Luka Magnotta tours popular among his fans
MONTREAL - Alleged body-parts killer Luka Magnotta is one of the most notorious murder defendants in recent Canadian history, but that hasn't stopped fans from idolizing the Toronto native and dreaming about meeting him.
Fans come to Montreal from around the world for "Magnotta tours" to visit places the former porn actor frequented in his adopted home.
QMI Agency uncovered a disturbing website that describes Magnotta tours.
Travellers are promised a window into the life Magnotta lived before Chinese student Jun Lin was killed and dismembered in a Montreal apartment in May 2012.
Web videos show young tourists assuming the same poses in the same places that were depicted on Magnotta's myriad web pages.
A heavyset man and a woman covered with tattoos even visited Lin's gravesite on Mount-Royal and took videos that were posted on the internet.
One of Magnotta's most outspoken fans is a North Carolina resident who calls himself Kyle.
The 22-year-old man bears a resemblance to Magnotta, sporting a close-cropped haircut, sharp, boyish features and a slender build.
Kyle travelled 1,400 kilometres to Montreal last spring for a front-row seat at Magnotta's preliminary hearing, exchanging glances and smiles with the defendant.
The American blogger admits he was one of the first to co-ordinate Magnotta tours.
"I think that people that follow my Tumblr would be interested in seeing that kind of stuff," Kyle said in a webcam interview.. "And honestly I wanted to see it for myself, too. I want them to see the locations that he had been at and places related to Luka or ... the crime as well."
Kyle denies he's in it for the money and insists he's not obsessed with Magnotta. But he admits he has written letters and sent money to the accused murderer.
"I'm just very interested in the case," said the southerner. "Luka's very physically attractive but he also has a lot of personality. The reasons that I'm there, I actually want to support him, I don't have any other motivations."
Asked about the pair who visited Lin's grave, he said the attention given to Magnotta isn't dangerous.
"Most of his supporters seem like good people. They seem like people that have good ideas, that just want to be supportive. I don't think they're really people that anyone needs to worry about."
Clinical sexologist Mario Larivee-Cote, an expert in sexual deviancy, says the tours play right into Magnotta's hands.
"Magnotta is a deeply narcissistic individual," said Larivee-Cote. "A individual who had resorted to plastic surgery ... who has tried out for reality TV shows, an individual who needs people to be talking about him."
Magnotta's murder trial is scheduled to begin next September at the Montreal courthouse
Luka Magnotta tours popular among his fans | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
"Fans." OMFG. Sick and twisted idiots giving the freak more attention that he doesn't deserve.
MONTREAL - Alleged body-parts killer Luka Magnotta is one of the most notorious murder defendants in recent Canadian history, but that hasn't stopped fans from idolizing the Toronto native and dreaming about meeting him.
Fans come to Montreal from around the world for "Magnotta tours" to visit places the former porn actor frequented in his adopted home.
QMI Agency uncovered a disturbing website that describes Magnotta tours.
Travellers are promised a window into the life Magnotta lived before Chinese student Jun Lin was killed and dismembered in a Montreal apartment in May 2012.
Web videos show young tourists assuming the same poses in the same places that were depicted on Magnotta's myriad web pages.
A heavyset man and a woman covered with tattoos even visited Lin's gravesite on Mount-Royal and took videos that were posted on the internet.
One of Magnotta's most outspoken fans is a North Carolina resident who calls himself Kyle.
The 22-year-old man bears a resemblance to Magnotta, sporting a close-cropped haircut, sharp, boyish features and a slender build.
Kyle travelled 1,400 kilometres to Montreal last spring for a front-row seat at Magnotta's preliminary hearing, exchanging glances and smiles with the defendant.
The American blogger admits he was one of the first to co-ordinate Magnotta tours.
"I think that people that follow my Tumblr would be interested in seeing that kind of stuff," Kyle said in a webcam interview.. "And honestly I wanted to see it for myself, too. I want them to see the locations that he had been at and places related to Luka or ... the crime as well."
Kyle denies he's in it for the money and insists he's not obsessed with Magnotta. But he admits he has written letters and sent money to the accused murderer.
"I'm just very interested in the case," said the southerner. "Luka's very physically attractive but he also has a lot of personality. The reasons that I'm there, I actually want to support him, I don't have any other motivations."
Asked about the pair who visited Lin's grave, he said the attention given to Magnotta isn't dangerous.
"Most of his supporters seem like good people. They seem like people that have good ideas, that just want to be supportive. I don't think they're really people that anyone needs to worry about."
Clinical sexologist Mario Larivee-Cote, an expert in sexual deviancy, says the tours play right into Magnotta's hands.
"Magnotta is a deeply narcissistic individual," said Larivee-Cote. "A individual who had resorted to plastic surgery ... who has tried out for reality TV shows, an individual who needs people to be talking about him."
Magnotta's murder trial is scheduled to begin next September at the Montreal courthouse
Luka Magnotta tours popular among his fans | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
"Fans." OMFG. Sick and twisted idiots giving the freak more attention that he doesn't deserve.
