Spain’s first documented serial killer, Manuel Blanco Romasanta, claimed to have killed his victims while suffering from the curse Lycanthropy. Simply put, he claimed to be a werewolf. Romasanta’s case was bizarre and his trial lasted nearly a year before ultimately being sentenced to death. But that’s neither the beginning nor the end of the tale of “The Werewolf of Allariz.”
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Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/blanco-romasanta.htm
https://historycollection.com/serial-killer-insisted-werewolf-trial/
https://phmuseum.com/exhibition/obscura/lobismuller
https://unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com/2015/10/myth-folklore-lobisome-galician-werewolf.html
https://the-line-up.com/manuel-blanco-romasanta-el-hombre-lobo
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/spains-first-recorded-serial-killer-3edff75ad9ab
http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/manuel-blanco-romasanta-the-werewolf-of-allariz
https://www.lifepersona.com/romasanta-the-wolf-man-of-the-forest-biography-and-murders
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