Episode 77
The Lancashire Witch Trials
The Morbid Curiosity Podcast · The Morbid Curiosity Podcast
June 8, 202034m 26s
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Show Notes
Nine women and two men were tried and executed for witchcraft in 1612 near Pendle in Lancashire. This was an unprecedented death toll for a single witch trial at the time. In this episode, we discuss witchcraft in England, and why these trials may have resulted in so many executions.
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