1612: The Disturbing Witch Trial That Shook Britain | The Pendle Witch Child | Chronicle

This is the story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in the trial in 1612 of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours and, thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged. Join Simon Artimage as he investigates the trial that sent shockwaves around medieval Britain. This is the real story behind the BBC's new hit comedy The Witchfinder.
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  • @ChronicleMedieval
    @ChronicleMedieval Жыл бұрын

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  • @fs7175

    @fs7175

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea I’m in my truck 🛻 I’m not looking at the house 🏠 but it’s raining ☔️ I’m here right next weekend and then I’m off tomorrow so I’m just thinking 💭

  • @mera8785

    @mera8785

    Жыл бұрын

    Are these specific episodes not available on History Hit? I downloaded it so I could watch this episode without the numerous and lengthy ad interruptions of KZread but all I can find is some poor audio quality video of some woman sitting there talking about it while we see her on her webcam and her screen as she looks things up. It’s weird that the good production quality stuff is free on KZread and the garbage podcaster quality stuff is on the paid service.

  • @kirstiyoung7351

    @kirstiyoung7351

    Жыл бұрын

    1

  • @nataliapanfichi9933

    @nataliapanfichi9933

    Жыл бұрын

    in my country (peru) most peaple (city folk)dont bealive in witches. the only parts where they still do are in the countryside (the mounteins) and the joungle.

  • @F4Insight-uq6nt

    @F4Insight-uq6nt

    11 ай бұрын

    Proof of all Claims Required... Ps: Chronical Medieval = CM = 33.

  • @caitlynjohnston5967
    @caitlynjohnston5967 Жыл бұрын

    The idea that 3 yr olds are allowed to testify is ridiculous. Sometimes my 3 yr old sister just makes things up for fun.

  • @jmack129

    @jmack129

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @Aprilforevergreen

    @Aprilforevergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    ...it's true, but the notion of child back then was not as we know it now....

  • @makiroll218

    @makiroll218

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s one reason why so many got accused. Because if someone pissed someone off or did something they disagreed with something they could just pointing fingers and acting crazy , pretending to have seizures and makin shit up. It pisses me off.

  • @makiroll218

    @makiroll218

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jmack129 right? And nowadays people dress up as witches and some people actually believe they are actually witches. 😂

  • @Aprilforevergreen

    @Aprilforevergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@makiroll218 I happened mainly to women but some men were accused to.

  • @Avellania
    @Avellania Жыл бұрын

    If they believed witches to be so powerful, why did nobody ever wonder why they didn't try to break out of jail?

  • @tanekamarshall9560

    @tanekamarshall9560

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same damn thing😏

  • @kellyshomemadekitchen

    @kellyshomemadekitchen

    10 ай бұрын

    Good point!

  • @ayoo_wassup

    @ayoo_wassup

    10 ай бұрын

    They didn't think they were Harry Potter witches. More like takes 10 hours and tons of random material and chants to do a simple thing type witches

  • @robertbro.....6076

    @robertbro.....6076

    10 ай бұрын

    They were fools of idiots and uneducated..

  • @OK-wb1dy

    @OK-wb1dy

    10 ай бұрын

    Because the jail equaled the law And in those days the law equaled God. So they were under God’s power while they were in jail. Something along those lines.

  • @Upioornica
    @Upioornica Жыл бұрын

    There was a young girl in my country that accused her mother of pedophilia and harsh abuse. Sometime later the inverstigation proved that the girl made it up completely and her mother was released from the prison. Her parents were so heartbroken about her lies which she kept up for months that they decided not to pick her up from the foster home she was placed in by the authorities.

  • @ishmael_03

    @ishmael_03

    Жыл бұрын

    If there was ever a reason to disown your own child that would be it.

  • @dianesmiler8539

    @dianesmiler8539

    Жыл бұрын

    Curious to know whats the name

  • @buhbuh9846

    @buhbuh9846

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably should have put her under psychiatric care

  • @GrifoStelle

    @GrifoStelle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dianesmiler8539 it wouldn't be big news. It's rare but not unique

  • @visassess8607

    @visassess8607

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope she eventually learned what she did

  • @johncole4882
    @johncole48822 жыл бұрын

    This is like a movie where they reveal at the very end that the child was the real witch the whole time

  • @robbyrne7797

    @robbyrne7797

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! why is this not a movie!!!

  • @kate2create738

    @kate2create738

    Жыл бұрын

    My thoughts exactly!

  • @Tatycharmz

    @Tatycharmz

    Жыл бұрын

    there was no witch just men making shit up.....duh. witch hunt-wome hunt. Its was all an excues to keep the upperhand and kill women

  • @s_shaleh

    @s_shaleh

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe the movie was based on or at least inspired by these events.

  • @stingingmetal9648

    @stingingmetal9648

    Жыл бұрын

    WOAH, thats brilliant

  • @gothicpagan.666
    @gothicpagan.6662 жыл бұрын

    People's inability to conduct themselves in a logical manner is as palpable today as it would appear to have been 400 years ago.

