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The 'Marketplace' was the one that drew the breath from my lungs. It was the stuff of urban legends. In the early 2000s, a German user named Armin had used a forum just like this to find a willing victim. The press had a field day. I assumed this archive was simply a roleplay echo of that dark history.

Buried in the archive is the post that changed internet history. In early 2001, under the handle Franky Boy , Armin Meiwes posted a message in the "Personals" section: the cannibal cafe forum archive