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by Joseph Westfall


  virtue, 40–41

  etiquette. See courtesy

  evil, 45–46, 48–54, 56–58, 68, 71–73, 78, 102, 132, 139, 165–66, 171, 188–89, 199, 203, 205, 209, 215, 227

  exocannibalism. See cannibalism, political or military

  expertise. See knowledge

  expression, 88, 155, 174, 177, 183, 186–90, 193, 212

  “eye for an eye.” See lex talionis

  Fannibals, xiii, xvi, 20, 109, 138, 140, 173, 182

  fava beans. See census taker

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 50, 59–60, 69, 71, 89, 94, 111, 113–17, 120, 125, 132, 135, 147, 149–51, 174–76, 185–86, 194, 206, 208, 212–14, 217, 222, 225, 227, 230–33, 235

  feelings. See emotion

  Fell, Lydia. See Du Maurier, Bedelia

  Fell, Dr. Roman, xviii, 194, 229

  Ferrell, Will, 172

  Fish, Albert, 23, 28

  flower arranging. See art, Ikebana

  food, 10, 22, 24–25, 29–30, 35–37, 39, 78, 80, 89, 99, 105, 129, 136, 140, 151, 166, 173, 180–83, 204, 234

  Foster, Jodie, 201

  Foucault, Michel, 141–42

  Francois, Kendall “Stinky,” 118

  Frankenstein, 7, 79, 172, 218, 220–23, 228

  Franklin, Benjamin, 76

  Freeland, Cynthia, 201, 207, 227

  Freud, Sigmund, 203, 209

  Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981 film), 218, 221

  friendship, 41, 59–60, 63–65, 67, 69–70, 76–80, 123–28, 130–34, 135–37, 144–45, 154, 173, 180, 206, 209–10

  Froideveaux, Franklyn, 62–64, 69, 76–77, 130–31

  Fuller, Bryan, xviii, 123, 133, 135, 138, 148, 152, 177, 179, 204, 209

  funniness. See humor

  games. See play

  gastronomy. See art, culinary

  Gein, Edward “Ed,” 100, 118

  Gideon, Abel, xviii, xix

  gift, xiii–xiv, 9, 135–37, 139, 145, 173

  Gilgamesh, 128

  Girard, René, 143–45

  God, or gods, xix, 26, 33, 46–49, 51–52, 56, 71–73, 77–80, 104, 126–27, 140, 164, 215

  Godzilla, 7

  Goering, Hermann, 191

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 81

  Goya, Francisco, 165

  Graham, Will, xiii–xiv, xvii–xx, 6, 24, 29–30, 35, 37, 45–51, 53–54, 59–60, 62–69, 72, 77–79, 96, 103–4, 110–15, 117, 119–20, 123–24, 127–34, 135–45, 147–48, 150–54, 157, 164, 167, 169, 173–78, 180–81, 199–207, 209–10, 212–14, 222, 224–27

  Gray, James, 100, 106

  growth. See metamorphosis

  Gruber, Simon, 205

  Grutas, Vladis, 21, 24, 27, 55–57, 87, 90, 92

  guilt, 96, 103, 148–49, 214

  Gumb, Jame, 53–54, 56, 89, 100–101, 118, 165, 175, 191, 207, 212, 231

  Halloween (1978 film), 218

  Halperin, Edward, 218

  Halperin, Victor, 218

  Handel, George Frideric, 101

  Hannibal (1999 novel), xii, xvi, xviii, 23, 47, 54–58, 72–73, 77–79, 85, 88, 132, 167, 173–76, 178, 188, 191, 194, 201, 207–8, 219, 230–32, 240

  Hannibal (2002 film), xvi, 37, 75–76, 78–79, 102, 112, 162, 173–74, 176–78, 201–2, 205, 207–8, 219, 222, 226, 240

  Hannibal (2013–2015 television series), xvii, xviii, 29, 32, 35, 37, 40, 46, 48–51, 55, 62–64, 69, 73–74, 76–77, 81, 100, 104, 106, 123, 125, 131–33, 135–36, 138–39, 144, 148–50, 152–53, 156–57, 162, 173–78, 180–84, 199, 201–4, 206–7, 209, 212

  Hannibal Rising (2006 novel), xii, xvi, 24, 48, 54–55, 57, 85, 90, 156, 167–69, 191–92, 206, 209, 219

