Why do gore websites exist

Sites like GoreGrish. It, too, has an active forum and chummy community aspect. Certainly those people exist. Mark Marek, the webmaster of BestGore.

And there are certainly the gore fetishists. New Zealand Artist Jon E vil reproduces scenes from his favorite gore videos in razor blade scars on his own body. But many gore site users keep their hobby on the downlow: they have professional jobs, families, social skills.

He's a volunteer moderator at GoreGrish. Although his wife knows about and accepts his hobby, his coworkers have no idea what he's up to. They have ties to the Pilgrims," says SAF. Ultimately, what they all seem to share is a compulsive curiosity about human nature and frailty, and a firm belief that the mainstream media does a disservice by censoring "what's really going on.

When you hear a bomb has gone off in Moscow, we try to find those images and put them up for people who want to see. And why should we not see it? All the big gore sites have age restrictions, warnings about graphic material, and stringent policies against child pornography and bestiality. There are taboos that still exist even in the gore world.

But unlike mainstream video upload sites YouTube and Vimeo, both of which do not allow videos of violence, porn, or illegal activity, gore sites see themselves as an unvarnished reflection of life's seedy underbelly. Which is perfectly legal. It's illegal to murder somebody.

It's illegal to watch somebody get murdered and not report it. But it's not illegal to watch an online snuff film. At least not at the moment. So, in effect, if they are just showing something created by somebody else, they're not doing anything illegal.

Even if that something is a murder. Marek told Day 6 Best Gore is a "reality news website" and he reports on real-life events. His site publishes a mission statement that argues: "Through uncensored reporting, people can learn the truth about criminals who could be operating out of their neighbourhoods, about how safe or dangerous countries your teenager is about to visit really are, or about what human beings are truly capable of doing to one another.

I asked Fraser if people viewing the video of a suspected killing have a legal obligation to report it. Bystanders have no obligation under Canadian law, and the person who posted the video likewise has no special legal burden to report the contents to police. But that person may be accountable on another front: he could be compelled to reveal the source of the video, the person who gave it to him, which Marek has said he won't do.

View other petitions from this government. Best Gore, for years, has been one of the most violent, blood-filled, racist websites available. As taboo as harbouring an interest in gore content remains, video-sharing platforms specialised in shocking images and videos like BestGore and TheYNC have been thriving for years now—decades almost.

So what is it about gore content that gets so many people hooked, you ask? First of all, it is important for you to understand that the stigma surrounding authentic gore content is very real.

As I searched for potential interviewees, it took me more than a month before finding one willing to speak up about their peculiar interest. But one user agreed to share the ins and outs of what being a real-life gore content enthusiast entails; TangerineTragedies on Reddit , who I will name TT for the purpose of this article.

On the contrary, most parents tend to put age restrictions on those platforms, along with porn websites and specific TV channels.

Now, I know what you must be thinking. As Psychology Today writer and chartered psychologist focusing in the field of behavioural addictions Mark D. But what about real-life gore content specifically? Instead, it was other parts of the brain that were firing: the visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information, the insular cortex—self-awareness, the thalamus, the relay switch between brain hemispheres and the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain associated with planning, attention and problem-solving.