Title: Peter Stumpp

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| Peter Stumpp |
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| [![Image 1](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Peter_Stump_execution.jpg/330px-Peter_Stump_execution.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Stump_execution.jpg) Woodcut showing the beheading of Peter Stumpp in Cologne in 1589 |
| Born | c.1530 near [Bedburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedburg "Bedburg"), Germany |
| Died | 31 October 1589 (aged c.58–59) [Cologne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne "Cologne"), Germany |
| Cause of death | [Execution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment "Capital punishment") by [decapitation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beheading "Beheading") |
| Other names | The Werewolf of Bedburg Peter Stumpf Peter Stube Peter Stub Peter Stubbe Peter Stübbe Abal Griswold Abil Griswold Ubel Griswold |
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| Criminal penalty | Death by breaking |
| Details |
| Victims | 18 (including 2 unborn children) |
| Span of crimes | c.1564–1589 |
| Country | [Holy Roman Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire "Holy Roman Empire") |
| State | [Electorate of Cologne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Cologne "Electorate of Cologne") |
| Date apprehended | 1589 |

**Peter Stumpp** (c.1530 – 31 October 1589; name is also spelt as **Peter Stube**, **Peter Stubbe**, **Peter Stübbe** or **Peter Stumpf**) was a German farmer and alleged [serial killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer "Serial killer"), accused of [werewolfery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf "Werewolf"), [witchcraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft "Witchcraft"), and [cannibalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism "Human cannibalism"). He was known as "the Werewolf of Bedburg".

The most comprehensive source on the case is a 16-page [pamphlet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphlet "Pamphlet") published in [London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London "London") in 1590, the translation of a German print of which no copies have survived. The English pamphlet, of which two copies exist (one in the [British Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum "British Museum") and one in the [Lambeth Library](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth_Library "Lambeth Library")), was rediscovered by [occultist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultist "Occultist")[Montague Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_Summers "Montague Summers") in 1920. It describes Stumpp's life, his alleged crimes, and the trial, and includes many statements from neighbours and witnesses on the crimes.[[1]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-1) Summers reprints the entire pamphlet, including a woodcut, on pages 253 to 259 of his work _The Werewolf_.[[2]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-2)

Additional information is provided by the diaries of [Hermann von Weinsberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Weinsberg "Hermann Weinsberg"), a Cologne [alderman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderman "Alderman"), and by a number of illustrated [broadsheets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsheet "Broadsheet"), which were printed in southern Germany. Contemporary reference was made to the pamphlet by [Edward Fairfax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fairfax "Edward Fairfax") in his firsthand account of the alleged witch persecution of his own daughters in 1621.[[3]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-autogenerated97-3)

Although the exact place and date of Peter Stumpp's birth is unknown, examining sources likely puts it near [Bedburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedburg "Bedburg"), Germany, around 1530.[[4]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-Podcast-4) Stumpp's name is also spelt as _Peter Stube_, _Peter Stub_,[[3]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-autogenerated97-3)_Peter Stubbe_, _Peter Stübbe_ or _Peter Stumpf_, and other aliases include such names as Abal Griswold, Abil Griswold, and Ubel Griswold.[[5]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-5) The name "Stump" or "Stumpf" may have been given to him as a reference to the fact that his left hand had been cut off, leaving only a stump, in German "Stumpf". It was alleged that as the "werewolf" had its left forepaw cut off, then the same injury proved the guilt of the man.[[6]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-6)

Stump, who likely was a Protestant,[[7]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-Gosden_2020_p._278-7) was a wealthy farmer in his rural community.[[8]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-autogenerated165-8) During the 1580s, he seems to have been a widower with two children: a daughter called Beele (Sybil), who seems to have been older than 15 years, and a son of unknown age.[[9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-:0-9)

During 1589, Stumpp had one of the most lurid and famous [werewolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf "Werewolf") trials in history. After being stretched on a [rack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_(torture) "Rack (torture)"), and before further torture commenced,[[10]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-10) he confessed to having practised [black magic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_magic "Black magic") since he was 12 years old. He claimed that the [Devil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil "Devil") had given him a magical [belt or girdle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_(clothing) "Belt (clothing)"), which enabled him to [metamorphose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis "Metamorphosis") into "the likeness of a greedy, devouring wolf, strong and mighty, with eyes great and large, which in the night sparkled like fire, a mouth great and wide, with most sharp and cruel teeth, a huge body, and mighty paws." Removing the belt, he said, made him transform back to his human form. After his capture, he told the local magistrate he had left the girdle in a "certain valley". The magistrate sent for it to be retrieved, but no such belt was ever found.

