his co-star, they lived together in an
apartment for like 24 hours, and they would have sex. It seemed kind of like
a reality porn show. Issei then asked the co-star like, "Hey, can I drink your
urine and your spit?" Very odd, but I guess some are into it. But then plot freaking twist. After the two of them
participate in sexual relations, Issei reveals to the
co-star about his past. He tells her that he is a cannibal, and he shares his autobiography with her, showing her photos of what he
had done to his victim, Renee. And all of this is being filmed. And again, it's kind of like reality, so you're getting this
girl's true response to the situation. And the co-star is just
in like severe shock, and she starts crying. Later in life, the two of
them, Issei and the co-star, they actually became
like real-life friends. And Issei said that she
would help him like, curb his cannibalistic desires,
by having this friendship, I guess, I don't know, the
whole thing is very odd. Yeah, that's really all I
can say about that. (laughs) You know, as time went
on, attention around Issei died down a bit. And then in 2009, Issei sat
down and gave an interview with "Vice" magazine. And he said that while
he might not be in jail, trying to make a living
while being a known murderer and cannibal was just
a terrible punishment. Boo hoo. In addition to royalties he was receiving from books and interview fees, he also did reviews for
different restaurants. I guess that's fitting,
in a way, I don't know. And then Issei, he picked up
painting in his free time, and he was focusing painting
on women's nude bodies. And he even sold like a number of them in order to help pay
for some of his bills. Issei seemed to be kind of scraping by, and in the interview you
could tell he's a little, he wants you to feel bad for him, but I'm not sure what you
expect, or what he expects. We don't feel bad for you. I think you should be in prison, bro. Sorry. Yeah, I really think
you should be locked up. During this "Vice" interview,
they're asking him like, "Hey, are you a changed man?" You know, "Have you change your ways? Have you at least, I mean,
you're one lucky guy, right? You literally murdered and ate someone, and you're walking free. The chances of that
happening are slim to none. Have you curbed your
desires to eat people?" And then Issei said, "No. No." That even on his way to the train station that day of the interview, he saw a girl with really nice legs. And he was thinking about
wanting to eat someone again before he died. (sighs) So over the years,
Issei has just existed, really. He's been living outside of Tokyo. In 2013, he was
hospitalized because he had something going on in his
brain where there was like no oxygen or blood flow
getting to his brain, and it permanently damaged
his nervous system. So he lives alone. He's confined to a wheelchair, and he requires daily assistance
from either caregivers or from his younger brother. He also had problems
with his stomach area. So, he can't even eat normal food, he has to eat through a feeding tube. But, his newest goal in life, you are probably wondering, well, it's to be killed slowly and painfully, but most of all, by a
beautiful woman, if possible. "Dream big," they say, "dream big." Poor Renee, not only
was she murdered, eaten, but the photos of her remains were shared with a lot of people, you know. And then the guy who murders her, he wasn't even really
punished at all for his crime. I just think it's safe to say like, he didn't learn a damn thing from it. How do we know he didn't
do it again? We don't. He probably did it again. We don't know. I wish this one had a happier ending, but I guess it's kind of
comforting knowing that, like Issei is confined to his wheelchair and can't do any more
damage unless he has help. But then again, if his younger
brother is working with him, I don't know, 'cause he
seemed a little off as well. You know, is someone watching them? Is anyone paying attention
to those brothers? Let's hope. That, my friends,
is the story of Issei Sagawa. He is gross. He's gross, like ew, uh. If you watch any of the
interviews with him, uh. But other than that, I love
how this makeup look came out. Thank you so much. Look at. Ooh. Uh. Mm. Mm. Well thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. I love and appreciate you guys so much. Oh, let me know who you want
me to talk about next week. But other than that, I hope you have a
wonderful rest of your day, you make good choices, and
I'll be seeing you guys later. Bye. (bold mysterious music)
i was eating steak when watching this good lordddd
Wow the photos are absolutely brutal. That poor girl and her family, I can’t believe a magazine editor truly thought that would be okay to publish.
"You're just minding your own business and someone's thinking of eating you. Bummer." I want it on merch!!!
This guy was so messed up! It upsets me so much that rich people can get away with anything, and continue to make profit off of their crimes.