Peter Stumpp was arrested accused of being an “insatiable bloodsucker” – which, in 1589, meant he was being accused of being a werewolf. Even stranger… Peter readily admitted to being one.
Tag: occult history
ZURVAN: Why Roman Soldiers Built Temples to This Lion-Headed, Snake-Wrapped Demon
Picture a lion’s head twisted in permanent rage. A body wrapped in living serpents. Eyes that see everything but care about nothing. In ancient Persia, they called him Zurvan — the god of infinite time. In the novel Advent of Evil, Zurvan uses a cursed advent calendar to orchestrate twenty-four days of horror. But here’s the thing — Zurvan wasn’t invented for the book. He’s real. And his worshippers celebrated him on December 24th. And the real mythology is stranger than the fiction.
A Demon Was Buried Under This Temple! Here’s What They Dug Up
A nine-foot skeleton with a skull nearly a foot wide, 28 interlocking teeth, and three-toed clawed feet was discovered buried under a Japanese temple — and men risked their lives to bring it to America. Did they dig up the skeleton of a demon, or the Devil himself?
Satan’s Skull: A Nine Foot Skeleton Smuggled Out of Japan’s Forbidden Tombs
In 1895, the bones of Satan himself allegedly arrived in New York City — smuggled from a Japanese temple where priests had ruled through fear.
THE TRUTH BEHIND NICOLAS FLAMEL: Was This Harry Potter Character Real? Did He Find The Secret To Immortality?
Nicolas Flamel, the alchemist from Harry Potter, was a real 14th-century Parisian bookseller who became legendary for supposedly discovering the secret to immortality—and some believe he faked his death in 1418 and is still alive today.
THE OUIJA BOARD NOBODY COULD DEBUNK: Pearl Curran’s Impossible Novels
Pearl Curran claimed to receive millions of words from a 17th-century spirit named Patience Worth, producing acclaimed novels that baffled literary critics and scientists alike.
SCIENCE DISCOVERS SOMETHING TERRIFYING ABOUT OUIJA BOARDS: What Explains Its Eerie Uncanny Accuracy?
Scientists discovered that Ouija boards can access hidden knowledge in our unconscious minds with 65% accuracy, while the device’s dark history includes mysterious deaths, documented possessions, and unexplained phenomena that still baffle researchers today.
THE BOARD THAT SPEAKS: Inside the Dark History of the Ouija
From Victorian parlors to modern laboratories, the talking board has left a trail of unexplained phenomena, tragic deaths, and scientific mysteries that challenge everything we think we know about consciousness itself.
THE DEVIL’S FINGERPRINTS: How Satan Became the Ultimate Scapegoat
A wave of terror swept through American preschools in the 1980s as parents dug tunnels beneath playgrounds, searching for evidence of ritualistic abuse that never existed.
DID THE CIA TURN AN ENTIRE TOWN INTO WEREWOLVES? The Pont-Saint Esprit Incident
In 1951 an entire French town suddenly believed they were werewolves — but CIA documents suggest the real monster might have been scientists conducting a top-secret mind control experiment that went horribly wrong.
THE DARK STUDY OF DEMONOLOGY: From Ancient Times to Modern Day
For centuries, scholars have dedicated their lives to cataloging the names, powers, and terrifying abilities of demons that supposedly lurk in the shadows of our world.
THE EXORCISM OF GOTTLIEBIN DITTUS: The True Story of A Girl Possessed By Over 1,000 Demons
When the orphaned Dittus family moved into a ramshackle apartment in the German village of Möttlingen, they unleashed a two-year supernatural nightmare that would see young Gottliebin possessed by over 1,000 demons who forced nails and metal objects through her skin while an entire community watched in horror.
THE STRANGEST TRUE CASES OF MASS HYSTERIA: Meowing, Twitching, Laughing, and Dancing to Death
When terror takes hold of the mind, whole communities descend into madness—meowing like beasts, dancing to exhaustion, and vanishing into the grip of something seemingly paranormal and demonic.