For 25 years, Stumpp had allegedly been an "insatiable bloodsucker" who gorged on the flesh of [goats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat "Goat"), lambs, and [sheep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep "Sheep"), as well as women and children. Being threatened with torture, he confessed to killing and eating 14 children and 2 pregnant women, whose [fetuses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus "Fetus") he ripped from their wombs and "ate their hearts panting hot and raw,"[[8]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-autogenerated165-8) which he later described as "dainty morsels."[[11]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-11) One of the 14 children was his son, whose brain he was reported to have devoured. Stumpp loved his son dearly, but in the end, his bloodlust prevailed.[[9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-:0-9) Allegedly, he went out with his son into the woods, transformed into the likeness of a wolf and devoured him.[[9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-:0-9)

Not only was Stumpp accused of being a serial murderer and [cannibal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism "Human cannibalism"), but also of having an [incestuous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest "Incest") relationship with his daughter,[[8]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-autogenerated165-8) who was sentenced to die with him, and of having coupled with a distant relative, which was also considered to be incest according to the law. In addition to this, he confessed to having had [sexual intercourse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse "Sexual intercourse") with a [succubus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus "Succubus") sent to him by the Devil.[[9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-:0-9)

[![Image 2](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Peter_Stump_crop.jpg/500px-Peter_Stump_crop.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Stump_crop.jpg)

Composite [woodcut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut "Woodcut") print by Lukas Mayer of the execution of Peter Stumpp in 1589 at [Bedburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedburg "Bedburg") near Cologne

The execution of Stumpp, on 31 October 1589, alongside his daughter Beele (Sybil) and mistress, Katherine, is one of the most brutal on record: he was put to a [wheel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel "Breaking wheel"), where "flesh was torn from his body", in ten places, with red-hot pincers, followed by his arms and legs. Then his limbs were broken with the blunt side of an axehead before he was [beheaded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation "Decapitation") and his body burned on a [pyre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyre "Pyre").[[9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-:0-9) His daughter and mistress had already been flayed and strangled, and were burned along with Stumpp's body. As a warning against similar behaviour, local authorities erected a pole with the torture wheel and the figure of a wolf on it, and at the very top, they placed Peter Stumpp's severed head.[[4]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-Podcast-4)

