Case file · Haunting
Faust's death at Staufen
Legend says the real magician Johann Georg Faust died around 1541 in the Gasthaus zum Löwen at Staufen, his neck broken by the Devil; the inn still shows 'Faust's room'.
1541 CE · 47.88, 7.73 · status: legend
The sceptical view
The real Faust probably died in an alchemy accident; the devil story came from the 1587 Faust book.