DISCLAIMER: THE ARTICLE YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ DEALS WITH VERY EXPLICIT CONTENT, THERE WILL BE VIDEO OR PICTURES WHICH SHOW BLOOD AND SCENES OF MURDER. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The internet is the place we all make our second home. You can be what you want to be, you can build what you want to build, and do what you want to do. The internet gives you a sense of freedom because you possess anonymity. The most you have seen on the internet is all good, happy, joyful things. Pictures of babies, pets, a loving couple, etc. then there is the underbelly of the internet, your porn, the black market, snuff videos. But as a wise person once said “there is only one unsaid rule on the internet. Rule zero: DON’T Fxxx WITH CATS.
With the sudden attention and popularity rejuvenated by the Netflix documentary, I thought well why not talk about the infamous Luka Magnotta (pictured below). The rise and fall of a psychopath.
On July 24, 1982, in Scarborough, Ontario, a boy was born to Anna Yourkin(pictured below, right) and Donald Newman( not pictured due to publication ban) and his name was Eric Clinton Kirk Newman. Anna Yourkin doesn’t exactly have a solid educational background to start with. In the bio of her memoir, she says
“I never completed high school but I did, however, earned several untitled degrees in the field of life.”
Anna was in a relationship with Donald Newman. They had their first son Magnotta while Yourkin was 16 years old and Donald Newman was 17 years old. The two separated when Magnotta was 10 years old. Though Anna has five children, clearly only Luca made it to the spotlight. There is nothing much out there about Donald, other than the fact he was an alcoholic schizophrenic, he was diagnosed with it in 1994. According to Donald and Luca, Anna was a very clingy, domineering woman who was also mysophobic*. When Luca spoke to the psychiatrist he said that during his childhood he and his mother were estranged and that she was always drunk on vodka. He also states that there were instances in his childhood where his mother was a little overboard with things, like leaving the pet rabbits out in the cold to freeze to death (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree).
She added that her son is still loved; “Who the person my son is and has always been to me, he’s a wonderful human being… It wasn’t a question of forgiveness, I unconditionally love my son. I know we have a bond that can work through anything. So we did.”
Now let's look into Luka's head. Luka's background and mental health were referenced within the series, but largely to push the narrative of the internet sleuths. The series doesn't go deeper or offer much in the way of deep psychological insight. Whenever analysing a suspect or a convict, the first step is to be well aware of his/her background, childhood upbringing environment, parental relationship, etc. There is a wide variety of reasons as to why this information is important, but information like this is what can help you paint a picture in which the crime scenario fits. If you have read through up till here you wouldn't be surprised as to why Luka was so narcissistic and cruel. The Montreal police hadn't exactly looked into his personality and character, I am not accusing them of anything, after all, it's not the movies where investigators wait for the convict to make a mistake so that he has a clue that will aid him in catching the convict. But there were mistakes made it's not like nobody took a look into Luka's background character, Yes the internet sleuths were the ones who did the investigation, but yes they were more like deranged stalkers. The sleuths had informed the Montreal police regarding the movements of a man who was killing animals brutally and posting it on the internet, this man could eventually move on to kill a human the same way, but the coppers didn't acknowledge it. There could be multiple reasons as to why they didn't acknowledge, it could be the scepticism of the source of the information, or maybe just plain ego. Whatever it may be they got the job done, they caught him and he is now behind bars. The cops wonder what the writing on the closet wall of the crime scene meant.
I noticed that I haven't told as to what exactly he did. Magnotta posted his first video in 2010 which saw him killing two kittens, the video was titled "1 boy 2 kittens". It was obviously a reference to the trailer for the Brazilian fetish film. The video starts with two live kittens on a bed, while Christmas music plays, and Magnotta giving love and petting them. He then calmly puts the kittens into a vacuum bag and starts vacuuming the air out of them. Magnotta then turns off the vacuum to show the kittens saying their last meow; they then die afterwards of hyperventilation. Afterwards, he then proceeds to take the dead kittens out of the bag and starts to play with them. Magnotta continued to upload photos and videos of himself playing and doing sexual acts with the kittens.
DISCLAIMER: THE VIDEO BELOW INVOLVES THE TORTURING AND MURDERING OF ANIMALS. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU ARE EASILY DISTURBED, I WOULD ADVISE YOU NOT LOOK AT IT.
On May 25th, 2012, someone uploaded a home video to a popular gore website showing a 33-year-old male tied up and lying on an apartment bed.
