Ep. 63 – The Last Witch Trial

The story of England's witchcraft laws, and the last woman to be tried under these laws in 1944
England has had laws on the books governing the trial of witches since the 1600s. Hear the story of how these witch laws came to be, and how they continued to be put into practice until well into the 20th century, when in 1944 a medium named Helen Duncan became the last woman tried under Britain’s Witchcraft laws.
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Notes:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/james-i-and-witchcraft/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18456106
http://www.helenduncan.org.uk
 
Music by:
Coldnoise
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/
Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/
Dexter Britain
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Ep. 33 – The Hex

Logic tells us curses aren’t real. Yet history is full of instances that make you scratch your head and wonder. Hear some of the strange true stories, including the legend of King Tut’s curse, the serial killer who cast a hex on the courtroom that convicted him and the curse of an ancient warlord that some people think may have killed millions of people.

 

Notes:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread758529/pg1

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tut.htm

http://www.livescience.com/44297-king-tut-curse.html

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-myths-legends/ancient-art-magic-curses-and-supernatural-spells-002253

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910504&slug=1281135

http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/jake_bird_hex

Jake Bird: The Strange Story of a Tacoma Serial Killer and the Hex that Made Him Famous

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/fears-of-curse-foreshadowed-mystery-death/article_d6e7ef60-918c-5054-a2b9-1eed1beb311e.html

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/curse-of-the-mummy/

The Curse of Ax Murderer Jake Bird

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kai Engel, Floret

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Two__Mild/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_Two_-_Mild_-_01_Floret

Daniel Powell, Niji

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Powell/

Ars Sonor, Rgrdlzz

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ars_Sonor/

Chris Zabriskie, Cylinder Seven, Cylinder Eight

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

Myuu, Danger

 

 

 

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