  • @SecretSquirrelFun

    @SecretSquirrelFun

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. The scary thing is when one or more of those particular people are put into a position of power.

  • @votethebulliesout2956

    @votethebulliesout2956

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SecretSquirrelFun they'll certainly engourage people to believe in al manner of shit that isn't real, just to spread confusion and dissension

  • @Cryo837

    @Cryo837

    2 жыл бұрын

    Compared to how modern day feminists behave, these so-called "witches" were almost saint-like. Would love to see a purge in government, MSM, and education of the evil feminists who have infiltrated and subverted the western world.

  • @gothicpagan.666

    @gothicpagan.666

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Cryo837 For most people feminism is not even a thing. Only weak minded men are affected by them. Do what you do, look after friends and family. That is what life is about. Lived that way not much gets to be a distraction

  • @patrickmcdade7353

    @patrickmcdade7353

    2 жыл бұрын

    Odd man/woman out. The ones at the bottom of the social order become scapegoats

  • @valeriemoran6289
    @valeriemoran62898 ай бұрын

    Anyone else get the feeling that the peddler was already having the stroke when Janet came across him? He might not have ignored her request for pins at all 😮

  • @kate2create738
    @kate2create738 Жыл бұрын

    The narration was great, and really liked the touch of the animation, it added a quality to expressing the story without being a distraction.

  • @philipinchina

    @philipinchina

    Жыл бұрын

    I disliked the animation.

  • @kate2create738

    @kate2create738

    Жыл бұрын

    @@philipinchina Well there's plenty of other documentaries you can see that don't have it.

  • @kymo6343

    @kymo6343

    Жыл бұрын

    @@philipinchina Same. I thought the 'head cutting off' one esp was distracting and had nothing to do with the story.

  • @A_Black_Sheep94

    @A_Black_Sheep94

    Жыл бұрын

    It was ridiculous lmao

  • @nicolehegarty4749

    @nicolehegarty4749

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved the animation. It felt like it brought the story to life more. As if we stepped back in time to see it, instead of being told about it in the present day etc. Idk? That's just me though.

  • @bookworm05234
    @bookworm052342 жыл бұрын

    Legit this reminds me of when one my coworkers accused me of opening a portal from Hell. Thank goodness when this happened, it was 2018 and not 1612 or I would have been hanged or burned based on her words. What was her evidence? I threw a Halloween party and I like witches and Harry Potter. I don’t think anyone at work was able to keep a straight face when she said that. We all laughed about it but she didn’t find it funny. Trust me honey, if I could open a portal, I would be sending people through that

  • @bookworm05234

    @bookworm05234

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@midwestnet2704 lol. My portal opening skills gone wrong, oops. My bad!

  • @sh0eh0rn4

    @sh0eh0rn4

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’n really sorry to be laughing, but this is one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read 🤣

  • @mygypsybaby

    @mygypsybaby

    2 жыл бұрын

    You did open a door ..the spirit realm exists babe. Sorry you don't understand how it works.. it's not a literal portal you can see but it is called an open door because it's a form of permission that's given by you when you celebrate Halloween.. which has a dark history for a reason... celebrating darkness of any kind does open a door/give permission for spiritual traffic in your home.. So does witchcraft. And yes movies like Harry Potter .. have some real spells written in them which could potentially have subtle effects on the viewers or invite certain energies into the home

  • @votethebulliesout2956

    @votethebulliesout2956

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always half expect that someone somewhere pays these people to confuse others but ofcourse they're the confused ones that need help and I'm looking for reason that isn't there.

  • @Jblaze024

    @Jblaze024

    2 жыл бұрын

    Try harder I'm ready to get out of this place LOL

  • @TheDarkPixie99
    @TheDarkPixie99 Жыл бұрын

    The magistrate kept the child under his care so he could coach her into speaking the expectations of the trial, it isn’t that difficult to work that out. If Jennet’s finals days weren’t in the jail, she could have married her way out and changed her name.

  • @montananerd8244

    @montananerd8244

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, these comments are full of sociopaths who apparently love talking about how so many children are just pure evil. Not even a thought about a rational explanation, just eager to hate on children.

  • @ayoo_wassup

    @ayoo_wassup

    10 ай бұрын

    @montananerd8244 damn didn't see any comments about evil children. Children can do evil things for sure but that's because they don't have wisdom to understand complex consequences or the future. It isn't evil. Just dangerously ignorant. If you give a child FULL leeway and trust. And then give them power. I PROMISE YOU shit is going to get crazy.

  • @romanceenthusiasm7972

    @romanceenthusiasm7972

    2 ай бұрын

    I feel the whole family was framed because the king was cracking down on sorcery and so really bad cruel people felt this family needed to be framed because they were impoverished.

