I don't know. Seems a bit along the lines of Albert Fish. If you want to read about one effed up individual, that would be him:
Albert Fish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He stuck needles all around his pelvis and other nasty things.... "It was about this time that Fish began to indulge in self-harm. He would embed needles into his groin and abdomen.[11] After his arrest, X-rays revealed that Fish had at least 29 needles lodged in his pelvic region.[11] He also hit himself repeatedly with a nail-studded paddle and inserted wool doused with lighter fluid into his anus and set it alight"