Peter Niers And Peter Stumpp Ate The Hearts Of Fetuses Cut From Pregnant Women
Peter Niers And Peter Stumpp Ate The Hearts Of Fetuses Cut From Pregnant Women Considered one of the deadliest serial killers of the 16th century, Peter Niers was a German bandit who was said to have eaten fetuses as part of his demonic behavior. Niers confessed to 75 murders under torture in 1577. He escaped, but was recaptured and executed in 1581. It's believed that Niers killed as many as 544 people total, including 24 pregnant women. One of Niers's associates, Martin Stier, reportedly ate the heart of a male fetus as well. A contemporary of Niers was Peeter Stubbe (Peter Stumpp), also called the “Werewolf of Bedburg." Also an admitted murderer, he took the lives of others while donning a wolf's fur he reportedly received from the devil when he was a child. Once in werewolf form, so to speak, Stubbe was an “insatiable bloodsucker” who took the lives of two pregnant women and 14 children. He, too, ate the hearts of the fetuses: Panting hot and raw, which he accoun...