  • @howwwyyy29
    @howwwyyy299 ай бұрын

    I tried telling my teacher that I'd met 2 dogs that turned into witches and they'd stolen my homework -wouldnt believe me! outrageous

  • @narelleschulze3959

    @narelleschulze3959

    3 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂good try

  • @ReidHenderson
    @ReidHenderson7 ай бұрын

    Fun fact here in my home state of South Carolina we have a town named Pendleton named after a man from Virginia that fought in the Revolutionary war. His last name originates from the same place in England where this happened!

  • @colmanpm
    @colmanpm Жыл бұрын

    I was born at the foot of Pendle. I only feel the sadness and subjugation of poor women and no magic. This is a great film. Thank you so much.

  • @iamnotjack.whydidichange

    @iamnotjack.whydidichange

    Жыл бұрын

    There wasn't any real magic, but they may have believed so and may have tried to do awful things nevertheless. Not all of these called witches were innoccent

  • @sumitrousyk8188

    @sumitrousyk8188

    Жыл бұрын

    Must have been a cold birth

  • @rainluna9765

    @rainluna9765

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iamnotjack.whydidichange Were you alive in those days in that area to know that for a fact?

  • @TexboyGamer

    @TexboyGamer

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rainluna9765 one of the girls literally admitted it. They tried to curse people, they had evil in their hearts

  • @adamplentl5588

    @adamplentl5588

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iamnotjack.whydidichange Which ones specifically?

  • @Benni777
    @Benni777 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being a nine year old “testifying” against your on kin. That must’ve been traumatic for anyone, even if they seemed that they were emotionally put together. 😮‍💨

  • @Witchofthewoods.

    @Witchofthewoods.

    Жыл бұрын

    To think she had to endure it alone years later as an adult! Talk about karma.

  • @joeybaby2505

    @joeybaby2505

    Жыл бұрын

    Democrats would have been proud

  • @Benni777

    @Benni777

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeybaby2505 why doesn’t everything need to be about politics??

  • @ranjapi693

    @ranjapi693

    Жыл бұрын

    Happened in Nazi Times too... Gestapo sends regards.

  • @audreyricci6383

    @audreyricci6383

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeybaby2505 Do you have to make this about today's politics?

  • @syw9882
    @syw988211 ай бұрын

    My little cousin returned to school after holiday & the teacher was asking everyone “what did you do on holiday?” This little boy screams out “I was molested by a paedophile!” Which obviously & rightfully launched a long & exhausting investigation. Of course he did not know what a paedophile was, had not been molested, & just said it because he saw it on TV 🤦🏾‍♀️ Luckily for my aunt, the months of child welfare check-ins, medical exams, school follow-ups, etc got her some much needed behavioral health support for him & mom of the century award from anyone involved.

  • @Dogdayafternoon4325

    @Dogdayafternoon4325

    5 ай бұрын

    What has that got to do with anything

  • @Veronica705

    @Veronica705

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Dogdayafternoon4325The commentor is making the point that sometimes children make up stories.

  • @Ionabrodie69

    @Ionabrodie69

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Dogdayafternoon4325Keep up..🙄

  • @edwardhoward-williams1692
    @edwardhoward-williams16928 ай бұрын

    A much higher quality documentary than most, Professor Ronald Hutton taking part is a seal of approval. Marvelous and chilling. The point made that people believed that there was such a thing as magic and it could be used for a negative purpose is very important, it's vital to understand the times and why people died for supposed witchcraft, they actually believed they had some sort of power.

  • @Hypnobunny1

    @Hypnobunny1

    2 ай бұрын

    Professor Ronald Hutton adds a touch of intellect to this he’s a very knowledgeable man

  • @randydaniels9297
    @randydaniels9297 Жыл бұрын

    the animation of the little girl is wonderfully creepy!

  • @bilindalaw-morley161
    @bilindalaw-morley161 Жыл бұрын

    I think it gives a very different view of Jennet to be told she *asked* for her mother to be removed from the court room. The opening words of this doco included " *after* her mother was removed.."

  • @annthemaam3585
    @annthemaam3585 Жыл бұрын

    Me ex husband accused me of “putting a love spell on him” and “cursing him” 🙄. Still to this day I laugh about it, because what in the actual audacity??? I can imagine that I wouldn’t laughing if we were living back then 😮.

  • @1two994

    @1two994

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd ask him why I'd choose him when better men exist 🤷‍♀️

  • @annthemaam3585

    @annthemaam3585

    Жыл бұрын

    @@1two994 I told him using a love spell on him is the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig… 🤣

  • @wolfzmusic9706

    @wolfzmusic9706

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@1two994why? We know barely anything about her ex-husband

  • @user-rn1ds9lp7e

    @user-rn1ds9lp7e

    10 ай бұрын

    @@1two994 thats why ur going to be lonely for life

  • @leahbrady1872

    @leahbrady1872

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@user-rn1ds9lp7e and why ppl like u settle and are miserable

  • @mukhumor
    @mukhumor2 жыл бұрын

    Human sacrifice by the state against so called undesirables. Usually the poor and the powerless. Widows and orphans.

