A few of the accused may have been actual pedophiles or serial killers, but many were beggars, hermits or recent emigres who were tortured into confessions. 200 years before the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, courts in Europe were convicting men and some women of transforming into werewolves and mutilating and eating children.

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wolves

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a&e television networks, llc, aleksander pluskowski's 2015 book "werewolf histories", europe had werewolf trials, witch trials

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)