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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".
Between 1589 and 1661, six men were executed for sorcery, in which three are confirmed to have been executed explicitly for being werewolves. [21] The most famous of them were the case of Peter Stumpp. In 1598, Jan van Calster was accused of having bitten two children in the shape of a wolf, but he was acquitted from charges.
Peter Stumpp's alleged crimes and execution remain one of the most legendary — and disputed — werewolf trials in history. ... ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
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 ...
Between 1564 and 1589, German farmer Peter Stumpp killed 14 children, including his own son. He also murdered two pregnant women and had an incestuous relationship with his daughter. Stumpp claimed to have been granted the ability to turn into a werewolf by the Devil. As punishment for his crimes, Stumpp was put on a torture wheel and executed.
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
Nicholas D’Agostino, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in the caught-on-camera slaying of 20-year-old Yusef Staine, according to Newsday and court records.
Robbed and murdered several people. Executed in 1871; last person to be publicly executed in Austria-Hungary. [142] Juan Díaz de Garayo: Spain: 1870–1879: 6: Known as El Sacamantecas ("The Fat Extractor"). Strangled women after having sex with them—first willingly, then by force. Garroted in 1881. [143] La Bande de la Taille ("The Carving ...