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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...
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).
- The Gandillon Werewolves. The Gandillon Werewolves were a family who, in the late 16 century, were accused and executed for being werewolves. In 1598, a young girl and her brother were attacked by a wolf.
- Peter Stubbe. Peter Stubbe, executed at Bedburg in 1590, is perhaps history’s most notorious werewolf. Unusually, his tale is told in a contemporary pamphlet which was translated from Dutch into English in the year of his execution.
- Jacques Roulet. Jacques Roulet was convicted of lycanthropy in Angers, Western France, in 1598. One day, an archer of the Provost’s company and some peasants happened upon the nude and hideously mutilated body of a 15-year-old boy.
- Gilles Garnier. Gilles Garnier, ‘the Hermit of Dole’, was convicted of lycanthropy and executed at Dole, Eastern France, in 1573. Our source for his life and crimes is another contemporary pamphlet, printed at Sens in 1574.
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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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.
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.
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Aug 6, 2024 · Some accused werewolves, such as Gilles Garnier, far from being innocent victims of superstition, may have actually been serial killers. ©Selezneva Olga/Shutterstock.com In 1572, townspeople found several children murdered and mutilated in the town of Dole, France.