*   The U.S. metal band [Macabre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macabre_(band) "Macabre (band)") recorded a song about Peter Stumpp, titled "The Werewolf of Bedburg"; it can be found on the _[Murder Metal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder\_Metal "Murder Metal")_ album.
*   The German [horror punk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_punk "Horror punk") band [The Other](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_(band) "The Other (band)") recorded a song about Peter Stumpp, titled "Werewolf of Bedburg" on their _Casket Case_ album.
*   In the _[Pine Deep Trilogy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine\_Deep\_Trilogy "Pine Deep Trilogy")_ of novelist and folklorist [Jonathan Maberry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Maberry "Jonathan Maberry"), Peter Stumpp is the supernatural villain Ubel Griswold. Since Griswold is actually one of Stumpp's historical aliases, Maberry decided to use the name of Ubel Griswold instead of openly telling people that the villain was the infamous werewolf Peter Stumpp until later on in the third book of the series, _Bad Moon Rising._
*   The [direct-to-video](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video "Direct-to-video")_[Big Top Scooby-Doo!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big\_Top\_Scooby-Doo! "Big Top Scooby-Doo!")_ uses a portion of Lukas Mayer's woodcut of the execution of Stumpp in 1589, though in the movie no mention of Stumpp is made. The portion used depicts a man cutting off a werewolf's left paw (supposedly Stumpp in werewolf form) and a child being attacked by a werewolf. The woodcut scene shown in the film restores the werewolf's left paw and removes the child in the second werewolf's jaws, making it appear as if the swordsman is fighting one of the werewolves while another flees.
*   In the _[Doctor Who](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor\_Who "Doctor Who")_ audio drama _[Loups-Garoux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loups-Garoux "Loups-Garoux")_, Pieter Stubbe was in fact a werewolf. He managed to escape before he was executed and lived for another five centuries. He was defeated by the [Fifth Doctor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Doctor "Fifth Doctor") in Brazil in 2080. It is implied that he ate both the [Grand Duchess Anastasia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia "Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia") and [Lord Lucan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bingham,_7th_Earl_of_Lucan "John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan").
*   In episode 3 of the podcast _[Lore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore\_(podcast) "Lore (podcast)")_, the story of Peter Stumpp was retold. In 2017, the podcast episode was adapted into the 5th episode of the [TV series adaptation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore_(TV_series) "Lore (TV series)") of _Lore_, where Stumpp was played by [Adam Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldberg "Adam Goldberg").
*   Reference is made to Stubbe Peter in Chapter 17 of [Deborah Harkness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Harkness "Deborah Harkness")'s _[Shadow of Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow\_of\_Night "Shadow of Night")_—the second novel in her [_All Souls_ trilogy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls_trilogy "All Souls trilogy"). His trial and execution are reported in a pamphlet that the protagonists take as signs that witches and vampires are under greater threat than expected. Werewolves are seen in the book as a human [fable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable "Fable") based on sightings and experiences with the wolf-esque vampires of the book's world.
*   In the TV series _[Friends from College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends\_from\_College "Friends from College")_, Stumpp is discussed and used as a reference for a YA novel in season 1, episode 7 "Grand Cayman".
*   The German metal band [Powerwolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerwolf "Powerwolf") recorded a song about Peter Stumpp, titled "1589". It was released on 17 May 2024 as a single as part of their promotion of their album _[Wake Up the Wicked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake\_Up\_the\_Wicked "Wake Up the Wicked")_.[[12]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-12)
*   The 2023 thriller film _Torn_ has a main character named Peter Stube who is fighting his inner demons, and the werewolf folklore of a small town.[[13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_note-13)

*   [Gilles Garnier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Garnier "Gilles Garnier")
*   [Hans the Werewolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_witch_trials#Hans_the_Werewolf "Werewolf witch trials")
*   [Henry Gardinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gardinn "Henry Gardinn")
*   [Manuel Blanco Romasanta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta "Manuel Blanco Romasanta")
*   [Werewolf of Châlons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_of_Ch%C3%A2lons "Werewolf of Châlons")
*   [Child cannibalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_cannibalism "Child cannibalism")
*   [List of German serial killers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_serial_killers "List of German serial killers")
*   [List of serial killers before 1900](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_before_1900 "List of serial killers before 1900")

