Today we go back over to Scotland to look into the life of Lady Glamis or Janet Douglas. A beautiful noblewoman with a questionable brother who caused her more pain and terror than she could have ever imagined!

It's a shame you can't divorce your family! 

Pull up your favorite armchair, put your feet up and grab your witches brew as we delve back into 16th Century Scotland. 

Hi Witches!

We are back in sunny England for this weeks presentation on the Belvoir Witches. 

The Belvoir Witches are 6 women who were accused of Witchcraft in 1618 against the Earl and Countess of Rutland. 

It always takes someone of nobility to accuse witchcraft, doesn't it?! 

Infant deaths, familiars, and sexual promiscuity are the foundations of their crimes. Plus Joan being loathed by everyone in her immediate vicinity didn't help matters. 

So pull up your high winged armchair and grab some witches brew, and settle in for another episode of British Witchcraft History!

Hi Witches! 

This week we are off to Wales to find out more about the first woman hanged in Wales for witchcraft. 

Gwen Ellis was proud of her healing abilities which had been passed to her by her older sister, however, she soon found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, and clearly her silence could be bought. 

So pull up your winged back armchair and favorite witches brew and relax as I take you to 1590 Wales!

You can find more information about Gwen here:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/story-first-woman-hanged-wales-13816831

https://historycollection.com/10-little-known-witch-trials-from-history/5/

Here is the book I mentioned:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41209232-welsh-witches

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This podcast comes with a content warning- torture methods are detailed and some listeners may be disturbed or find this upset. 

Welcome back for another witch history session where we delve int the interesting tale of Agnes Sampson. A wyse woman once again betrayed by the people she helped. 

A very prominent figure in Scottish Witchcraft, she was the woman behind King James VI book "Deamonologie" which encouraged people to seek out witches and their traits. 

So pull up your winged back armchair, grab some witches brew and relax whilst I take you on another Scottish journey of Witchcraft history. 

Today's tale is about the notorious Ursula Kemp. Ursula was a poor single woman with a child who was well known in her area for being the local Wyse Woman. 

Her story turns into betrayal as she is turned in by one of her friends and her own 8 year old son! 

So pull up your favourite winged back armchair, pour yourself a cup of witches' brew, and settle in for another witch history lesson. 

Janet Boyman was the first Scottish witch to be hanged for sorcery, witchcraft and affiliation with the fae folk. Janet was executed two years after her case had started and died on the 29th December 1572.

Sought out for her abilities not only as a healer but also as a wyse woman of prophecies she went on to get herself entangled with conspirators. 

So pull up an armchair and your favourite witch's brew and settle in for half an hour of (Scottish) Witch History!

Resources:

Fittis,R. Sketches of the Olden times in Perthshire (1878)

Maxwell, S. Satans Conspiracy: Magic and Witchcraftin 16th Century Scotland (2001)

Hutton, R. The Witch: A History of Fear from Ancient Times to the Present (2017)

Welcome to episode 2 of our first series Women who were condemned as Witches and the Men (asshats) who found them Guilty.

This second episode focuses on the Chelmsford Witches and especially Agnes Waterhouse. Settle in for a tale of curses, romance and a cat/ toad/ dog hybrid called Sathan (pretty sure we all know what he is meant to be called). 

Pull up a chair and pour your favourite witch's brew into your special posh teacup and let's get started!

If you would like to do your own reading here is where I found my information:

Wikipedia_ Agnes Waterhouse

Maleficium: Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in the West, Napier.G (2017) 

Welcome to a shiny sparkly podcast.

Series 1 is about Women who were Condemned as Witches and the Men (asshats) who found them Guilty. 

Our first episode looks at The Mad Maid of Kent, Elizabeth Barton who really should have just kept quiet. As all good witches know, to Be Silent is part of the law and for good reason as we will find out.

Resources:

Wikipedia (Don't judge I have to start somewhere and finding books on these women is HARD!)

The Holy Maid of Kent: The Life of Elizabeth Barton, 1506-1534

Fact Check

During the podcast, Thomas More gets a shout-out. I am noted for saying that More was executed for not going along with the annulment of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII. This is incorrect. He was executed because he would not agree to sign a declaration that stated that he saw Henry VIII as head of the Church.