Peter Stubbe, executed at Bedburg in 1590, is perhaps history’s most notorious werewolf. Unusually, his tale is told in a contemporary pamphlet which was translated from Dutch into English in the year of his execution. According to the pamphlet, Stubbe ‘from his youth was greatly inclined to euill’.

Are werewolves real? Experts weigh in on whether or not these half-human, half beasts come out by the light of a full moon or exist solely in the movies.

The Werewolf of Allariz. Widely thought of as Spain's first ever serial killer, Manuel Blanco Romasanta is unusual for a werewolf, operating late in the mid-19th century.

In 1573, Gilles Garnier, otherwise known as the “Werewolf of Dole” was executed for being a werewolf. He was a confessed serial killer. After further research into the loup-garou, we found the following two events that predate this widespread werewolf terror in the land.

From the famous werewolf story by the first-century Roman author Gaius Petronius to modern films such as An American Werewolf in London, the werewolf has long been a favourite fictional monster. But did werewolves actually exist?