  • @A_Black_Sheep94

    @A_Black_Sheep94

    Жыл бұрын

    No usually political dissidents lol

  • @mukhumor

    @mukhumor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@A_Black_Sheep94 You mean Catholics?

  • @Bun800
    @Bun8007 ай бұрын

    What amazes me the most was Britain's progressive outlook with the Kings essentially condemning witchcraft in 1634! I knew America was ass-backwards nowadays, but holy crap, how did this ideology not cross over into the new world before the Salem Witchcraft Trials?! Insane. Great mini-documentary

  • @spirit9686
    @spirit9686 Жыл бұрын

    Why did they draw her like that? She was poor, not a 300 year old demonic entity...

  • @daspanda8247

    @daspanda8247

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol. She looks menacing.

  • @bubaaaaaaaaa

    @bubaaaaaaaaa

    Жыл бұрын

    Fr isn’t she 9? Why does she look like a 90 year old

  • @raissa4260

    @raissa4260

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣don't matter

  • @KatieDeGo

    @KatieDeGo

    Жыл бұрын

    Look at medieval/Renaissance drawings of kids. They're creepy like this

  • @joeybaby2505

    @joeybaby2505

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok feminist

  • @EvilAlucard13
    @EvilAlucard13 Жыл бұрын

    The Witch trials are proof of what happens when you conform to society, and let them dictate what you think, feel and believe

  • @ShirleyTimple

    @ShirleyTimple

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok, edgelord

  • @ZeroFcksGven

    @ZeroFcksGven

    Жыл бұрын

    Aka Christian Nationalism which is whats being proposed by some in America 🤮

  • @joeybaby2505

    @joeybaby2505

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ShirleyTimple *truthlord

  • @ShirleyTimple

    @ShirleyTimple

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeybaby2505 you do realize you and your anti feminist friends are the same virgins that would've been burning these ladies at the stake, right?

  • @michaelmccaffery2684

    @michaelmccaffery2684

    Жыл бұрын

    @Sherry have you forgotten Salem???

  • @jomorken4853
    @jomorken48539 ай бұрын

    There was also a swedish witch-kid, who could tell who was a witch, earning him food and respect. He would ooint out anyone crossing him. His reign of preteen terror would be ended when he went to far up the social ladder with his accusations, and was executed.

  • @creepingdread88

    @creepingdread88

    6 ай бұрын

    I thought Greta was a girl.

  • @elsakristina2689

    @elsakristina2689

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah, the Gävle boy

  • @jomorken4853

    @jomorken4853

    2 ай бұрын

    He sucked.@@elsakristina2689

  • @LuKaZz420
    @LuKaZz420 Жыл бұрын

    Simon Armitage and the drawings just add a touch of class to an already great documentary. Best documentary I've watched.

  • @visszhang27
    @visszhang272 ай бұрын

    The editing in this video is just amazing. Whoever (I'm sure I'll see it in the credits) did that animation is very talented. I love how it was mixed into the rest of the footage. It really brings you into the story. It's just really well done.

  • @makiroll218
    @makiroll218 Жыл бұрын

    I’m pretty sure if I was alive back then they’d accuse me of being a witch because I have seizures 😂

  • @janemot2368

    @janemot2368

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too, i have cats

  • @jennifervan75

    @jennifervan75

    10 ай бұрын

    Or being possessed

  • @SombreroPharoah

    @SombreroPharoah

    6 ай бұрын

    Thankfully with seizures, you could've pointed at someone you don't like and say they hexed you, hence the fits.

  • @amandaparkeradams7965
    @amandaparkeradams79657 ай бұрын

    People tend to forget there were witch trials in Connecticut in the early 1660’s as well. My ancestor was one of them they hanged.

  • @Ionabrodie69

    @Ionabrodie69

    3 ай бұрын

    Not before Britain there wasn’t..🤨

  • @aarons6935

    @aarons6935

    Ай бұрын

    No they weren't.

  • @garyhughes1664
    @garyhughes16642 жыл бұрын

    What a fantastic programme. Really well done and Simon Armitage's presentation is superb throughout.

  • @patricklee6066
    @patricklee6066 Жыл бұрын

    Great programme,from Lancashire myself,read all about this as a kid,very chilling when you realise how real this all was.

  • @RealDallasFed

    @RealDallasFed

    2 ай бұрын

    The witches are still out there, they just run everything now. Including Parliament and the City of London.

  • @farmdude2020
    @farmdude2020 Жыл бұрын

    Witch trials have evolved overtime to other forms of baseless accusations that we still witness today. Human nature hasn't changed much

  • @your_dad_on_vacation

    @your_dad_on_vacation

    Жыл бұрын

    The nature of humans don't change, only the context

  • @shanejean5821

    @shanejean5821

    Жыл бұрын

    WMDs

  • @MrWill9002

    @MrWill9002

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, at great personal risk had I been there I would have pretty much called everyone out as idiots

  • @aarons6935

    @aarons6935

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah, women falsely accusing men.

  • @StrawmnMcPerson
    @StrawmnMcPerson Жыл бұрын

    "The distrubing witch trial"? As compared to all the other undisturbing witch trials?

