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The '''BME Pain Olympics''' is a series of promotional [[shock site|shock videos]] released by ''BME'', short for ''Body Modification E-zine'', beginning in 2002. ''BME'' is a website created by Canadian blogger Shannon Larratt in 1994, that is dedicated to covering extreme body modifications and erotic body play. These videos consist of genital mutilation contests, showing different people drastically mutilating, burning, electrocuting, and dilating each other's genitals painfully, hence the name "Pain Olympics". | The '''BME Pain Olympics''' is a series of promotional [[shock site|shock videos]] released by ''BME'', short for ''Body Modification E-zine'', beginning in 2002. ''BME'' is a website created by Canadian blogger Shannon Larratt in 1994, that is dedicated to covering extreme body modifications and erotic body play. These videos consist of genital mutilation contests, showing different people drastically mutilating, burning, electrocuting, and dilating each other's genitals painfully, hence the name "Pain Olympics". | ||
The creator was born on September | The creator was born on September 29th, 1973 and died from a rare genetic muscular, degenerative disease (presumably tubular aggregate myopathy) on March 15th, 2013 in Toronto, Canada, aged 39.<ref><trans oldtip="Shannon Larratt, "Finita, la commedia." " newtip="Shannon Larratt，“Finita，la commedia”">Shannon Larratt，“Finita，la commedia”</trans>''<trans oldtip="Shannon Larratt is Zentastic (blog)," newtip="香农·拉拉特(Shannon Larratt)是禅宗(博客)，">香农·拉拉特(Shannon Larratt)是禅宗(博客)，</trans>''<trans oldtip=", March 16, 2013. " newtip="，2013年3月16日。">，2013年3月16日。</trans>http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2013/03/16/finita-la-commedia-3/</ref><ref><trans oldtip="Jen. "Shannon Larratt 1973-2013." " newtip="珍。“Shannon Larratt 1973-2013年”">珍。“Shannon Larratt 1973-2013年”</trans>''<trans oldtip="BME/News," newtip="BME/新闻">BME/新闻</trans>''<trans oldtip=" March 15, 2013. " newtip="2013年3月15日。">2013年3月15日。</trans>https://news.bme.com/2013/03/15/shannon-larratt-1973-2013/</ref> | ||
It was later confirmed by Larratt that the first instalment was faked, but all the other sequels are 100% real. The promotional sequels were linked on Shannon's blog and can be downloaded and viewed off the blog's video section alongside other videos of extreme body modification. | It was later confirmed by Larratt that the first instalment was faked, but all the other sequels are 100% real. The promotional sequels were linked on Shannon's blog and can be downloaded and viewed off the blog's video section alongside other videos of extreme body modification. | ||
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'''''BME Pain Olympics: Final Round''''' is a shock video shot on a VHS camcorder, showing two men (actually the same person) graphically mutilating their genitals, with one man cutting off his penis with a meat cleaver and another man cutting and slicing open his genitals. The song playing in the background in the video is Livin' Like A Zombie by Christian death metal band Mortification. | '''''BME Pain Olympics: Final Round''''' is a shock video shot on a VHS camcorder, showing two men (actually the same person) graphically mutilating their genitals, with one man cutting off his penis with a meat cleaver and another man cutting and slicing open his genitals. The song playing in the background in the video is Livin' Like A Zombie by Christian death metal band Mortification. | ||
On January | On January 22nd, 2012, Shannon Larratt responded to a request from the AMA that was aimed at speaking to contestants to confirm that the video was a hoax. However, he claimed that the associated BMEvideo trailers were "entirely real and possibly contain more extreme footage". | ||
===BMEvideo VHS Trailer (1997)=== | ===BMEvideo VHS Trailer (1997)=== | ||