The self-castrated hatmaker who killed John Wilkes Booth (2015)
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The self-castrated hatmaker who killed John Wilkes Booth (2015)
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#2> His rash tendencies exhibited themselves in strange ways. One day while he was ministering in the summer of 1858, Corbett was ogled by a pair of prostitutes, and the lower half of his body responded invitingly. He went home, took a pair of scissors, snipped an incision under his scrotum, and removed his testicles, then headed out to a prayer meeting.
> In the Bible, Matthew 19:12 quotes Christ as saying “there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.” Corbett made himself a eunuch and didn’t check himself into Massachusetts General Hospital until he’d finished his prayers, had a full dinner, and taken a light stroll through the city that evening.
whelp. Thats enough internet for me today...
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#3> His rash tendencies exhibited themselves in strange ways. One day while he was ministering in the summer of 1858, Corbett was ogled by a pair of prostitutes, and the lower half of his body responded invitingly. He went home, took a pair of scissors, snipped an incision under his scrotum, and removed his testicles, then headed out to a prayer meeting. > In the Bible, Matthew 19:12 quotes Christ as saying “there are…
Surely there's a reasonable middle ground...
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#4> His rash tendencies exhibited themselves in strange ways. One day while he was ministering in the summer of 1858, Corbett was ogled by a pair of prostitutes, and the lower half of his body responded invitingly. He went home, took a pair of scissors, snipped an incision under his scrotum, and removed his testicles, then headed out to a prayer meeting. > In the Bible, Matthew 19:12 quotes Christ as saying “there are…
Surely there's a reasonable middle ground...
Call me a pussy; but Im going for a cold shower or a swift punch in the nuts before i grab the scissors...
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#5Lucky he didn’t die of infection in 1858
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#6> His rash tendencies exhibited themselves in strange ways. One day while he was ministering in the summer of 1858, Corbett was ogled by a pair of prostitutes, and the lower half of his body responded invitingly. He went home, took a pair of scissors, snipped an incision under his scrotum, and removed his testicles, then headed out to a prayer meeting. > In the Bible, Matthew 19:12 quotes Christ as saying “there are…
The guy certainly had ba... uh, courage. Jesus is known for saying striking things, like "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire." (Matthew 18:8) He was the master of attention-grabbing metaphor. Of course here he means "deal seriously with your sin", not "get out the butcher's knife".
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#7Lucky he didn’t die of infection in 1858
For which Booth was unlucky.
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#8Almost entirely unrelated, but the life story on Thomas Hines is fascinating, so I'll mention it anyway.
Hines led a raid into Indiana before Morgan's more famous incursion during the Civil War; I was in the area when I found out about Hines' exploits, and reading more about him (all hail Wikipedia) was quite the rabbit hole.
His career path: grammar teacher -> field officer for the CSA -> guerrilla warfare coordinator for the CSA operating out of Toronto -> newspaper editor -> Tennessee lawyer -> chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Shortly after Lincoln's assassination he was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth and fled Detroit for Canada (hijacking a ferry to do so), which inspired the rumor that Booth had fled to Canada.
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#10> His rash tendencies exhibited themselves in strange ways. One day while he was ministering in the summer of 1858, Corbett was ogled by a pair of prostitutes, and the lower half of his body responded invitingly. He went home, took a pair of scissors, snipped an incision under his scrotum, and removed his testicles, then headed out to a prayer meeting. > In the Bible, Matthew 19:12 quotes Christ as saying “there are…
Choosing Castration: A Thematic Analysis of the Perceived Pros and Cons of Genital Injuries and Ablation by Men Who Voluntarily Sought Castration
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10102058/
This is kind of funny: “Furthermore, for some, the frequency of playing with male action figures that lack genitals (e.g., Ken doll, GI Joe) during childhood may have contributed to their castration desire (Wong et al., 2021).”