  • @audreyricci6383

    @audreyricci6383

    Жыл бұрын

    All of these witch trials were very disturbing.

  • @danielvandersall6756
    @danielvandersall67564 ай бұрын

    Interesting that "Good Omens" named it's witch character Agnes Nutter.

  • @Madonnalitta1

    @Madonnalitta1

    2 ай бұрын

    It's not interesting, it's historical and funny. That what all Pratchett books are like.

  • @louisesumrell6331
    @louisesumrell6331 Жыл бұрын

    The victims, fully believing in the reality of witchcraft, could certainly have a very strong emotional reaction to being cursed. That strong reaction, raised levels of adrenaline and cortisol, a blood pressure spike...could lead to a stroke or heart attack. With a younger, healthier person, the dread and worry could lead to sickness in one or more ways... From our perspective, ridiculous. From their's?....simple reality. -weezi-💖🙏💜🙏🤠😉

  • @rule64boardgames2
    @rule64boardgames22 жыл бұрын

    The hanging from the swing set is possibly number one low key unintended hilarious joke!

  • @audreyricci6383

    @audreyricci6383

    Жыл бұрын

    This is no hilarious joke. Nothing funny about any of this.

  • @giblerjab

    @giblerjab

    Жыл бұрын

    @@audreyricci6383 I mean its a little funny that they turned an execution zone into a goddamn childrens park 😂😂😂 wtf were they thinking when they built that

  • @ellenagildsword4722
    @ellenagildsword4722 Жыл бұрын

    Child ratting out Family, WORST OF HER OWN MOTHER… What a shame. The little girl knew too much and I don’t think she was able to tell or decipher the truth regarding the accounts of her “ so called witness of sorcery”

  • @alyasfukename3355
    @alyasfukename33553 ай бұрын

    This was incredibly well put together. Bravo!

  • @keithrosenthal4757
    @keithrosenthal47572 жыл бұрын

    This is my go to channel even before regular TV , Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime.

  • @jonhohensee3258

    @jonhohensee3258

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's not true.

  • @60toodles

    @60toodles

    Жыл бұрын

    but they take these videos from normal tv and just reupload them here lol

  • @phoenixmallen7508
    @phoenixmallen75082 жыл бұрын

    Loved this presentation and valuable information . Many thanks and much appreciated 😍🙏

  • @ritornofrapoco1142
    @ritornofrapoco1142 Жыл бұрын

    These forms of societal and governmental pressures are utilized even today. - You'd think that after reflecting upon and knowing this history, we would do better. Few ever have the courage to stand up and say that what is happening is persecution and unjust.

  • @wildgaiaspirit9641

    @wildgaiaspirit9641

    Жыл бұрын

    ✨🙌✨ so true

  • @amandawhiteley6737
    @amandawhiteley67372 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stuff, will read on for more soon!

  • @M.Smith1
    @M.Smith12 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much all for this very interesting history lesson!

  • @wintatsehaye6440
    @wintatsehaye6440 Жыл бұрын

    I can't help thinking Janet was as much a victim as her family. Seeing the effects of her words, she was told to recite! Children don't know anything!!!!!!!!

  • @Badficwriter

    @Badficwriter

    7 ай бұрын

    Nah, she identified people when the judge tried to trick her. She was a smart cookie. People underestimate highly intelligent children and their resentments.

  • @erinoconnor1359
    @erinoconnor13592 ай бұрын

    As someone who lives near Pendle, it’s actually crazy how many of these surnames are still around

  • @MountainRaven1960
    @MountainRaven19608 ай бұрын

    27:15 ‘tell us about it Jennet’ - Rocky Horror.

  • @captainjack8319
    @captainjack83198 ай бұрын

    Paranoia, fear, and turning on people means more after 2020 than it did before.

  • @adoramae5436
    @adoramae5436 Жыл бұрын

    I find it hard to judge the people who believed this stuff because you need to look at it outside our own cultural perspective. We like to talk about how illogical and backwards these people were, but logic is the ability to operate in accordance with known information. But what was the known information for the peasant class in the early 1600s, many of whom had no access to books outside the Bible? They knew what the church and local government told them. They knew a "cunning woman" had gotten angry and cursed a man who then collapsed. They wouldn't have known about blood clots in the brain causing strokes.

  • @Emy53

    @Emy53

    Жыл бұрын

    This happened in the USA as well, in Salem, Massachusetts. There is a town where only witches supposedly live. They do some sort of event during October for Halloween.

  • @dagmarbubolz7999

    @dagmarbubolz7999

    8 ай бұрын

    After COVID I would say you can have open access directly to studies and still say shit like it's just a flu, or it doesn't exist or noone died.

  • @caroleminke6116

    @caroleminke6116

    2 ай бұрын

    Evil is evil & that’s just endemic in our culture

  • @hollieBlu303
    @hollieBlu3033 ай бұрын

    Simon Armitage is a legend! Got me into poetry as a kid...I grew up to write music and hes to blame for a lot of it! 😊

  • @mrmitch2424
    @mrmitch2424 Жыл бұрын

    The narrator of this documentary was awesome.

