The most famous witch trials took place from the 15th - 18th centuries. People around the world were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Many of the accused were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled. This new series explores the myths and truths behind the witch trials of Scotland, England, Germany, Sweden, Ireland and America. Witches: Truth Behind The Trials begins Wednesday 30th October at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK
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The most famous witch trials took place from the 15th - 18th centuries. People around the world were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Many of the accused were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled. This new series explores the myths and truths behind the witch trials of Scotland, England, Germany, Sweden, Ireland and America. Witches: Truth Behind The Trials begins Wednesday 30th October at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK
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Elizabeth Clarke was the first woman persecuted by the witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins in 1645 in Essex, England. Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne roamed East Anglia, investigating and torturing so-called witches in exchange for money. They even brought the women to the assizes, where judges from London would decide if the accused witches would be found guilty, and executed. Watch Witches: Truth Behind The Trials on Wednesdays at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK
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Elizabeth Clarke was the first woman persecuted by the witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins in 1645 in Essex, England. Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne roamed East Anglia, investigating and torturing so-called witches in exchange for money. They even brought the women to the assizes, where judges from London would decide if the accused witches would be found guilty, and executed. Watch Witches: Truth Behind The Trials on Wednesdays at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK
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While the Salem witch trials may be the most well-known, witch trials took place all over the world in the 15th - 18th centuries. Scotland's first witch trials took place when storms threatened the sinking of ships carrying King James VI of Scotland and his future wife. Blame focussed on so-called witches, sparking a determination in the King to hunt, torture and eliminate them. Witches: Truth Behind The Trials begins Wednesday 30th October at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic
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While the Salem witch trials may be the most well-known, witch trials took place all over the world in the 15th - 18th centuries. Scotland's first witch trials took place when storms threatened the sinking of ships carrying King James VI of Scotland and his future wife. Blame focussed on so-called witches, sparking a determination in the King to hunt, torture and eliminate them. Witches: Truth Behind The Trials begins Wednesday 30th October at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic
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Scholars still debate what caused the mass hysteria that led to the Salem witch trials in 1692. Follow the bizarre series of events and discover why the trials still fascinate us today. | Smithsonian Magazine
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Scholars still debate what caused the mass hysteria that led to the Salem witch trials in 1692. Follow the bizarre series of events and discover why the trials still fascinate us today. | Smithsonian Magazine
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Why was it mostly women accused of witchcraft and what led to them being hunted and tried for an impossible crime? Unravelling the history of witches through time reveals some uncomfortable truths about how a manual, that will eventually guide centuries of witch-hunters, was created from the ambitions of the few, rather than the many. In one of Europe’s first major witch trials, in the German lands, a terrifying and brutal series of events engulfs everyone from lowly peasants to the richest memb
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