{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677458a497bec40ae9a77987/69b5d4bd559de2c634a938f7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Dancer And The Cannibal","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/677458a497bec40ae9a77987/1773523802538-ce89246c-5f8c-4e44-a3c6-63d6d6c9da3a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of <strong>Storytime with Travis</strong>, Another Nobody host <strong>Travis Myers</strong> tells one of the most disturbing crimes in New York City history.</p><p>In the summer of 1989, a young Swiss dancer named <strong>Monica Birel</strong> moved into an East Village apartment with a strange and charismatic man named <strong>Daniel Rakowitz</strong>. What began as a roommate situation quickly spiraled into something far darker.</p><p>Rakowitz, known around <strong>Tompkins Square Park</strong> as a marijuana dealer and eccentric street preacher, claimed to be both <strong>Jesus Christ and the Antichrist</strong>. But beneath the bizarre persona was something far more dangerous.</p><p>After Monica tried to force him out of the apartment, Rakowitz murdered her in a brutal attack, dismembered her body, and over the following days cooked parts of her remains.</p><p>According to witnesses, he even made a stew and served it to unsuspecting homeless people in <strong>Tompkins Square Park</strong>.</p><p>This horrifying case shocked New York City and remains one of the most bizarre and disturbing crimes ever committed in the East Village.</p><p>Join Travis as he breaks down the full story of <strong>Monica Birel, Daniel Rakowitz, and the Tompkins Square Park Cannibal</strong>.</p><p>This is <strong>Storytime with Travis</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>true crime</p><p>true crime podcast</p><p>another nobody podcast</p><p>storytime with travis</p><p>travis myers podcast</p><p>monica birel</p><p>daniel rakowitz</p><p>tompkins square park cannibal</p><p>nyc cannibal case</p><p>east village murder</p><p>1989 nyc murder</p><p>new york crime history</p><p>cannibal killer</p><p>disturbing true crime</p><p>unsolved mysteries</p><p>nyc horror stories</p><p>true crime stories</p>","author_name":"Travis Myers"}