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Aug 23, 2017 · Many so-called werewolves from centuries ago were in fact serial killers, and France had its fair share. In 1521, Frenchmen Pierre Burgot and Michel Verdun allegedly swore allegiance to the...
I've always heard that werewolves were based on actual serial killers, for example the case of Peter Stumpp. Is there any truth to that in a broader sense, a series of killings considered to be the work of some kind of creature or monster?
An idea is explored in Sabine Baring-Gould's work The Book of Werewolves is that werewolf legends may have been used to explain serial killings. Perhaps the most infamous example is the case of Peter Stumpp , executed in 1589, the German farmer, and alleged serial killer and cannibal , also known as the Werewolf of Bedburg.
Oct 1, 2023 · By presenting a skewed selection of the folklore material available at the time, Baring Gould could ignore the first signs of the multiple existences and variations of werewolf legends, pushing them away from werewolves and toward serial killers instead.
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Oct 13, 2022 · Some historians believe it’s possible that Stump was a murderer (one has even posited that the werewolf legends originated in attempts to explain the presence of serial killers).
Feb 16, 2021 · Hundreds of years ago, though, people didn't have an explanation for serial killers, and it wasn't hard to get from "behaves like an animal" to "actually is an animal." That's why people like Peter Stubbe ended up dying for werewolfery in particular rather than for just being a despicable person.
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Peter Stumpp (c.1530 –1589; name is also spelt as Peter Stube, Peter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a German farmer and alleged serial killer, accused of werewolfery, witchcraft and cannibalism. He was known as "the Werewolf of Bedburg".
