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Folklore & Legend Reports in North Rhine-Westphalia

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The Werewolf of Bedburg — Peter Stumpp and Germany's Most Gruesome Trial (1589)

Bedburg, Germany·1589

A Rhineland farmer confessed to 25 years of wolf-form killings. His 1589 execution was so gruesome it was published across Europe.

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