Witch Hunt

Jan 26 2024 8 ep. 960
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From the 16th to the early 18th centuries, witch hunts took place in Scotland. In this podcast series Susan Morrison, along with Dr Louise Yeoman and a team of expert historians, explores how events aligned to allow this to happen. How did it get to the stage where many innocent people, mostly women, were executed for imaginary crimes

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Introducing House of the Lion: A Blood Soaked Throne

Jan 26 2024 2 mins  
Susan Morrison and Len Pennie explore what it takes to be King in medieval Scotland, where ruthlessness and brutality where qualities at the top of the job description.

Satan's Last Hurrah! Demonic possession and the end of the hunt

Dec 05 2019 37 mins  
The Devil was loose in Scotland possessing frightened youngsters - or was he? Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman find what our historians think was going on

Peak Witch Hunt

Nov 28 2019 34 mins  
Scotland carried out five times more executions per capita for witchcraft than the European average but how did people come to believe in such a thing and what did they believe about it? Our top-notch panel of Scottish historians are here to take you deep into the psyche of the 16th and 17th century, along with our hosts Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman. This time - how do we get t

Quarrels, Women and Bad Magic

Nov 21 2019 32 mins  
Curses and quarrels abound as Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman investigate Scotland's war on witches and witchcraft with the help of a team of expert historians.

Friends of the Fairies

Nov 14 2019 33 mins  
The witchcraft trials were one of the biggest injustices in Scotland’s history, a massive miscarriage of justice, but how did people come to believe in such a thing and what did they believe about it? Our panel of Scottish historians are here to take you deep into the psyche of the 16th and 17th centuries, along with our hosts Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman. This time we find o

Abuses of Justice

Nov 07 2019 34 mins  
Digging deeper into Scotland's war on witches and witchcraft with Susan Morrison, Louise Yeoman talking to a team of top historians.

The King and the Witches' Sabbath

Oct 30 2019 30 mins  
Introducing Scotland's war on witches and witchcraft with Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman talking to a team of top historians about the role of King James in witch trials.

Welcome to Witch Hunt

Oct 21 2019 2 mins  
From the 16th to the early 18th centuries, witch hunts took place in Scotland. In this podcast series Susan Morrison, along with Dr Louise Yeoman and a team of expert historians, explores how events aligned to allow this to happen. How did it get to the stage where many innocent people, mostly women, were executed for imaginary crimes?