Category: Werewolves

Quebec Werewolf Creature that terrorized the Kamasouraska area in Quebec in the mid-18th century. No description is given of the beast, which might have been…

Poligny Werewolves (1521) Werewolf trial in France. In December 1521 two men were charged with witchcraft and cannibalism and brought before the Inquisitor General for…

Merionethshire Werewolf : A 19th-century werewolf case from Wales, recorded by Montague Summers in his book The Werewolf. According to Summers, the case is probably…

Livonia Werewolves : A mass hysteria of LYCANTHROPY in northern Europe during the Inquisition. The Livonia area (now part of the Baltic Republics of Estonia…

The Hexham Heads is a case of a demonic, phantom WEREWOLF that appeared in conjunction with the discovery of some strange stone skulls in England.…

Hebrides Werewolf Case of a phantom WEREWOLF in the Hebrides Islands off Scotland, similar in characteristics of the MERIONETHSHIRE WEREWOLF of Wales, in which an…

Jean Grenier was a thirteen-year-old Werewolf of Landes in southern France. The case of Jean Grenier became one of the most famous and most-discussed episodes…

Garnier, Gilles (1873) French WEREWOLF. Garnier, Gilles (1873) French WEREWOLF. Gilles Garnier, also known as “the hermit of St. Bonnot,” was an ugly recluse shunned…

Gandillon Werewolves (1598) A French family of Werewolves. The bizarre case of the Gandillon family involved a sister, her brother, and two of his children…

Cressi Werewolves (1604) French WEREWOLF case involving five accused sorcerers in the village of Cressi near Lausanne. Arrested and put on trial in 1604, the…