Anatoly Moskvin dug up 150 girls graves to hold 'birthday parties' for them. Anatoly Moskvin exhumed 150 corpses of girls aged between three and 12He dressed decomposing bodies and skeletons in stockings and dresses Mummified the corpses, gave them names and even held birthday partiesMacabre obsession was discovered when his parents visited him in 2011Judge says he is not fit to stand trial and must be sent to psychiatric clinic By John Hall for MailOnline Published: 11:46 GMT, 24 October 2014 | Updated: 12:51 GMT, 24 October 2014 A Russian historian who dug up the bodies of 150 dead little girls in order to mummify them and dress them up in stockings for 'birthday parties' is not mentally fit to stand trial, a judge has said.
Anatoly Moskvin, 46, from the city of Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia, was arrested in 2011 after it emerged he had dug up at least 150 corpses of girls aged between three and 12. Moskvin, who speaks 13 languages and was described in court as a 'genius', gave the mummified corpses names and organised birthday parties for them. Taxidermy hipster craze sees sales of £24.99 MOUSE-stuffing kits soar and classes sell out. Taxidermy, or preserving dead animals, growing in popularity Decorating trend has proved a hit in London DIY kits that focus on mice are available online for just £25Classes costing £200 have also proved popular Animals posed in cutesy tableaux, often wearing clothes By Katy Winter Published: 17:21 GMT, 8 January 2014 | Updated: 19:43 GMT, 8 January 2014 They say those who are bored of London are bored of life.
But the latest craze to sweep the capital proves that even the most obscure - and gruesome - tastes are catered for. Taxidermy, or stuffing and posing dead animals, has become an unlikely favourite of the capital's trendiest residents. Grave robbers who dug up female CORPSES in China to sell as 'ghost brides' are jailed - but where are the women they stole? The gang dug up ten female corpses in the northern province of Shaanxi They were sold as brides in the controversial 'ghost bride' tradition The gang cleaned the corpses and sold them with false medical files It is not clear whether the bodies of the women were recovered By Becky Evans Published: 13:56 GMT, 4 March 2013 | Updated: 15:33 GMT, 4 March 2013 Four men have been jailed for digging up female corpses in China and selling them as brides in 'ghost marriages'.
The grave robbers snatched the bodies of ten women and sold them in the traditional practice where dead women are united with bachelors to stop them wandering the afterlife alone. It is not clear whether the bodies of the women were recovered. Ten female corpses were stolen for the controversial 'ghost bride' ceremonies where dead women are united with bachelors so neither have to walk the afterlife alone (file picture) Local news reports said the gang were sentenced to between 28 and 32 months in prison. Blood flows across mosque floor as Indian Shiite Muslims take part in a mass flagellation during procession. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: They pay respects to the Prophet Mohammad and his martyred grandson with the flowing of their blood By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 17:19 GMT, 25 November 2012 | Updated: 13:05 GMT, 26 November 2012 Blood is seen on the floor of a mosque as Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a holy procession.
Shi'a Muslims all over the world pay their respects with the flowing of their blood as they mourn the slaying and martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad. He was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in the seventh century battle of Kerbala where some of the bodies of the dead were then mutilated. The bloody floor of a mosque in New Delhi, India, as Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves today during a Muharram procession marking Ashura which mourns the killing of the prophet Mohammad's grandson. Swedish woman 'used SKELETONS for sex acts' - police find 100 body parts in her flat.
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENTGothenburg woman, 37, suspected of using 100 parts in 'sexual situations' Charged with violating peace of deceased after police investigated her flatDenies allegations and claims she collected bones for historical interestCDs found by detectives entitled 'My Necrophilia' and 'My first experience'Photos in which a woman is seen kissing and hugging skulls also foundShe allegedly wrote on a forum: 'I want my man like he is, dead or alive' By Mark Duell Published: 19:06 GMT, 20 November 2012 | Updated: 11:15 GMT, 21 November 2012 A 37-year-old woman allegedly kept skeleton parts in her flat so she could have sex with them.
The Swedish woman is suspected of using 100 parts, which included six skulls and one backbone, in ‘sexual situations’ and was charged with violating the peace of the deceased, prosecutors said. Man's genitals removed after bid to enlarge his penis by injecting it with olive oil goes wrong. Bagel head trend: Are saline injections Japan's most extreme beauty look yet? National Geographic's Taboo shows three people having saline infusions to create the look, inspired by the breakfast favourite By Tamara Abraham Published: 18:55 GMT, 25 September 2012 | Updated: 20:51 GMT, 25 September 2012 A new television series has shed light on the bizarre Japanese trend for 'bagel heads'.