In the background of the dimly lit room is a Casablanca movie poster. The hit single New Order by True Faith is also heard playing over some speakers. This was it, the D-day, Luka Magnotta has killed a man. A man whose life eventually became Luka's hunting trophy.
DISCLAIMER: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS THE DETAILED VIDEO DESCRIPTION, OF 1 LUNATIC 1 ICE PICK. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS AND PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. YES I HAVE WATCHED THE ENTIRE JUST SO I CAN WRITE THIS DESCRIPTION, AND I DON'T WISH YOU GO THROUGH THAT.
The 1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick Video is filmed in a dimly lit room. A naked male is seen tied to a frame of bed while his captor stabs him in the abdomen with an ice pick. The victim is them seen with his throat slashed as his captor proceeds to slowly slice various parts of his body with a knife. Later in the video, the victim is entirely decapitated and the captor uses his kitchen knife to cut into the muscles and dismember one limb after another. The murderer plays with severed limbs and even rubs his crotch area with them. It must have aroused him sexually because the next thing he does is flip the dismembered, decapitated corpse on its front and engages in anal intercourse. Using a knife and fork, the murderer then slices a piece of fatty flesh from the victim's buttocks and presumably eats it before bringing a hungry dog in to also feast on freshly killed man. The black and white pooch could not resist the smell of raw flesh and bit right into the stump. Once pooch was done, the murderer stuck a bottleneck up dismembered man's anus and repeatedly intercourses him with it. Putting the severed hand into use once more, the murderer laid on his bed pantless and masturbated with it.
I don't exactly care about Magnotta or his story, I am just curious about the society we live in. Luka did all of this so he gets notoriety or some kind of popularity, so he went around killing animals and then a person. I find it to be such a monstrous act when the killer is remembered forever and the victim is just spoken of as if they are hunting trophies. Perhaps unsurprisingly when you consider the title of the Netflix documentary, much more focus was placed on Magnotta's crimes against felines than the actual human victim who he was found guilty of luring to his death.
Jun Lin (I've presented his name in the westernised order forename-surname because that's the form chiefly used in the documentary) was an international student from Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, and he had moved to Montreal to study computer engineering at Concordia University. According to a CBC article from the time, Jun Lin was described as a smart young man who was committed to his studies, and who was the pride of his family. He had been working part-time alongside his University course and his family said that he had plans to stay in Canada and was hoping to start a business.
The statement also detailed the heartbreak and devastating loss felt by the family. "I will never see his smiling face on video chat or hear about his new accomplishments or hear his laugh. Lin Jun's birthday is on December 30 and he will never be there for his birthday, or ours," his father told the court. Jun Lin was cremated and his ashes were buried at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
Jun Lin was the light of his mother and the rock of his father, but now like a candle in the wind that flame of joy and hope was robbed from them. Luka Magnotta was a master manipulator and a narcissist of the highest form. Below is a video of the CCTV footage of where Luka had committed the murder.
In the above video take a very close look at Luka's body language. Each move serves a much greater purpose. For example, take a look at his demeanour when he brings Jun Lin for the first time, he is more of gentlemen than killer. He opens the door for him, sticks by his side, all this instils a sense of security and romance in Jun Lin. At approximately timestamp 1:17 you can see that he is living a show, he sets his hair and checks his look. You should also be aware that this seen either before the killing or before the dismemberment of the victim. This shows how narcissistic and how he shows no remorse or fear of the atrocity he is about to commit.
The Luka Magnotta case was not a very disturbing and a very shocking case. Though Luka is the convict, there is still the age-old question is the knife or the hand the one to condemn? But here there is another question is Luka the only one to be blamed in him becoming a killer. We have seen how the relationship between Luka and his mother was like. She might be the most oblivious mother in history, even after this much evidence and confessions, she still believes her son is innocent. I don't want to paint a picture where she or her son is the centrepiece. Luka Magnotta became "The Montreal Butcher" for fame, notoriety, he wanted to be remembered for something. Today Luka lives a much happier life while Jun's parents try to fill the void created by Luka. Jun's parents will never see him get married, while Luka is married in prison with another prisoner, a paedophile.
So I ask you aren't you just being played by him? Aren't you giving him what he wants? Aren't you contributing to his scheme of being famous? Think about this next time you associate yourself to a psychopath. After all, If you don't like the reflection, don't look into the mirror. I don't care.
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