Andreas of Reichbinder

Who is Andreas of Reichbinder?

Andreas of Reichbinder was a Estonian cannibal.

According to early 20th century newspaper reports citing contemporary chronicles, Andreas of Reichbinder was a farmer who, during the famine of 1601–1602, salted bodies of six humans, discarded their bones in swamp, and sold the resulting meat as pork. It is unclear whether he killed these people himself or used flesh of people who had died of the famine already. Supposedly, he was convicted of cannibalism and burned at the stake on 19 March 1601.