  • @leewightman8619
    @leewightman8619 Жыл бұрын

    Rip to all these woman who where killed for being witches ..

  • @youtubecensors5419

    @youtubecensors5419

    Ай бұрын

    2/3 were men.

  • @SecretSquirrelFun
    @SecretSquirrelFun2 жыл бұрын

    The guy/expert that first appears at around and after 7:00, is one of my personal favorites. Of all the "experts" men these programs regularly wheel out, I just really love listening to him, his knowledge seems to know no bounds. If life was a movie, I could 100 percent believe that he has the ability to travel back and forth through time, it's the reason why he keeps his hair that way...so he will always just fit in to medieval England. I mean. Come on...just look at the guy, listen to his incredible knowledge. Ha ha, and of course the moment I decided to share my thoughts, to make this comment, it just so happens to be a video discussing witchcraft, curses, and evil spooky stuff. I'm now going to have to find out what his name is, I just can't remember it and the program doesn't include people's names - well his name at the least. 😊🐿. The main take away from this rambling comment is this - The guy at 7:00 is a time traveller.

  • @thecreek1355

    @thecreek1355

    2 жыл бұрын

    he is a legend from the ruth/peter/alex videos, he is definitely my kind of weird.

  • @bunch_o_racket

    @bunch_o_racket

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right he even SOUNDS like from long ago. He needs a powdered whig! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @BeesWaxMinder

    @BeesWaxMinder

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alas his name isn’t mentioned but, yes, I’ve seen him in quite a few things

  • @lauralee65

    @lauralee65

    2 жыл бұрын

    He’s my favourite too!

  • @A_Black_Sheep94

    @A_Black_Sheep94

    Жыл бұрын

    If someone is a time traveler and they don't purge all "royalty" and "nobility" from history they're bad person.

  • @sheilakelly4770
    @sheilakelly4770 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent commentary thank you for being so informative really great commentary i am hooked on this history thank you for bringing this to light . Sheila Kelly oxford

  • @mystrength5640
    @mystrength5640Ай бұрын

    Excellent video, thank you! 🎉

  • @hedgemist691
    @hedgemist69111 ай бұрын

    This is my favourite telling of this story. The animation really brings it to life.

  • @OpinionatedChicken59
    @OpinionatedChicken595 ай бұрын

    Imagine dying in a prison cell because a 7 year old said you're a witch 🙄

  • @mark.083
    @mark.083Ай бұрын

    I've seen this a few times. And after reading lots of comments about how unbelievable it is that children can be believed about such things. Being a father of 4, I can tell you one of my girls once said to her teacher we locked her in a cupboard when naughty, after watching a Harry Potter film. And they believed her, called the police and everything without even asking or questioning us about it. We were mortified!

  • @JaynaeMarieXIV
    @JaynaeMarieXIV3 ай бұрын

    After thinking about it (and watching this show quite a bit as this is my favorite history channel I can afford), it was possible the old man was already having a stroke when he came across Alison, and when she cursed him, it was an unfortunate coincidence that he collapsed. Another sign of an oncoming stroke or ailment is seeming to wave off or mutter something. He could have been trying to tell her something was wrong and his motions were misunderstood by Alison, and she curse him at the moment he had the stroke.

  • @Scooterdrew1
    @Scooterdrew1 Жыл бұрын

    I can see where Joseph Delaney got his inspiration for his Last apprentice series. Didn’t know it was based off of real areas. Really great documentary.

  • @TexboyGamer

    @TexboyGamer

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved those books

  • @NeverlandSystemKaleb
    @NeverlandSystemKaleb Жыл бұрын

    This was brilliantly presented and produced. :)

  • @TexboyGamer

    @TexboyGamer

    Жыл бұрын

    Israel does not have the right to exist

  • @NeverlandSystemKaleb

    @NeverlandSystemKaleb

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TexboyGamer It has EVERY right to exist. It has been there since the BC period and the most colonized people on Earth. Arab Muslims didn't arrive there until the 600's AD. If you're going to claim Jewish people don't have a right to exist where they have literally since before recorded history, then you MUST also hold that NO modern Arab nation outside the Arabian peninsula has a right to exist. I DOUBT you'd go that far, and would call such a claim bigotry. It's very telling that ONLY the Jewish people don't have a right to exist in their own land. VERY bigoted of you to assert that.

  • @TexboyGamer

    @TexboyGamer

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NeverlandSystemKaleb Israel exists on stolen land since 1948. Before that it didn’t exist as a self-governing geographic location. Your soul will be held accountable for your support of the genocide of Palestinians and your denial of the Messiah

  • @NeverlandSystemKaleb

    @NeverlandSystemKaleb

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TexboyGamer It existed for centuries until it was invaded and Jews have ALWAYS LIVED THERE. Always. Saying they alone don't have a right to live where they always have is bigotry. Literally EVERY ONE ELSE that claims it has come from SOMEWHERE ELSE.

