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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".
Peter Stumpp's alleged crimes and execution remain one of the most ... One of the most famous figures in history to carry such a reputation was a 16th-century German farmer named Peter Stumpp, who ...
Composite woodcut print by Lukas Mayer of the execution of Peter Stumpp in 1589 at Bedburg near Cologne. Werewolf witch trials were witch trials combined with werewolf trials. Belief in werewolves developed parallel to the belief in European witches, in the course of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
Peter Stumpp, nicknamed the "Werewolf of Bedburg", was executed in October 1589 after accusations of cannibalism and other crimes. An unidentified man (his name may have been Nicolas Damont ) was burned at the stake in 1598 for the murders of 50 children in the French town of Châlons-en-Champagne after their remains were found in his home ...
In one of the most notorious werewolf trials in history, Peter Stumpp, a German farmer widely known as the "Werewolf of Bedburg," was accused of sadistically murdering and eating the flesh of ...
Peter Stumpp (1589) known as "the Werewolf of Bedburg" Nicholas Todd Sutton (2020) most recent execution in Tennessee and via electric chair; François Tomasini (1914) Jean-Baptiste Troppmann (1870) known as "the Human Tiger" Joseph Vacher (1898) known as "the French Ripper" Sek Kim Wah (1988) Singapore's first serial killer
A sick death row inmate set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday will be given a wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he is executed.
The man survived but sustained brain damage. Killed herself in prison the day before her execution. [53] Andreas Hall: United States: 1847–1848: 2–3: Burglar and arsonist hanged in March 1849 for the murder of a couple in Petersburgh, New York. Confessed to an additional murder and other crimes before his execution. [95] Mary Ann Geering ...