This episode looks at the case of Peter Stumpp, a man executed in 16th-century Germany for crimes said to be both human and inhuman. Witnesses spoke of murder, confession, and a creature that walked on four legs. What was the Werewolf of Bedburg... serial killer, witch trial fabrication, or something else- something shaped entirely by fear?
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• Medieval belt buckle (FindID 1006978) – CC BY 2.0. Birmingham Museums Trust (2020).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medieval,_Complete_belt_buckle_(FindID_1006978).jpg
• “The Werewolf Howls” (Weird Tales, Vol. 36, No. 2) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeirdTalesv36n2pg038_The_Werewolf_Howls.png
• Loup-Garou (1857) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loup-Garou_(1857).jpg
• The Execution of Peter Stump as Wolf-Man – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_excurion_of_Peter_Stump_as_Wolf-Man.jpg
• Page 7 – Weird Tales Vol. 36, No. 7 (September 1942) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Page_7_-_Weird_tales_v36n07_1942-09.jpg
• Capture and Destruction of Godesburg (1583), by Frans Hogenberg – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inname_van_Godesberg_-_Capture_and_destruction_of_Godesburg_in_1583_(Frans_Hogenberg)_Edit_3.jpg
• Kölnisches Stadtmuseum im Haus Sauer (cropped) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K%C3%B6lnisches_Stadtmuseum_im_Haus_Sauer-0165_(cropped).jpg
• Little Red Riding Hood and Wolf (vector illustration) – Public Domain. Source: Pixabay.
https://pixabay.com/vectors/little-red-riding-hood-wolf-girl-7633159/
• Little Red Riding Hood, Wolf, and Girl (vector illustration) – Public Domain. Source: Pixabay.
https://pixabay.com/vectors/little-red-riding-hood-wolf-girl-7633156/
• Wolf Capture 2024 – 1488M front right paw – Public Domain. Photo by Jacob W. Frank (NPS).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolf_Capture_2024-_1488M_front_right_paw_(53553940251).jpg
• Axe (battle ax, fantasy illustration) – Public Domain. Source: Pixabay.
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• Title page from The Damnable Life and Death of One Stubbe Peeter – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Damnable_Life_and_Death_of_One_Stubbe_Peeter.djvu&page=3
• Priest hand holding chalice and communion wafer – Public Domain. Photo by Gabriel Manjarres. Source: Pexels.
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