Episode 29, Scissor Men: Criminal Trichophilia

Trichophilia is the sexual arousal by hair.  A very normal, quite common fetish. But of course, today we are going to the dark side of trichophilia- as a paraphilia, and even as a crime. 

 As far back as the 1800's, men have been attacking women and cutting off their hair. Today we will discuss:

The Scissor Man, or Jack The Snipper, of Pennsylvania 

The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula, in Mississippi

The TriMet Barber of Oregon 

 We will also go over the history of plait-cutting thoughout the ages, diagnosis and treatments of compulsive trichophilia, as well as discuss perfectly normal and safe trichophilia. 

 Plus a surprise link to Shockheaded Peter, from the Gruss Vom Krampus episode!

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Sources: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/pgl46b/who_was_the_scissor_man_its_104_years_later_and/
https://cumberlink.com/scissor-man-terrorized-young-women-in-the-1910s/article_a7878985-ff84-5702-b63e-dc6f7446886f.html
https://www.newspapers.com
https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Scissor-Man
https://blog.newspapers.com/the-phantom-barber-of-pascagoula/
https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/The-Phantom-Barber-of-Pascagoula
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/sex-offender-cuts-off-womans-hair-while-riding-bus
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4497614/Man-secretly-cut-women-s-hair-arrested.html
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957154X19864490
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_fetishism
https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sex/trichophilia#takeaway

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