The Pendle Witches

The Pendle Witches

26:552024-10-13

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Join Kelli as she goes over the Pendle Witch Trial of 1612, England's most infamous trial. 12 people from the Pendle Hill Area in Lancashire were accused of witchcraft in James I's England, a monarch who hated all-things witches and demons. Of the 12, eleven were put on trial, and ten were hanged. But, like we saw with Salem, two of the main sources of evidence came from hearsay and children's testimonies. Worse still, a nine-year-old girl helped get most of her family convicted!What happened...

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Podme arbeider etter Vær Varsom-plakatens regler for god presseskikk. Ansvarlig redaktør og daglig leder er Kristin Ward Heimdal. Redaktør for eksterne innholdssamarbeid er Mathias Thaulow Lisberg.

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