He Was Called the 'Eunuch Maker' — and What He Did With the Body Parts Afterward Was Unthinkable

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To Marius Gustavson, it was business. To Britain’s Crown Court, Gustavson’s “gruesome and grisly” assemblage manipulation endeavor was criminal.

Gustavson, a 46-year-old Norwegian national, was sentenced to life successful situation successful 2024 successful England aft he was arrested for moving a arguable assemblage manipulation service, which often included unrecorded streaming himself while abusing nan bodies of different quality beings who paid him to do it. According to nan BBC, Gustavson’s website advertised his unlicensed services to supply castration, nan freezing of limbs, and different amateur procedures, specified arsenic removing nipples and quality tissue.

The self-described “Eunuch maker” moreover branded immoderate paying victims pinch his nickname’s initials “EM,” a British tribunal heard successful May 2024 erstwhile he was sentenced to life successful situation pinch a minimum of 22 years served.

During his sentencing hearing, charismatic Caroline Carberry KC said location was “clear evidence” of cannibalism, according to The Guardian. She described really Gustavson had prepared quality testicles arsenic portion of a "salad" and stored various assemblage parts successful a refrigerator astatine his location arsenic "trophies."

Six others were sentenced for aiding Gustavson and his haphazard assemblage mutilation practice, which chiefly took spot successful edifice rooms and successful beforehand of others who paid to watch online, according to The Crown Prosecution Service. Roughly 20,000 subscribers paid to watch on arsenic Gustavson mutilated his customers without immoderate due aesculapian training aliases oversight, sometimes utilizing room knives and devices meant for animals, The Standard reported.

Some of Gustavson’s victims were arsenic young arsenic 16 years old, according to nan outlet.

“Gustavson was progressive successful astatine slightest 22 procedures including nan removal of victims’ testicles, nan amputation of penises, clamping of testicles pinch burdizzo clips (ordinarily utilized by vets successful nan castration of cattle), and nan insertion of needles into genitalia,” nan CPS said astatine nan time. “He was assisted by different suspect to spot his ain limb successful barren crystal which later required amputation meaning he was capable to unafraid disablement benefits.”

The erstwhile Norwegian postal work worker’s pay-per-view mutilation website was “lucrative,” according to prosecutors, who told nan British tribunal Gustavson earned astir 300,000 pounds betwixt 2017 and 2021, erstwhile he was forced to adjacent shop and later detained. 

Gustavson yet pleaded blameworthy to “five counts of causing grievous bodily harm pinch intent, making an indecent image of a child, 4 counts of distributing indecent images of a child, possessing utmost pornographic images, and possessing criminal property,” prosecutors said.

In April 2025, his effort to entreaty his condemnation was overturned by a London court, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE. In nan appeal, Gustavson’s lawyer based on his sentencing was unfair fixed nan truth that “those who underwent nan modifications consented to what was done to them.”

One unfortunate testified during Gustavson’s 2024 proceedings that he was “mesmerized” by nan “Eunuch Maker” and his streams, but admitted he had regrets aft going done pinch a process successful which he had his testicles clamped while he was strapped to a furniture and subjected to electrical shocks earlier being branded pinch Gustavson’s signature “EM” marking. 

"I recognize I person trusted a incorrect personification and Gustavson is successful truth a lunatic,” nan man said, according to The Standard.

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Gustavson’s defense lawyer based on during his sentencing that successful summation to carrying retired a paid service, nan “Eunuch Maker” was successful immoderate ways making group much comfortable successful their bodies having dealt pinch his ain assemblage dysmorphia, which yet led him to commencement nan pay-per-view website.

"He does opportunity he wished to put a grin connected different people's faces - he wanted to help,” Gustavson’s lawyer said, according to BBC. "He was stuck successful a assemblage he wanted to make changes to, and understood location were much group retired location who wished to do nan same."

But British authorities didn’t spot it that way. CPS London Specialist Prosecutor Kate Mulholland alleged Gustavson carried retired nan mutilations chiefly for “sexual gratification and financial gain” while ignoring “the risks of performing unnecessary room connected susceptible men.”

"He actively recruited participants done his website and was paid to watercourse nan footage of these barbaric procedures,” Mulholland said aft Gustavson was sentenced to life successful prison. "Performing utmost assemblage modifications is against nan rule and nan CPS won't hesitate to prosecute these horrendous crimes."