Werewolf Trials Explored - This Real Life Horror When 16th-Century Europe Feared the Beast Within
111European courts often treated werewolf accusations as an extension of witchcraft. Church and state authorities insisted that supernatural powers came from a pact with Satan, so any shape-shifting confession linked the accused to the devil. Under torture, defendants who only believed in animal transformation sometimes echoed the official view to end their suffering. This alignment of shape-shifting magic with diabolical activity led to convictions for witchcraft, which was often followed by public execution. Now, the fact of matter is… werewolf and the entire myth surrounding it became famous because of literature and folklore, but its origin is grounded in reality. In this video, I will take you through the entire journey of the 16th Century Europe when people feared the beast within, and the trials that came later.