The Horrors Of Medieval Werewolves

Across the dark forests and forgotten villages of medieval Europe, tales spread of men who became beasts under the moonlight. Chronicles spoke of cursed souls who roamed the night, hunting both sinner and innocent, driven by forces no priest could sanctify. To some, they were demons. To others, victims of unholy transformations — bound between man and monster.

This feature-length documentary explores the terrifying lore and recorded trials of werewolves in the Middle Ages — from confessions extracted under torture to chilling eyewitness accounts preserved in monastic texts. Through these stories, we uncover how faith, superstition, and fear shaped one of history’s most haunting obsessions. These are the horrors of medieval werewolves.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - The Beast of Gévaudan
18:33 - The Werewolf of Ossory
37:15 - The Trial of Peter Stumpp
56:10 - Lycanthropy in the Baltic
1:14:39 - The Werewolves of Poligny
1:31:54 - Jean Grenier
1:46:47 - The Werewolves of Jurgensburg
2:02:55 - The Werewolf Trials of Switzerland
2:20:57 - The Curse of Gilles Garnier
2:37:58 - The Wolf of Ansbach
2:52:47 - The Ointment of the Devil
3:11:25 - King Sigmund and Sinfjötli
3:27:26 - Bisclavret
3:42:38 - The Werewolf of Auvergne
3:59:28 - Guillaume de Palerne

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