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Podcast: The Grim Curriculum
Episode: Peter Stumpp - The Werewolf of Bedburg
Description: This week on Grim Curriculum, we travel back to 16th century Germany to examine the chilling legend of Peter Stumpp, better known as the “Werewolf of Bedburg.”A man known by several different names, Stumpp was accused of a catalogue of horrifying crimes. According to the accounts of the time, he was not only a serial killer and cannibal, but a man who could transform into a wolf and stalk the countryside in search of victims.His arrest in 1590 led to a brutal confession under torture and an execution that was meant to serve as a wa...