Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male ...

DULUTH — Black Label Tattoo and Piercing welcomed a special guest recently. Famous body modification artist Steve Haworth visited the shop Aug. 1-5, taking several appointments for extreme services ...

In the realm of extreme body modifications, few individuals have taken it as far as Michel ‘Diabao’ Praddo. The 49-year-old Brazilian — renowned for his remarkable transformations and known as the ...

The man ran a website where subscribers could watch video of the "illegal mutilations," which included castration and penis removal; he was also accused of keeping "trophies" and cannibalism. A ...

Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...

Self-described "human blood artist" Jeremy Pauley was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to abuse of a corpse. Facebook / Jeremy Lee Pauley A self-described “human blood artist” ...

Six men jailed for their roles in an extreme body modification ring which saw its leader have his penis cut off with a kitchen knife can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal ...