[hermantheshocker]

A 52 year old man was found dead, already putrefied, in his apartment. He wore women’s underwear with a female wig and a Santa Claus hat.

Autoerotic death is a relatively rare phenomenon characterized by unusual sexual behavior through a wide variety of lethal mechanisms that often involve deprivation of oxygen. Autoerotic asphyxia is a selfinduced cerebral hypoxia brought about during autoerotic activities, and generally induced by constriction of the neck or obstruction of the respiratory passages by various means.

The basic mechanism of sexual asphyxia is the deprivation of oxygen to the central nervous system leading to a rapid disturbance of the central inhibition mechanisms that control sexual function, thus resulting in augmentation of the sexual response in certain individuals.


Fig1. The body was in a kneeling position, hanging by two knotted stockings fixed to a pipe just above him. The stockings were tied to a metal chain wrapping the body from the neck, crossing the thorax, to the hips and secured by locked padlocks.


Fig2. On the back, the chain connected the neck to the waist and genital area, and was secured with locked padlocks. The chain, once removed, was 250 cm in length(8′ 2.4′′). No previous diseases were reported, and no letter was found.

Autoerotic asphyxia is classified as paraphilia (asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia). It can often involve the concomitant practice of other forms of paraphilias such as bondage, transvestism, and masochism as well as the use of various paraphernalia to enhance sexual pleasure. Sexual gratification can be sought through physical pain and/or humiliation, intimate feminine garments, locks and chains, bondage, and pornographic images.


Fig3. At autopsy, forensic pathologists had to forcefully remove the chain using a large pair of pliers. From the hips, the iron chain was connected to an unlocked padlock with two other chain strands holding the genitals.

In this case, the complicated device with loops of chain fastened by locked padlocks, the wrapping of the entire body, may indicate the presence of a witness who could have helped the victim. These types of ambiguous death scenes can be mistaken for homicides or missed rescue situations, disguising the true nature of the events.

Nevertheless, no signs of breaking and entering were observed in the apartment of the victim. In addition, given that no objects were disturbed, the most likely hypothesis was that of accidental death.


Fig4. Postmortem multislice CT scanning was performed. External examination revealed a deep single furrow (made by the chain) forming a loop that ran upward above the laryngeal protuberance. Autopsy showed hemorrhages of the right sternocleidomastoid muscle, fracture of the left thyroid cartilage upper horn, hemorrhages beneath the anterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic and lumbar spine (i.e. Simon’s bleedings) and hemorrhages within the testicles. Toxicological analyses were negative. The cause of death was hanging due to autoerotic accident.

The typical autoerotic case comprises of a young cross-dressing male found hanging in an isolated place surrounded by pornographic paraphernalia, but variations from this stereotype can occur. In atypical circumstances, suicide or homicide must always be considered.

It is crucial for forensic pathologists to be able to detect and consider unusual death scene findings such as this one in order to reach reasonable medical conclusions on the cause and manner of death in each individual investigation.

The majority of deaths resulting from auto erotic activities are accidental, due to the unanticipated failure of the means used to produce hypoxia or incorrect estimation of the amount of oxygen restriction. Such activities may also lead to serious brain injury. Autoerotic asphyxiation is estimated to cause 500 – 1000 deaths per year in the United States. (WTF!!!)

Tattoli, L., Solarino, B., Tsokos, M. et al. University of Turin, Torino, Italy / University of Bari, Bari, Italy / University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Published 2016.

[Omegas3]

Merry, Xmas???

[Rose25]

Your posts are awesome! Every time cheers

[DeathsHead]

Creepy as fuck,awesome find and content

[Brynjar]

That was a pretty dress ������

[SimoneFlen']

Bloody fuck! That's really disturbing.

Great thread, as always, thanks for sharing.

[HeyJealousy]

Where did this happen?

[kellyhound]

Some people lol

[hermantheshocker]

Originally Posted by HeyJealousy ↗

Where did this happen?

There was no info about where it happened. The universities who worked on this are in Italy and Germany.

[William May]

I think what you meant was "MRS. CLAUS", if you take my meaning.