  Hannibal Rising (2007 film), xvi, 32, 34, 37, 54–55, 162, 178, 202, 204, 219, 222, 226

  “Hansel and Gretel,” 25

  Harold, James, 103–4

  Harris, Thomas, xi, xiii, 15–16, 23, 25, 29, 85, 88, 92–93, 99–101, 103, 118, 123, 132, 135, 148, 162, 173–77, 179, 183–84, 185–86, 188–92, 194–95, 201, 207, 219, 229, 231, 234–36, 238–40

  haute cuisine. See art, culinary

  Hawking, Stephen, 55, 234–35

  Hector, 128

  Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 186–89

  Heidnik, Gary, 118

  Hepburn, Katharine, 112

  Herodotus, 27

  Hide, Mr. See Gumb, Jame

  Higgins, Chris, 221

  Hill, Libby, 215

  Hippocratic Oath, 60–62, 66

  Hirschman, Albert, 94

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 218

  Hitler, Adolf, 12, 191

  Hobbs, Abigail, xix, 132, 135–36, 144–45, 201, 203, 212–14

  Hobbs, Garret Jacob, 47–48, 50, 56, 127, 131, 151–52, 203, 213

  Homer, 25

  homosociality, 133, 136–38, 143–44

  Hooper, Tobe, 218

  Hopkins, Anthony, xiii, xvi–xvii, 15, 33, 109–10, 112, 115, 162, 175, 178–79, 181, 183–84, 201, 219, 223

  horror, 15, 31, 57, 102, 152–53, 165, 169, 172–73, 186, 189, 191, 194–95, 203, 205, 210, 216, 217–21, 226–28

  House of Cards (2013 television series), 183

  Howe, David, 147–48

  human nature. See nature

  humanity, 7–9, 13, 18, 26, 34, 36–37, 40–41, 71, 73, 77, 95, 106, 126, 128, 138, 162, 164, 172, 177, 188–89, 194, 212, 219–20, 224–28

  humor, 102, 153, 171–84, 191, 205, 208–9, 212, 215

  Hyde, Edward, 218

  ignorance. See knowledge

  illegality. See law

  Ingram, Clark, 132

  inhumanity. See humanity

  insanity, xv, 11, 16, 25, 137–38, 141–43, 148–49, 151, 154, 157, 167, 206, 214, 224, 230

  insects. See animals

  Irvine, William B., 26

  Islam, 18

  It. See Pennywise the Dancing Clown

  Jacobi Family, 113–14

  Jakov, Mr., 86, 90

  Jenkins, Philip, 116

  Jensen, Jeff, 213

  Job, Book of, 46

  John the Baptist, 188

  Joker, The, 109, 203, 205

  jokes. See humor

  Judaism, 12, 17

  justice. See lex talionis

  Kant, Immanuel, 36

  Katz, Beverly, 132

  Keats, John, 163

  Kidney Pie. See Katz, Beverly

  Kierkegaard, Søren, 3

  killing, 5, 12, 15–16, 26, 29, 32–33, 36, 38–40, 47–49, 51, 59, 62, 69, 72–74, 77, 80, 89–91, 94–97, 99, 101–2, 104, 111, 114, 116, 123, 127–32, 134, 136, 138–39, 143–44, 150–52, 161, 168–69, 175, 178, 181–82, 186, 189–90, 193–94, 201–3, 205–6, 208–9, 212–15, 222, 225–26, 231, 239

  serial, xiv–xv, 15–16, 19, 23, 31, 56, 71, 99–100, 110–11, 113–20, 129, 132, 135, 140, 148, 151–52, 154–55, 157, 164–65, 167–68, 171, 174, 181, 185–86, 189–90, 203–8, 210, 212–13, 217, 226, 231, 233

  King, Stephen, xi, 172

  knowledge, 61, 66–69, 85, 110–20, 124, 126, 134, 135, 138, 142, 149, 153, 156, 164, 166–67, 171, 179–82, 185, 207, 215, 221, 228, 229, 237, 240

  Kolnas, Petras, 93

  Kramer, John “Jigsaw,” 187, 205

  Krendler, Paul, 10, 12, 37–39, 80, 102, 175–76, 188, 206, 208, 222, 226, 231, 233, 236–37

