CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In what a North Carolina prosecutor calls an
"extremely bizarre" case, three men have been arrested on charges of
performing castrations on apparently willing participants in a
so-called "dungeon" in a rural house.

Sheriff's investigators say the men admitted performing at least eight
surgeries, including castrations and testicle replacements, on six
consenting clients over the past year. None of the three is licensed to
practice medicine.

The suspects are all residents of the house in Haywood County in
western North Carolina. They're being held on $150,000 bond each and
could make their first court appearances Monday.

The sheriff's office had investigated reports of sadomasochistic acts
at the house in 2004, but concluded there was nothing illegal going on
because the participants appeared to be willing adults.