There are those who have chosen to eat other human beings out of preference rather than desperation. Many have done so out of a sense of perverted sexual gratification, such as in the cases of serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Andrei Chikitilo. Gaining a grisly reputation, those who choose cannibalism out of desire rather than necessity have been shunned from society. That being said, there have been societies in which cannibalism has been an accepted part of cultural and religious practice. Some of these societies still exist today, living deep within the rainforests, isolated from the modern world. The Korowai of New Guinea are an example of a tribe that professes to still practice cannibalism. Historically, the Aztecs stand out as a culture that practiced religious, ritual cannibalism, eating the bodies of sacrificial victims. There are also those who have been forced into cannibalism not out of custom or perverted desire but by sheer circumstance. In these stories, the victims are also those who have had to resort to eating human flesh. Here are five of those stories.