  • @NeverlandSystemKaleb

    @NeverlandSystemKaleb

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TexboyGamer Side note, you made a stupid assumption. I'm Messianic... sooo spout that bigotry, too, somewhere else as well.

  • @redlady222
    @redlady222 Жыл бұрын

    No self respecting pilgrim witch would have named her familiar ‘Paul’.

  • @martinlutherkingsainvil8865
    @martinlutherkingsainvil886510 ай бұрын

    This video is informative. These people are truly fortunate.

  • @ChristianAuditore14
    @ChristianAuditore142 жыл бұрын

    There are millions of self proclaimed witches today

  • @netwitchtatjana4661

    @netwitchtatjana4661

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Tatycharmz

    @Tatycharmz

    Жыл бұрын

    men and women indeed

  • @joeybaby2505

    @joeybaby2505

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah today they are called feminists 🤣

  • @wildgaiaspirit9641

    @wildgaiaspirit9641

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup...Witchcraft is still alive and strong today 💜 it is a recognised "religion" even in the military. The path of the Witch is one that is deeply connected to the earth and gives reverence to the Goddess (the feminine, which has been suppressed, oppressed and dominated by patriarchy) whilst also recognising ones inner power, ones sovereignty...ones Magick ;)

  • @jennamoore3457

    @jennamoore3457

    11 ай бұрын

    @Joey Baby,, 😂😂😂so funny

  • @benmorris9310
    @benmorris9310 Жыл бұрын

    do you have a link to whoever did the animation? really like their style and would like to see more

  • @willowtree6657
    @willowtree66577 ай бұрын

    Excellent documentary- watch it a year ago and again a year later .

  • @josephcollins6033
    @josephcollins60338 ай бұрын

    Super documentary Thanks!

  • @Lollirot
    @Lollirot Жыл бұрын

    holy shit I got 20 minutes in before I read that THAT'S SIMON ARMITAGE. The bane of my GCSE years 15 years ago. Nice to finally put a face to a name.

  • @LifeWitE868
    @LifeWitE868 Жыл бұрын

    as a fan of the seventh son books it was nice to know that this has an actual history

  • @psychejelly3427
    @psychejelly3427 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful narration .

  • @elisebrodeur-jacobs5215
    @elisebrodeur-jacobs5215 Жыл бұрын

    The animation is incredible

  • @cbbcbb6803
    @cbbcbb6803 Жыл бұрын

    It is nearly impossible, if not in fact impossible, to convince that it is their own belief in negative words that does them harm. Their *belief* in words and not the words.

  • @ivancookemrshadowban4347
    @ivancookemrshadowban43472 жыл бұрын

    Excellent ,, thank you

  • @gayu8695
    @gayu86952 ай бұрын

    The fact that they produced a whole play while the “witches” were awaiting trial has to be one of the most unhinged things I’ve ever heard

  • @victoriadiesattheend.8478
    @victoriadiesattheend.8478 Жыл бұрын

    The illustrations are quite beautiful.

  • @PuttinOnTheSpritz
    @PuttinOnTheSpritz Жыл бұрын

    That was a great episode!! I had never heard of that girl but wow she made an impact on the world 😟

  • @alisturkericmacnanty159
    @alisturkericmacnanty1592 жыл бұрын

    Most excellent!!!

  • @BethBurns68
    @BethBurns6811 ай бұрын

    This was so, so well done. The animation was a perfect touch to make the past come to life. I appreciate learning about this history. I had not heard of it before. Being an American, I've heard of the Salem witch trials all my life, but to learn that they harkened back to this terrible happening and the accepted testimony of a child made what happened at Salem (the acceptance of the young witnesses there) make sense. Thank you and I've just subscribed to your channel.

  • @DarkAngelOfTexas
    @DarkAngelOfTexas2 жыл бұрын

    So damn well done 😎👍

  • @lindsayschuster302
    @lindsayschuster302 Жыл бұрын

    Or someone said "if you memorize this and read it in court, you can apologize and go home'

  • @shannon9677
    @shannon967711 ай бұрын

    Not all kids are pure or innocent. Sometimes they will say somethings that will freak you out or ruin someone's life in a flash.

  • @shivercanada
    @shivercanada Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating documentary!

  • @phyllislovelace8151
    @phyllislovelace8151Ай бұрын

    Thank you, very interesting

  • @thelittlefalufox
    @thelittlefalufox7 ай бұрын

    Jennet and Alice are the inspo for Neil Gaiman's Agnes Nutter and Anathema Device in Good Omens!

  • @Faretheewell608

    @Faretheewell608

    2 ай бұрын

    And Terry Prachet contributed what to Good Omens?

  • @brie3679
    @brie3679 Жыл бұрын

    Wait even if acquitted or found innocent, people had to PAY to get out of prison?! My god…

  • @beagleissleeping5359

    @beagleissleeping5359

    11 ай бұрын

    They also had something called debtor's prison which you had to stay there until your debt was paid. But how can you pay your debts if you can't leave the prison to get a job and your relatives are broke, too?

