Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

DULUTH — Black Label Tattoo and Piercing welcomed a special guest recently. Famous body modification artist Steve Haworth visited the shop Aug. 1-5, taking several appointments for extreme services ...

In the realm of extreme body modifications, few individuals have taken it as far as Michel ‘Diabao’ Praddo. The 49-year-old Brazilian — renowned for his remarkable transformations and known as the ...

Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male ...

The man ran a website where subscribers could watch video of the "illegal mutilations," which included castration and penis removal; he was also accused of keeping "trophies" and cannibalism. A ...

Couple Gabriela Peralta and Victor Hugo Peralta earned a Guinness World Record for their body modifications. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images A South American couple with over 98 body ...

If you're a fan of the TV show Yellowstone, you'll know the deal—you earn your place on the ranch by being branded. On the show, this means having a red-hot iron pressed into your flesh, leaving a ...