  Krueger, Freddy, 187, 218, 220, 223

  Lantz, Glen, 220

  law, xvii, 6, 11–12, 14, 16, 28, 33–34, 36, 53, 60–61, 68, 85, 96–97, 131, 206

  Leatherface, 100, 187, 218, 222, 225

  Lecter, Mischa, xvi, xviii, xx, 21, 24, 32, 34, 48, 54–57, 72–73, 78, 87, 89–93, 119, 155, 188–89, 193, 206, 209, 212, 222, 226–27, 234–35, 238

  Lecter, Robert, 87, 89, 94, 191, 209

  Ledger, Heath, 109

  Ledgerwood, Darrell, 35

  LeDuc, Roger “Gnocco,” 205, 208, 225

  Leeds Family, 111, 113–14

  legal system. See law

  Lewis, Paul, 171

  lex talionis, 33–34, 36, 39–40

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p; Liberia, 20–22, 27

  Lip Tartare. See Chilton, Frederick

  Logan, Caroline, 20

  Lounds, Freddy, 111, 114–15, 117

  Lounds, Fredricka “Freddie,” 64, 134, 180–81

  love, 32, 57, 73, 78, 89–90, 102, 124, 143, 207–9, 212, 215, 226–27, 235, 238–39

  Lucifer. See devil

  Lugosi, Bela, 184

  Luthor, Lex, 205

  lying, 7, 35, 59, 65–67, 76, 96, 126, 128, 130, 132–34, 138, 144, 161, 194, 207, 210, 212, 214–15

  Ma’arra, 18

  Mabuse, Dr., 205

  Madchen, Georgia, 203, 214

  madness. See insanity

  Maibom, Heidi, 103–4

  Manhunter (1986 film), xv–xvi, 45, 47–48, 54, 109–10, 114, 120, 162, 164–67, 174, 219, 226

  Mann, Michael, xv, 109–10, 174, 219

  manners. See courtesy

  Manuel, Peter, xv

  Marcus Aurelius, xiv

  Marlow, Theresa, 50–51

  Marlow, Thomas, 50–51, 151

  Martin, Catherine, 175

  Martin, Senator Ruth, 89, 175

  Marx, Groucho, 183

  Matrix, The (1999 film), 9

  Matthews, Barney, 176, 208

  Mauss, Marcel, 137

  mayhem, 16, 137

  McClane, Reba, 165–66

  meaning, 5, 9, 102, 140, 149, 215

  Mearns, Dave, 154

  meat. See body

  Medici, Lorenzo de, 202

  memory, xii, xviii, 55, 90–94, 161, 165, 190, 207, 209, 234, 237

  metamorphosis, 57–58, 74–75, 77–81, 113, 127–28, 130–31, 133, 138, 144, 199, 230–31, 233–235, 237, 239–40

  Miggs, I. J. “Multiple,” 164, 188, 190, 205, 224, 226

  Mikkelsen, Mads, xiii, xviii, 3, 20, 25, 33, 109, 162, 178, 183–84, 201

  Milton, John, 46

  Miner, Steven, 218, 221

  Minnesota Shrike, The. See Hobbs, Garret Jacob

  mockery, 174–79

  Momund, Paul, 32–34, 57, 91, 178, 188, 192–93, 202, 209

  monster, xi, xx, 6–7, 13, 31, 54, 76, 85, 90, 95, 156, 162, 172–73, 176, 189, 194–95, 201, 203, 210, 216, 217–28, 241

  Montaigne, Michel de, 4, 17, 21, 26–27

  morality. See ethics

  Morgan, Dexter, 132, 209

  Moriarty, James, 205

  Muralist, The. See Gray, James

  Murasaki, Lady, 24, 32, 34, 87, 89, 94, 169, 188, 192–93, 202, 209, 212, 226, 235

  murder. See killing

  Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.,” 218

  Myers, Michael, 218, 220–221, 223, 225–26

  National Socialism (Nazism), 12, 32, 72, 87, 119, 155, 165, 178, 206, 226

  nature, 7–8, 33, 36, 45–47, 53–55, 71, 74–75, 77–81, 97, 124–25, 139, 169, 187, 190, 192, 195, 209, 215, 228, 229

