S04E24 The German Werewolf : Peter Stumpp
Update: 2025-10-09
Description
This week's case continues the theme of Halloween's spooky season with werewolf folklore from Germany in the 1500s. Listen to this week's episode to hear about how Peter Stumpp was sentenced to death for killing 14 children and 2 pregnant women and consuming their flesh. Ick!
Let us know, do you think Peter was guilty or just a scapegoat?
Sources:
weird facts about bedburg germany - Google Searchbrutally
- A True Discourse Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of one Stubbe Peeter (London, 1590)
- Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves (1865)
- Montague Summers, The Werewolf in Lore and Legend
- Carlo Ginzburg, Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath
- Bruce McClelland, Slayers and Their Vampires
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