Famous Werewolves

Anspach Werewolf (1685) Strange German werewolf case with VAMPIRE overtones, in which a ravaging wolf was believed to be a ...

Auvergne Werewolf (1558) Woman executed for being a Werewolf. The case of the Auvergne Werewolf took place in 1558 and ...

Beast of Gevaudan (1764–1767) Werewolf terror in the Gevaudan region of south-central France. From July 1764 to June 1767, a ...

Châlons Werewolf (1598) French WEREWOLF trial. The Châlons Werewolf was a Sweeney Todd–like tailor who was executed by burning in ...

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

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

Garnier, Gilles (1873) French WEREWOLF. Garnier, Gilles (1873) French WEREWOLF. Gilles Garnier, also known as “the hermit of St. Bonnot,” ...

Jean Grenier was a thirteen-year-old Werewolf of Landes in southern France. The case of Jean Grenier became one of the ...

Hebrides Werewolf Case of a phantom WEREWOLF in the Hebrides Islands off Scotland, similar in characteristics of the MERIONETHSHIRE WEREWOLF ...

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

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

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

Poligny Werewolves (1521) Werewolf trial in France. In December 1521 two men were charged with witchcraft and cannibalism and brought ...

Quebec Werewolf Creature that terrorized the Kamasouraska area in Quebec in the mid-18th century. No description is given of the ...