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Жыл бұрын

    Wow good work

  • @Harry-Hartmann
    @Harry-Hartmann5 ай бұрын

    A Very Good Video 👍🏻

  • @kt.nukegorthon9674
    @kt.nukegorthon96742 жыл бұрын

    Love these dark creepy series❤️❤️❤️

  • @SuperKk25

    @SuperKk25

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @Tatycharmz

    @Tatycharmz

    Жыл бұрын

    yea if only it shed light on the true moon==nsters of the time, some men. so how did Alice write all this, or could it not even be true??? someone just wrote it down

  • @A_Black_Sheep94

    @A_Black_Sheep94

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tatycharmz You gonna be alright?

  • @audreyricci6383

    @audreyricci6383

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tatycharmz Yes all of this was only too true.

  • @manganiphiri4331
    @manganiphiri43312 жыл бұрын

    We've come a long way and still have a long way to go. Unfortunately here in Zambia witchcraft is strictly a thing. And I believe it's the same for most African countries.

  • @jonnylumberjack6223

    @jonnylumberjack6223

    2 жыл бұрын

    A direct result of the lack of education and access to information from other parts of the world. I hope to see that change in my lifetime.

  • @annmarienuccio2349

    @annmarienuccio2349

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you think that witchcraft is a form of manifesting? I mean, you're putting out a vibration, just with a bit more song and dance, metaphorically speaking. The universe is all vibration.

  • @Tatycharmz

    @Tatycharmz

    Жыл бұрын

    same in south america, and it is very much beleved however there are men and women who do it and to point a finger and say only women do is threatful as we can see by this history it costed many womens lives

  • @victoriadiesattheend.8478

    @victoriadiesattheend.8478

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jonnylumberjack6223 exactly. A direct result of access to education and medicine. Very sad.

  • @va.n1ll4

    @va.n1ll4

    4 ай бұрын

    @@annmarienuccio2349exactly, I believe in it

  • @Unhacker
    @Unhacker Жыл бұрын

    Mark Corrigan tells you all about witch trials it's awesome \m/

  • @capbaby75
    @capbaby75 Жыл бұрын

    Love this episode

  • @citizen1163
    @citizen11632 жыл бұрын

    My mum was born 1912, 300yrs after this trial, not that long ago in the big scheme of things considering ppl today are living to nearly 100yo.

  • @plinhart1224

    @plinhart1224

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea it’s only 4-5 people ago

  • @lolbored801
    @lolbored8012 жыл бұрын

    Dalton's Country Justice looks interesting. I bet they could do a whole documentary on that book alone.

  • @dancesmokesmile344
    @dancesmokesmile3447 ай бұрын

    Alice Nutter and Elizabeth Device. That must be where they got the names in Good Omens

  • @michellel564
    @michellel564 Жыл бұрын

    I've read an article that says that when they translated thou shall not suffer a witch to live that which may have been translated wrong. And that witch might mean poisoners instead. And people that poison other people certainly do exist and it's a terrible way to kill somebody. They never know who did it. That could make a soul Wonder forever. But that was just one theory.

  • @auntkalinagrimm

    @auntkalinagrimm

    Жыл бұрын

    In several books researching the original text, I've seen it be stated as Thou shall not suffer a liar to live. 🤷‍♀️

  • @debvoz

    @debvoz

    10 ай бұрын

    In the original Aramaic the quote was "you will not permit a well poisoner to live" which in a desert certainly makes plenty of sense. James had it changed with the King James translation for obvious reasons

  • @hobbyhopper3143
    @hobbyhopper31432 жыл бұрын

    I tried to watch the credits but apparently missed it; what is the name of the female historian wearing the black jacket & pearls? Anybody?

  • @lindsayschuster302
    @lindsayschuster302 Жыл бұрын

    My ex husband's family accused me of causing their dad's heart episode because my Dad bought me a tarot kit for Christmas

  • @serenitymoon3214
    @serenitymoon321410 ай бұрын

    One of my personal favorites ❤

  • @Rob-zv1oz
    @Rob-zv1oz Жыл бұрын

    Really well put together. I doth my pointy hat

  • @MountainGram112
    @MountainGram1122 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel but please tell us what year they were created. Thank you.

  • @Bluebelle51

    @Bluebelle51

    2 жыл бұрын

    this one has a copyright date of MMXI (2011)

  • @Tatycharmz

    @Tatycharmz

    Жыл бұрын

    yes and who made up the story, probably a man as i dont imagine alice herself wrote this nor do we have proof making this all pretty pointless

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 Жыл бұрын

    King James had a great book on what was to be considered evidence during a witch trial. If one conducted a trial in his manner one was bound to not have a witch, but it was possible. This is an extremely famous case.

  • @WyomingGuy876
    @WyomingGuy87610 ай бұрын

    "She's a Witch!" "She turned me into a newt!" ...."... I got better...."

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