The Torturous Acts Of England’s Most Notorious Witch Hunter

A period of internal warfare and a paranoid king paves the way for a vigilante to rise to power. Join Dominique as she examines the life of Matthew Hopkins, a self-proclaimed witch hunter who turned entire villages against those accused of witchcraft, before torturing and killing them for a profit.
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STILLS
Woman Wearing A Derbyshire Brank Or Muzzle In The 17Th Century
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Two examples of Scold's bridles,probably dating from the 17th century. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890...
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Title Page Of Daemonology
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Scold's Bridle, late 16th century.
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The Hanging Of Four Witches
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Woman Burned At Stake For Witchcraft
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Puritan satire on William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury.
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A Dying Sinner Is Surrounded By His Family And Two Devils Whisper In His Ear
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Woodcut Of A English Witch Hanging
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Witch Hunting
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The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart
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Witch Hunting
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Witches Apprehended
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The punishment of immersion
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Tradition in Toulouse: Punishments during Middle Ages.
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Farmers In The Delivery Of Their Taxes To The Landlords
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Matthew Hopkins
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Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) prophesying the death of Cardinal Wolsey.
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Woodcut showing a witch shooting a man in the foot with an enchanted arrow made from a hazel wand
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The Trial of a Witch, 17th century Puritan America. Illustration for the play Giles Corey, Yeoman by Mary E Wilkins (Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman), American novelist and playwright. Wood engraving 1892.
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Drowning as a form of punishment.
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Waterboarding punishment.
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An Arrest for Witchcraft in the Olden Time
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
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  • @Awooga0
    @Awooga02 жыл бұрын

    I learnt this previously in history and it still shocks me how men could just accuse women of being witches

  • @grahamwilliams1375

    @grahamwilliams1375

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like witch talk to me.......

  • @kirbyfan3000

    @kirbyfan3000

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered if the witchcraft was ever proved? People believe in magic and Shiz but I haven't read anywhere about any "proof" in history. Unless it has and I haven't looked deep enough. Closest I see is those fortune tellers but more than often they are scams. If it really exists then I want to see it damn it LOL.

  • @einienj3281

    @einienj3281

    2 жыл бұрын

    Anyone could.. didn't like the neighbors wife? A witch! Didn't like the mother-in-law? A witch! Daughters friend? A witch!

  • @CassandraPhoenix96

    @CassandraPhoenix96

    2 жыл бұрын

    They still do. In many countries and even in the US. Look up pastor Greg Locke in TN

  • @tonygarcia4827

    @tonygarcia4827

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grahamwilliams1375 💀

  • @lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385
    @lostinthestorywithjeremymi93852 жыл бұрын

    Misogyny and sadism go well together.

  • @zacharytino8599

    @zacharytino8599

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty much

  • @lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385

    @lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pepepepesjdje I guess we know how you feel about women.

  • @Theatreofwinterprologue

    @Theatreofwinterprologue

    Жыл бұрын

    awesome!

  • @lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385

    @lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Theatreofwinterprologue ?

  • @andrewc13

    @andrewc13

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pepepepesjdje Facts

  • @Everglade2291
    @Everglade2291 Жыл бұрын

    As a local to Manningtree, they still hold a festival every year dedicated to the victims of Hopkins and I can attest the spookiness of mistley and manningtree

  • @krisfinley6706
    @krisfinley67062 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dominique🙂 I really enjoy your vids, you have a beautiful well modulated voice, compelling and captivating to the viewers👏

  • @CassandraPhoenix96
    @CassandraPhoenix962 жыл бұрын

    I love this host and the music was awesome! Great storytelling. I hope this show stays!

