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not explained in any detail. The available account makes it seem as if the wolf was just strolling through the town and then it was caught (which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense). Authorities gave chase, apparently knowing that this was actually a werewolf. Once they had the creature cornered, they removed the girdle, and it immediately transformed into the human form of Peter Stubbe. He was dragged before the church courts, where he soon confessed to a laundry list of extremely heinous crimes.
It is unclear whether Stubbe gave his confession as a result of torture, just confessed under the threat of torture, or first confessed and then was tortured. Regardless of how the confession came about, Stubbe eventually took the rap for the killing of 14 children, 2 pregnant women, and a good number of assorted livestock. In addition, he also confessed to having partially eaten the flesh of the children and livestock, as well as the fetuses of the pregnant women he’d slain. The court also got him to confess to having sex with his own teenage daughter (which added the charge of incest to the list), to having sexual intercourse with a succubus, and to committing adultery. (Stubbe kept a mistress, who was also the mother of his daughter.) Apparently, these crimes are alleged to have occurred over a span of about 25 years.
Beastly Words
A succubus (the plural form is succubi, sometimes spelled succubae ) is a female demon commonly known for seducing men as they sleep. This likely originated from a demonic female figure from Judaic folklore, known as Lilith. In the Judaic tradition, men are not supposed to sleep alone in order to avoid encounters with Lilith.
The truth regarding whether or not Stubbe really committed any of these crimes can no longer be verified with the surviving documentation (though it is probably safe to say that at least the one about him keeping a succubus as a sex slave can be dismissed). He may indeed have been a demented serial killer. Then again, there is a possibility that he was merely a scapegoat for unsolved crimes that were committed by more elusive criminals or animals.
Having confessed, Stubbe was convicted of murder, cannibalism, incest, rape, infanticide, adultery, killing livestock, keeping a demon familiar, and (of course) lycanthropy. His execution was scheduled for October 31, 1589, and it would be remembered as one of most brutal in history.
Beastly Words
The term familiar refers to an idea, widely from church propaganda, that witches (and, in this particular case, a werewolf) kept demonic spirits to assist them in their work. In order to avoid being discovered, church authorities claimed that these demon servants remained invisible in the presence of others, assumed the forms of household animals (the most popular being cats, especially black cats), or just possessed the bodies of animals/pets that were already in their masters’ homes.
Stubbe was first stripped almost naked before being lashed to a large wooden wheel. A pair of large iron pincers was applied to a fire until red hot and then was used to rip the flesh from 10 places on his body. As if this were not bad enough, a heavy wooden axe (a few alternate accounts claim it was just the blunt side of an axe) was taken to each of Stubbe’s limbs, one by one, until every major bone had been broken. He was then beheaded and his mangled corpse burned to ashes. Sadly, his daughter and mistress were tried and convicted of being accessories to Stubbe’s long list of heinous crimes. Both of them were burned alive at the stake soon after his execution.
What about the belt that Stubbe was said to be wearing when he was apprehended? Well, in his confession, Stubbe claimed to have received the belt, which gave him magical powers in addition to lycanthropy, as part of a pact with the devil. According to the surviving account, all later attempts to locate the belt were unsuccessful. As for the official explanation for the
It is unclear whether Stubbe gave his confession as a result of torture, just confessed under the threat of torture, or first confessed and then was tortured. Regardless of how the confession came about, Stubbe eventually took the rap for the killing of 14 children, 2 pregnant women, and a good number of assorted livestock. In addition, he also confessed to having partially eaten the flesh of the children and livestock, as well as the fetuses of the pregnant women he’d slain. The court also got him to confess to having sex with his own teenage daughter (which added the charge of incest to the list), to having sexual intercourse with a succubus, and to committing adultery. (Stubbe kept a mistress, who was also the mother of his daughter.) Apparently, these crimes are alleged to have occurred over a span of about 25 years.
Beastly Words
A succubus (the plural form is succubi, sometimes spelled succubae ) is a female demon commonly known for seducing men as they sleep. This likely originated from a demonic female figure from Judaic folklore, known as Lilith. In the Judaic tradition, men are not supposed to sleep alone in order to avoid encounters with Lilith.
The truth regarding whether or not Stubbe really committed any of these crimes can no longer be verified with the surviving documentation (though it is probably safe to say that at least the one about him keeping a succubus as a sex slave can be dismissed). He may indeed have been a demented serial killer. Then again, there is a possibility that he was merely a scapegoat for unsolved crimes that were committed by more elusive criminals or animals.
Having confessed, Stubbe was convicted of murder, cannibalism, incest, rape, infanticide, adultery, killing livestock, keeping a demon familiar, and (of course) lycanthropy. His execution was scheduled for October 31, 1589, and it would be remembered as one of most brutal in history.
Beastly Words
The term familiar refers to an idea, widely from church propaganda, that witches (and, in this particular case, a werewolf) kept demonic spirits to assist them in their work. In order to avoid being discovered, church authorities claimed that these demon servants remained invisible in the presence of others, assumed the forms of household animals (the most popular being cats, especially black cats), or just possessed the bodies of animals/pets that were already in their masters’ homes.
Stubbe was first stripped almost naked before being lashed to a large wooden wheel. A pair of large iron pincers was applied to a fire until red hot and then was used to rip the flesh from 10 places on his body. As if this were not bad enough, a heavy wooden axe (a few alternate accounts claim it was just the blunt side of an axe) was taken to each of Stubbe’s limbs, one by one, until every major bone had been broken. He was then beheaded and his mangled corpse burned to ashes. Sadly, his daughter and mistress were tried and convicted of being accessories to Stubbe’s long list of heinous crimes. Both of them were burned alive at the stake soon after his execution.
What about the belt that Stubbe was said to be wearing when he was apprehended? Well, in his confession, Stubbe claimed to have received the belt, which gave him magical powers in addition to lycanthropy, as part of a pact with the devil. According to the surviving account, all later attempts to locate the belt were unsuccessful. As for the official explanation for the
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