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Henry Darger - Reclusive janitor revealed posthumously to be the author of a 15,145-page fantasy manuscript depicting young children being tortured and massacred (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] probablynaked@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Title is a bit simplistic, this guy’s work contained multitudes

Also he was never a violent man and the subjects of his writing were not exactly supposed to represent real children

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

And processing through his Catholic faith and culture. Martyrs and gruesome displays of the torturing of saints.