1.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-1)Orenstein, Catherine (2002) _Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale_. New York: Basic Books. p. 91, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[0-465-04125-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-465-04125-6 "Special:BookSources/0-465-04125-6")
2.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-2)[The werewolf in lore and legend](https://archive.org/stream/TheWerewolfInLoreAndLegend#page/n273/mode/2up)at the [Internet Archive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive "Internet Archive")
3.   [1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-autogenerated97_3-0)[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-autogenerated97_3-1)Fairfax, Edward (1882) _Daemonologica: A Discourse on Witchcraft_. Harrogate: R. Ackrill. p.97
4.   [1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-Podcast_4-0)[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-Podcast_4-1)["Peter Stumpp: The Werewolf of Bedburg"](https://www.darkhistories.com/peter-stumpp-the-werewolf-of-bedburg/). _The Dark History Podcast_ (Podcast). 12 November 2017. Event occurs at 3:07. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
5.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-5)Stebbins, M. A. (2017). [_The Werewolf: Past and Future_](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstreams/1ef8e026-fccd-4c8d-bd85-094328a82995/download)(PDF) (master's thesis). Virginia Tech.
6.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-6)Baillie, Nathan (2024). ["Monstrous Lessons: Peter Stumpp, the Werewolf of Bedburg"](https://usurj.journals.usask.ca/article/download/723/442/)(PDF). _University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal_. **9** (2): 6–7. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
7.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-Gosden_2020_p._278_7-0)Gosden, C. (2020). [_Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present_](https://books.google.com/books?id=eyHQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT278). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p.278. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[978-0-374-71790-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71790-2 "Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71790-2").
8.   [1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-autogenerated165_8-0)[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-autogenerated165_8-1)[3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-autogenerated165_8-2)Blundell, Nigel (1997). _Encyclopedia of Serial Killers._ Promotional Reprint Co. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[1-85648-328-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85648-328-2 "Special:BookSources/1-85648-328-2"). p.165.
9.   [1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-:0_9-0)[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-:0_9-1)[3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-:0_9-2)[4](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-:0_9-3)[5](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-:0_9-4)["The Damnable Life and Death of Stubbe Peeter, a Werewolf"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200921062226/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-damnable-life-and-death-of-stubbe-peeter-a-werewolf-1590). _British Library_. 1590. Archived from [the original](https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-damnable-life-and-death-of-stubbe-peeter-a-werewolf-1590) on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
10.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-10)Friedrich, Otto (1976). _Going Crazy: An Inquiry into Madness in Our Time_ (2nd ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster. p.48. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[0-671-22174-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-22174-4 "Special:BookSources/0-671-22174-4").
11.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-11)Wagner, Stephen. ["The Werewolf of Bedburg"](http://paranormal.about.com/od/werewolves/a/The-Werewolf-Of-Bedburg.htm). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061333/http://paranormal.about.com/od/werewolves/a/The-Werewolf-Of-Bedburg.htm) from the original on 21 September 2013.
12.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-12)Kennelty, Greg (17 May 2024). ["Powerwolf Tells The Story Of A 16th Century Murderer With New Single '1589'"](https://metalinjection.net/video/powerwolf-tells-the-story-of-a-16th-century-murderer-with-new-single-1589). _Metal Injection_. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
13.   [↑](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp#cite_ref-13)[Torn (2023) – IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5631594/)

*   Anonymous (1590). [![Image 3](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg)[_A True Discourse. Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of One Stubbe Peeter, a Most Wicked Sorcerer_](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%20Damnable%20Life%20and%20Death%20of%20One%20Stubbe%20Peeter,%20a%20Most%20Wicked%20Sorcerer "s:The Damnable Life and Death of One Stubbe Peeter, a Most Wicked Sorcerer"). London (original English version).
*   Everitt, David (1993). _Human Monsters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Most Vicious Murderers_. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp.15–18. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[0-8092-3994-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8092-3994-9 "Special:BookSources/0-8092-3994-9").
*   Farson, Daniel and Hall, Angus (1975). _[Mysterious Monsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious\_Monsters "Mysterious Monsters")_. pp.53–54 (argues for Stumpp being innocent).
*   Kremer, Peter (2003). "Plädoyer für einen Werwolf: Der Fall Peter Stübbe", in _Wo das Grauen lauert. Blutsauger und kopflose Reiter, Werwölfe und Wiedergänger an Inde, Erft und Rur._ Dueren. pp.247–270. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[3-929928-01-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-929928-01-9 "Special:BookSources/3-929928-01-9").
*   Punset, Eduardo (2006). "El alma está en el cerebro" (punto de lectura). _Redes_, RTVE.
*   Sidky, Homayun (1997). _Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs, and Disease: An Anthropological Study of the European Witch-Hunts._ New York. pp.234–238. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")[0-8204-3354-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8204-3354-3 "Special:BookSources/0-8204-3354-3").
*   Various (2009). "The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You: Albert Fish, The Vampire of Brooklyn". _America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil_. Mill Creek Entertainment.
*   English translations of the German [Cologne](https://danarehn.com/2021/05/23/franz-hogenberg-petter-stump-broadsheet/) and [Nuremberg](https://danarehn.com/2021/05/22/the-execution-of-werewolf-petter-stump/) broadsheets.
*   _Truthful and Frightening Description of the many Sorcerers or Witches_ – English translation of a [1598 Cologne pamphlet](https://danarehn.com/2022/01/02/truthful-and-frightening-description-of-the-many-sorcerers-or-witches-an-english-translation/).