A serial killer Peter Stumpp
more than fourteen bodies he did dump
he ate his prey
or so they say
he was tortured at a callithump
Note: Referred to as the Werewolf of Bedburg, the German farmer confessed to the atrocities after being tortured – was convicted, skinned, bones broken, impaled, burned at the stake, and then beheaded in 1589.
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