# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-blanco-romasanta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:28:33.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-blanco-romasanta"
name: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
slug: "manuel-blanco-romasanta"
description: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta was Spain's first recorded serial killer. In 1853, 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 defence was rejected at trial, Queen Isabella II commuted his death sentence to allow doctors to investigate the claim as an example of clinical lycanthropy. Blanco has become part of Spanish folklore as the Werewolf of Allariz and is also known as The Tallow Man, a nickname he earned for rendering his victims' fat to make high-quality soap."
tagline: "Spanish serial killer (1809-1863)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta.jpg?width=1200"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1809-11-18"
deathDate: "1863-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.94
  momentum:             4.321100917431192
  historical:           8.251922666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ромасанта, Мануэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta"
    title: "Manuel Blanco Romasanta"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463622"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump