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Spain’s First Recorded Serial Killer MA N U E L Blanco Romasanta was Spain's first recorded serial killer. Born in Galicia, 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. The only case in the world of clinical lycanthropy. Manuel Blanco Romasanta was Spain’s first documented serial killer nicknamed the “Werewolf of Allariz.” Born on the 18th November 1809 in Regueiro, Esgos, Ourense province of Spain, Manuel’s life was complicated from the start. His mother had a difficult birth, and he suffered from genetic abnormalities. According to sources, he was originally named Manuela due to having androgynous gender, and his parents believed him to be female. For the first six years of his life, society treated him as a female...