• Crossbow Cannibal: A Living Void

    Crossbow Cannibal: A Living Void

    When he was asked why he killed three women, Steven Griffiths, the ‘crossbow cannibal,’ said, “I don’t know. Sometimes you kill someone to kill yourself, or part of yourself… I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m misanthropic. I don’t have time for the human race.”1 Steven Griffiths was told by the judge that he would never be released. But Griffiths knew the judge would say that because Griffiths was working on his PhD in Criminology. There were many things Griffiths knew, but he found his own motive hard to find. The motives he did give sounded like they were recited from one of his text books. Stephen Griffiths I…