Long before stories of full moons and silver bullets, the Greeks told a far older tale of the first man cursed to become a wolf. His name was King Lycaon, and his story marks one of the earliest roots ...

Werewolves have been a part of cultural mythology for hundreds of years, reflecting the enduring fascination with the idea of ...

Despite being one of the most recognizable monsters, werewolf folklore is extremely inconsistent. Where some stories show ...

While werewolves are the stuff horror movies are made of, some people wonder: Are werewolves real? It’s a fair question. Like vampires, witches, mummies and other classic monsters throughout history, ...

In 1590, a pamphlet was printed describing the life, trial and brutal execution of Peter Stumpp, a German man accused of ...

Dr Darren R. Reid explores the real-life cases behind some of history’s most enduring monsters, including a notorious ...

We’ve all seen what happens when a man (or lately a bunch of shirtless brooding teenagers) transforms into a hairy beast that stalks the night, but ever wonder what would happen if the metamorphosis ...

Argentina’s president adopted a Jewish godson under a law intended to counteract an old legend about werewolves. President Christina Fernandez described in seven tweets her meeting with her new godson ...