Manuel Blanco Romasanta: Personal story

In the stories that make up the story da nosa terra few have had an international impact like the story of Manuel Blanco Romasanta. This story that moves between madness and mysticism happened in the middle of the 19th century . The tragic events occurred throughout the northwest part of the Iberian Peninsula.

We will divide the information from this dark story into several parts. We will try to know what was the story of Manuel Blanco Romasanta , we will list the deaths and study the court case. We will also present some information about a character that is highly relevant in this case and about lycanthropy briefly. For more information on lycanthropy you can visit our publication Lycanthropy. Lobishomes. Lobo da xente.

PERSONAL STORY

The man known as Manuel Blanco Romasanta was born November 18, 1809 in the Place d ‘ O Regueiro , Parish of Santa Eulalia de Esgos , in the Province from Ourense . In the archives of that parish, the birth that appears is the Manuela Blanco Romasanta , being the daughter of Manuel Blanco and María Romasanta. However, in the documents of their confirmation on April 26, 1825 in the same parish they reveal the name of Manuel Blanco Romasanta . These documents leave open the possibility that the individual in question was hermaphrodite or pseudo-hermaphrodite (adrenogenital syndrome). Surpassing 20 years, on March 3, 1831 he married Francisca Gómez Vázquez de Soutelo . On March 23, 1834 Francisca dies. More than 10 years after this date, it was when the murders began until his arrest. Shortly after his arrest, which occurred when he was 42 years old, we find in the Court Case a detailed description of his physical appearance, but also his mental. At the time, he was 43 years old. Physically , he was in good health. He was a short person, about 135-140 cm ( five feet less than an inch in height ). He has a light brown complexion, light brown eyes, black hair and beard and with a semi-bald upper part of the head. Its appearance was not unpleasant. Her gaze oscillated between a combination of sweetness and shyness and a mixture of ferocity, a and forced serenity. At mental level , nothing would make him different from anyone else. His temperament was lacking in temper and nervous but without excess, which is demonstrated by the number of beats (62 beats per minute). The language and its forms were superior to what was expected of a person in his class. His speech was accurate. Their affective and cognitive faculties do not suffer from innate vices, nor do they flaunt their acquired ones. Manuel Blanco Romasanta could be said to be a shrewd, intelligent, skillful person with a tendency to possess. The study of his behavior did not reveal any permanent or temporary mental disorder. Regarding his death there has been a lot of uncertainty, generating different theories of the place of his death. This increased the mystery about Galicia’s first serial killer. Later, documents were found that dated the death of Manuel Blanco Romasanta on December 14, 1863 in Ceuta.

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Open cases:

Why do you think Dr.Philips was the French physician Joseph-Pierre Durand de Gros? Why was he in exile in Britain?
In the presentation of the case, Sonfflard is discussed. Who was Sonfflard and what did he do to England?
Does the Parroquia Santa Eulalia de Esgos exist? Is it Santa María? Where was Romasanta born?
As we have read in our sources, the queen issued the Royal Order of May 13, 1854 . Although reading the document of the case it does not seem that it is from July 24, 1853 , what is the date? What is the link of the Royal Decree?

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REFERENCES

From Galiciana Reseña de la causa formada en el juzgado de la instancia de Allariz, distrito de La Coruña contra Manuel Blanco Romasanta, el hombre lobo, por varios asesinatos (1859) Guía de Galicia : itinerarios, descripciones, historia… (1883) – Rivera, Cesáreo

From Youtube Asesinatos que cambiaron la historia – Documentales Interesantes HD – Documentales Interesantes Online Milenio 3 – Los bosques del terror. ‘Arqueología’ de la radio del misterio Milenio 3 – Bestias Misteriosas

From GCiencia GCiencia – Manuel Blanco Romasanta – 1 GCiencia – Manuel Blanco Romasanta – 2 GCiencia – Manuel Blanco Romasanta – 3

From TVG Milenio: Romasanta e outros ‘lobishomes’ – O Santo Graal “A intersexualidade de Romasanta no centro de Besta do seu sangue”, de Emma Pedreira, Premio Xerais

From other sources Ourense Dixital – Blanco Romasanta murió a los 54 años en una prisión de Ceuta, de un cáncer de estómago y cumpliendo condena Todo lo que usted necesita saber: El Dr. Philips y el lobishome Manuel Gago. O estrano caso do Dr. Phillips e o lobishome Romasanta O home lobo de Allariz El orculo de Delfos – Zeus y Licaón La Voz ofrece «El bosque de Ancines», la primera novela sobre Romasanta Historia de la Hipnosis Manuel Blanco Romasanta, el hombre lobo. Licántropo y asesino en serie

Fuentes y bibl.: Biblioteca de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Informaciones aportadas por Carlos Alberto Fernández-Vicario Valcarce (Valladolid, 2007). R. Abellá, “Ánimas, meigas y hombres lobo. Leyendas y mitos españoles”, en Revista Historia y Vida, n.º 387 (junio de 2000)

F. Contreras Gil, “Romasanta. El Hombre-Lobo Español”, 2007; X. Domínguez G., “Memoria cierta de una leyenda”, 2007

www.elcorreogallego.es/periodico/20040304/ culturasociedad/M241570,asp; www.akasiko.com/paginasasp/ contenidosediciones,asp.?I0=14188Nombre=

http://www. comentariosdelibros.com/viajes/romasanta/romasantalobo2. htm; http://www.galipress.com/romasanta/00/index.htm.

BOE https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1859/240/A00002-00002.pdf

Films https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romasanta._A_caza_da_besta https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_bosque_del_lobo