Case file · Witch trials
Jacques Roulet, the werewolf of Angers
In 1598, beggar Jacques Roulet was found near a mutilated boy's body at Caudé and confessed to being a werewolf; the Angers court condemned him to death.
1598 CE · 47.48, -0.56 · status: official
The account
On appeal, the Parlement of Paris judged him a simpleton and sent him to an asylum, a notable early case of insanity overriding a werewolf charge.