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!
Sources:
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