  Neanderthals, 17–18, 22, 27–28

  necrophilia, 28

  Neiman, Susan, 46, 52

  Nicholson, Jack, 109

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, xvii, xx, 73, 126–28, 130–31, 133, 199, 202, 204–5, 209–11, 213–15, 241

  Night of the Living Dead (1968 film), 218

  Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984 film), 218, 220

  Nolan, Christopher, 203

  nonhuman. See humanity

  Noonan, Tom, 109

  Norton, Edward, xvii

  Nosferatu (1922 film), 218

  Novitz, David, 187–88, 190

  olfaction, xii, 3, 114, 164, 167, 178, 224

  Orlok, Count, 218, 220

  ortolans, xx, 93, 127, 140

  outlaw. See law

  overman. See Übermensch

  Packer, Alfred “Alferd,” 19–20, 27

  Pangloss, Dr., 53

  panty girdle. See Chilton, Frederick

  Parmesan Crumbled Lamb’s Brains. See Ward, Christopher

  Pazzi, Allegra, 173

  Pazzi, Francesco, 194, 202

  Pazzi, Rinaldo, xviii, 6–7, 24, 97, 188, 194, 201–2, 205, 208, 212, 222, 224–26

  Peashock, Kristine, 110

  Pennywise the Dancing Clown, 172

  perversion. See cannibalism, paraphilic

  Petersen, William, 167

  Picasso, Pablo, 185–86

  pigs, xvii, 35, 37, 91, 100, 129, 178, 206, 224

  Pilgrim, The. See Dolarhyde, Francis

  Plantinga, Carl, 200

  Plato, 163

  play, 5, 164, 187

  Poon, Janice, 140, 181

  Popil, Inspector Pascal, xx, 54, 97, 178, 193, 206

  Post, Emily, 168

  postmodernism, 186

  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), 90–92

  power, 13, 47–48, 60, 70, 89, 104, 119, 124, 126, 137, 141, 155–56, 174, 177–79, 183–84, 199, 210–16

  will to, 199, 210–11, 215

  principles, first, xii, xiv, 80–81, 172

  problem of evil. See evil

  Proctor, Robert, 113, 115

  profession, 59–62, 65–69, 74, 79, 137, 142

  Psycho (1960 film), 100, 173, 218

  psychiatry/psychology/psychotherapy, xix, 38, 59–60, 62–64, 66, 68–70, 73–78, 88–89, 99, 103, 111–12, 116, 123, 131, 135, 137, 147–51, 154–56, 167–68, 171, 176–77, 185, 195, 201, 209–10, 213–15, 217–18, 223, 225, 229–30, 233–40

  psychopathy, xiv–xvi, xvii, 16, 19, 32, 85–90, 99, 102–6, 123, 129, 164, 166–67, 171, 173, 208, 217, 225–26

  Quasimodo, 76

  Raspail, Benjamin, 10, 12, 37–39, 76, 99, 181, 188, 202, 204, 226

  Ratner, Brett, 174, 219

  reason/rationality, 11, 36, 46, 52–54, 56–57, 68, 74, 81, 190, 227

  Red Dragon (1981 novel), xii, xiii, xviii, 3, 45, 47, 54, 56, 72, 100–101, 103, 123, 135, 174–77, 181, 184, 190, 205–7, 219

  Red Dragon (2002 film), xvii, 29, 47, 51, 53, 73, 99, 103, 110, 174–77, 181, 202, 204, 207, 219, 222, 224, 226

  Red Dragon, The. See Dolarhyde, Francis

  Redzepi, René, 3, 5

  remorse. See guilt

  respect, 6, 26, 29, 34, 40, 66, 69, 74, 80, 106, 128–29, 169, 176, 208

  ridicule. See mockery

  Rifkin, Jeremy, 147, 151, 157

  right and wrong. See ethics

  Rizzolati, Giacomo, 200

  Roast of Leg. See Du Maurier, Bedelia

  Robertson, John S., 218

  Rogers, Carl, 148–49

  romance. See love

  Romero, George, 218

  Romula, xviii

  Rosas, Antonio, 18

  Rôti de Cuisse. See Gideon, Abel

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 52–54, 56

  rudeness/“eat the rude.” See courtesy

  Rufin, Dr., 94

  Rumsfeld, Donald, 112

  Rymer, Michael, 152

  sacrifice, 8–10, 12, 145, 203, 211

  Sade, Marquis de, 48

  sadism, non-cannibalistic, 23–24, 36, 221

  Saint-Fond, 48

  Sanday, Peggy, 21

  sanity. See insanity

  Sautéed Brain with Shallots and Onions, Steeped in a Cumin Broth. See Krendler, Paul

