Sawney Bean and Black Agnes
Sawney Bean and Black Agnes Sawney Bean and his witch wife Agnes Douglas secluded themselves in a cave and began having children, which then had children of their own untill the clan was strong with 50 inbred members. Together, they may have killed and cannibalized over 1000 innocent people. Alexander "Sawney" Bean was said to be the head of a 45-member clan in Scotland in the 16th century that murdered and cannibalized over 1,000 people in the span of 25 years. According to legend, Bean and his clan members would eventually be caught by a search party sent by King James VI, and were executed for their heinous crimes. The story appeared in The Newgate Calendar, a crime catalogue of Newgate Prison in London. The legend lacks sufficient evidence to be deemed as true by historians, and there is debate as to why the legend would have been fictionalized; nevertheless, the myth of "Sawney" Bean has passed into local folklore and has become a part of the Edinburgh touri...