Peter Stumpp

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Peter Stumpp has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels

  • Urquhart recounted that Peter Stumpp, arrested in 1589, confessed under threat of torture to murdering and eating children and pregnant women.

    “So when he was caught, he was facing torture. So he confessed to having murdered and eaten, quote, 14 children and two pregnant women”

    Morbid: Episode Revisit: Torture (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:13

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • Episode Revisit: Torture

    Morbid · May 14, 2026 · 1 h 21 min

    Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart revisit their early episode on historical torture devices, from the brazen bull and iron maiden to flaying.