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An Early Modern Teenage Werewolf

An Early Modern Teenage Werewolf

34 min

At the time of Europe's witch trials, some 300 people were also convicted of being werewolves. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates one such case from 1603, of teenager - and self-confessed werewolf - Jean Grenier.

The witch-hunts of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe are well-known. But did you know that some 300 people were convicted of being werewolves? In this revelatory podcast with Dr. Jan Machielsen, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb travels back to 1603 to find out more about the moving case of Jean Grenier, a self-confessed teenage werewolf from the Basque region of France. Who was he? And what were the tragic circumstances that led to his conviction?