The extraordinary look, which is created by injecting saline into the forehead, then pressing in the centre of the swollen area with a thumb, is a hit on the country's underground body modification scene. The dramatic results of the two-hour treatment last just 16-24 hours, after which the saline is absorbed by the body and the forehead reduces back to its normal size. Bagel heads: John (left), Marin (centre) and Scorpion (right) pose after having saline injected into their foreheads to create the bizarre body modfication The process is revealed on National Geographic's Taboo, where three people are seen undergoing the treatment in Tokyo.
The sensation is evidently uncomfortable. Spanish 'devil' cleanses his spirits by leaping over newborn babies in centuries-old ritual. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 01:27 GMT, 11 June 2012 The small Spanish town of Castrill de Murcia may have been the most dangerous place for a baby to be yesterday.
In its annual El Colacho festival, a man dressed as the devil jumped over a mat full of babies in order to cleanse them from evil spirits. More than 200 people participated in this year's event, which dates back to 1621. The event recalls the eternal fight between good and evil and is believed to put the babies on a path to a good life, opening the entrance to heaven for them.
A man dressed up as the devil jumps over babies lying on a mattress in the street during El Colacho According to the tradition, parents put their one-year-old babies on a mattress at the central square of a small village Moreover, sin is believed to be driven from the whole town in the process. According to the tradition, parents put their one-year-old babies on a mattress at the central square of a small village.
A spoonful of sugar with that? Inside the disgusting field of 'corpse medicine' that recommends dead man's sweat, raw liver and human fat (mixed with blood, marrow and beer) to cure all ills. By Leon Watson Published: 18:30 GMT, 10 June 2012 | Updated: 08:26 GMT, 11 June 2012 Doctors have long known that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
But in 'corpse medicine' - the idea of treating ills by swallowing body parts and fluids - a little sweetener wouldn't make a blind bit of difference. A list of weird and but not very wonderful cannibalistic concoctions reveals treatments made of human organs, salves of human fat, and the ground-up remains of embalmed bodies. Not available on the NHS: Some doctors in the 17th century would have proscribed these unidentified mummies as a treatment Not nice. MUMMY POWDER: Used from the 12th to the 17th century to cure everything from headaches to stomach ulcers. Is Cloud Nine behind the 'zombie apocalypse'? Police issue warning about new drug after TWO more cannibal attacks. Ammunition company also offering 'Zombie Bullets' - live ammunition with a clever marketing campaignMind-altering drug available over the counter in U.S., but banned in BritainPolice link drug to previous cannibal attack when a man ate another's faceCauses heart palpitations, nausea, hallucinations, paranoia and erratic behaviour By Rachel Quigley Published: 11:01 GMT, 7 June 2012 | Updated: 04:18 GMT, 8 June 2012 A growing number of stores across the nation are stocking their shelves with an unusual item – Zombie Bullets.
After the recent stream of disturbing news reports of people eating others' flesh, Hornaday Manufacturing has released bullets that promise to ‘make dead permanent.’ The ammunition, branded as Zombie Max offers Proven Z-Max bullets, is live ammunition, but is actually only intended for use on targets – not people. Woman, 25, arrested for chopping off the head of her three-year-old nephew on the orders of a witchcraft guru. By Leon Watson Published: 20:57 GMT, 24 May 2012 | Updated: 00:36 GMT, 25 May 2012 A trainee witch has admitted beheading her three-year-old nephew on the orders of a dark arts teacher in Nepal.
The 25-year-old was allegedly told her skills would only be complete after sacrificing her nephew and eldest son. Female foetuses in Beed fed to dogs to hide evidence. Sickening practice exposed in Bede, Maharashtra - Indian state with worst child sex ratio of 801 girls for every 1,000 boys being bornFeeding foetuses to dogs means bodies to not have to be disposed of by official means and hides the true scale of illegal sex-selective abortion By Krishna Kumar Published: 20:18 GMT, 22 May 2012 | Updated: 09:51 GMT, 23 May 2012 Indian abortion Doctors are feeding female foetuses to dogs to cover up rampant infanticide by parents who prefer boys, it has been revealed. The sickening practice was exposed in the town of Beed, in Maharashtra - the state with the worst child sex ratio in the country. So-called gender genocide was blamed for last year's appalling census figures, which showed that just 801 girls were being born for every 1,000 boys. British man arrested in Thailand with suitcase full of dead babies to be used in religious ritual.
By Paul Sims Published: 14:00 GMT, 18 May 2012 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 18 May 2012 A British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok after six foetuses were found stuffed into travel bags. Hok Kuen Chow, 28, a Briton born in Hong Kong of Taiwanese parents, was held in the city’s Yaowarat area after police received a tip-off. He is suspected of trying to smuggle the foetuses – from two to seven months – back to Taiwan to sell to wealthy customers online. South Korea customs officials find thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh. More than 17,000 pills smuggled into country have been intercepted since last AugustPills viewed as a 'miracle cure' for all ailments - but unsurprisingly they are harmful By Richard Shears and Rob Cooper.