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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Romasanta.
Manuel Blanco Romasanta
Charcoal drawing from Romasanta's medical report
Born
Manuela Blanco Romasanta
(1809-11-18)18 November 1809
Regueiro, Esgos, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
Died
14 December 1863(1863-12-14) (aged 54)
Ceuta, Spain
Other names
Werewolf of Allariz Fat Extractor
Occupations
Dressmaker
traveling salesman
Years active
1844–1852
Conviction(s)
Murder x9
Criminal penalty
Death by garrotte (commuted to life imprisonment)
Details
Victims
9 confirmed 13 confessed 20+ suspected
Manuel Blanco Romasanta (né Manuela; 18 November 1809 – 14 December 1863) was Spain's first recorded serial killer. In 1853, he admitted to thirteen murders, but claimed he was not responsible because he was suffering from a curse that caused him to turn into a wolf. Although this defense was rejected at trial, Queen Isabella II commuted his death sentence to allow doctors to investigate the claim as an example of clinical lycanthropy. Blanco has become part of Spanish folklore as the Werewolf of Allariz[1] and is also known as The Tallow Man, a nickname he earned for rendering his victims' fat to make high-quality soap.
^moonlight (20 September 2010). "The Werewolf of Allariz | Werewolves". Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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