decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHenry Darger - Reclusive janitor revealed posthumously to be the author of a 15,145-page fantasy manuscript depicting young children being tortured and massacreden.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down123
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkHenry Darger - Reclusive janitor revealed posthumously to be the author of a 15,145-page fantasy manuscript depicting young children being tortured and massacreden.wikipedia.orgdecadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarefrickineh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoI mean, this seems more sad than creepy. A lot of it sounds like him processing his childhood trauma, not any desire to torture kids himself.
minus-squareWarlockLawyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoAnd processing through his Catholic faith and culture. Martyrs and gruesome displays of the torturing of saints.
I mean, this seems more sad than creepy. A lot of it sounds like him processing his childhood trauma, not any desire to torture kids himself.
And processing through his Catholic faith and culture. Martyrs and gruesome displays of the torturing of saints.