  Saw (2004–2010 film franchise), 205

  Scarlatti, Domenico, 173

  Schneider, Steven, 203

  Schopenhauer, Arthur, 4

  science, 23, 51, 85, 92–93, 113, 116, 165, 168, 187, 200, 220, 223, 225, 227, 231, 236–38

  Scott, Ridley, xvi, 201, 207, 219

  Scream (1996 film), 117

  Seabrook, William, 218

  Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, 136

  Seitz, Matt Zoller, 114

  self-knowledge. See knowledge

  serial killers. See killing, serial

  sex/sexuality, 19, 23–24, 28, 100, 104, 136, 143, 202, 235, 238–39

  Shaitan. See devil

  Shelley, Mary, 218

  Shiva, 203

  Siegel, Eli, 188

  Silence of the Lambs, The (1988 novel), xii–xiii, xviii, 45, 47, 49, 51–54, 56, 73, 78, 80, 89, 99–
100, 135, 175, 190, 207–9, 219, 230, 234, 236

  Silence of the Lambs, The (1991 film), xvi–xvii, 15, 37, 45, 71–72, 76, 78, 80, 109, 112, 115–17, 119, 161–62, 165, 167, 169, 175, 180, 182, 184, 200–202, 204–5, 207–8, 217, 219, 221, 223, 226

  Singer, Alvy, 183

  Slade, David, 203

  slasher films. See horror

  slaughter. See killing

  Smaug, 7

  smell. See olfaction

  sociopathy, xiv, 85–86, 89–90, 102–3, 141

  Socrates, xiii, xx, 163

  sovereign, 12–14

  Spaulding, Captain Geoffrey/Jeffrey, 183

  Stag, The, 138

  Starling, Clarice, xi–xiv, xviii–xx, 5–6, 9, 23–24, 37–39, 45–54, 56–58, 71–74, 77–81, 89, 92–94, 99, 117, 119, 164–65, 167, 169, 175–76, 180, 188, 190–91, 193, 200, 204–9, 212, 217–18, 222–27, 229–40

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, 218

  Stoker, Bram, 218

  suavity. See charisma/charm

  Sugg, Richard, 22

  Superman. See Übermensch

  Sutcliffe, Donald, xix, 65–67, 143, 203, 206, 212, 214

  taboo, 16, 25, 138–39, 235

  taste, 5–8, 12, 24–25, 51–52, 93, 101, 105, 163–65, 201–2, 204, 207, 212, 215, 232

  teacup. See entropy

  Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974 film), 25, 100, 218

  Thomas, Aaran, xiii

  Thorne, Brian, 155

  Tier, Randall, xix, 64, 132, 144

  Tooth Fairy, The. See Dolarhyde, Francis

  Travis-Henikoff, Carole, 29

  Treviño, Alfredo Ballí (“Dr. Salazar”), xv

  trust, 60–62, 64–65, 67, 70, 138, 143, 164

  truth, 4, 7, 17, 52, 67, 126, 132, 163–64, 230

  Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 192

  Twist, Oliver, 206

  Übermensch, xvii, 126–27, 199, 213–14

  Ulliel, Gaspard, xiii, xvi, 162, 183

  understanding. See knowledge

  Underwood, Francis “Frank,” 183

  unnatural. See nature

  vampire, xvi–xviii, 22, 184, 218–20, 223

  Veal Osso Buco. See Gray, James

  Verger, Margot, xix, 64, 69, 88, 145, 206

  Verger, Mason, 24, 39, 75–76, 78, 88–89, 91, 97, 145, 174, 176–78, 188–89, 194, 201, 205–6, 208, 212, 214, 224, 226, 231, 233–34

  vigilante. See anti-hero

  Vocalson, Michelle, 35

  Voldemort, 205

  Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), 52–53

  Voorhees, Jason, 187, 218, 220–26

  Vronsky, Peter, 118

  Walking Dead, The (2010 television series), 172

  Wallace, Dennis Wayne, 110

  Ward, Christopher, 35

  Webber, Peter, 178, 219

  Wendigo, 138–39, 144–45

 

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