  • @ddibbell

    @ddibbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @mauricioduartemendez7367

    @mauricioduartemendez7367

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amen !! El fetichismo , como alienacion burguesa estudiado a perfeccion por el gran Filosofo aleman !! Carlos Marx ; Explica muy claramente el por que existen estos hombres asquerosamente ricos en el Mundo

  • @unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616
    @unintelligiblewhispersofwi66162 жыл бұрын

    Emperor belos/philip be like

  • @Nigmenogyt

    @Nigmenogyt

    2 жыл бұрын

    U ain't wrong tbh

  • @insertpunhere2872

    @insertpunhere2872

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dammit! Was just about to comment the same thing!

  • @feylaray6284

    @feylaray6284

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yesssss!!!!🤣

  • @Sleepiestangelhere

    @Sleepiestangelhere

    Жыл бұрын

    LMAO YEAH

  • @yea.whtvr1
    @yea.whtvr110 ай бұрын

    Okay this was surreal. My heart goes out to everyone murdered through the hands of wicked men and women.

  • @eshanic
    @eshanic2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, you should cover the Jillianwala Baugh incident.

  • @shradhamathur7554

    @shradhamathur7554

    2 жыл бұрын

    * Jalliawala bagh

  • @kbrock9146
    @kbrock91462 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Another video with Dominique! Awesome. 👌

  • @WaldoBagelTopper
    @WaldoBagelTopper Жыл бұрын

    Also, at 2:51- that was actually not a torture device for witches. I just happened to learn this very recently. That head trap was called a scold’s bridle. And it was something that courts could sentence women to wear. You see, in that time, men were able to take their wives to court- like legit take legal action, for “nagging” or scolding a man. The husband would then walk her down the street while the cage is secured to her head and preventing her from speaking. She’s be chastised publicly.

  • @wolfefirenze6127

    @wolfefirenze6127

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow that’s next level ty

  • @thisoneJoe

    @thisoneJoe

    Жыл бұрын

    You're right, but maybe it was also used to stop the witches from casting spells....?

  • @LucyLioness100
    @LucyLioness1002 жыл бұрын

    When I saw the title I had a feeling I knew who this would be about. If you want an interesting (mostly fictional take) on Matthew Hopkins, the great Vincent Price played him in “Witchfinder General”

  • @Mychro16
    @Mychro162 жыл бұрын

    Love this host, glad to see this channel is still putting out quality content.

  • @stuartdoig3418
    @stuartdoig34182 жыл бұрын

    Goated host, one of the best on this channel

  • @ddibbell

    @ddibbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Stuart!

  • @echoingemotions
    @echoingemotions2 жыл бұрын

    Dominique, you're amazing! çç Looking gorgeous on this video! Love watching your content here!

  • @ddibbell

    @ddibbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why, thank you!

  • @quaktoons331
    @quaktoons3312 жыл бұрын

    Belos(Philip Wittebane)

  • @mauricioduartemendez7367
    @mauricioduartemendez73672 жыл бұрын

    Hermosas tomas fotograficas !!

  • @karlakirkpatrick6687
    @karlakirkpatrick66872 жыл бұрын

    Anyone who showed any type of resistance you were a traitor and with women confidence and independence you were a witch or a harlot. They're were tame compared to the Spanish inquisition.

  • @VictorLdVS

    @VictorLdVS

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh, the Spanish inquisition was nothing compared to the English witch hunt.

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @emilymulcahy
    @emilymulcahy2 жыл бұрын

    Keep this host and I'll watch more videos

  • @ddibbell

    @ddibbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    What she said.

  • @katten39
    @katten392 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @ToadsIGuess
    @ToadsIGuess2 жыл бұрын

    The witch finder General!

  • @imaginegirl8833
    @imaginegirl88332 жыл бұрын

    Can please explain about count of st germain the vampire of New Orleans

  • @owenw.1643
    @owenw.16432 жыл бұрын

    fun that this came out soon after the owl house's season 2 finale

  • @annabaked2954

    @annabaked2954

    2 жыл бұрын

    really

  • @cecilia-es3ph
    @cecilia-es3ph2 жыл бұрын

    Wow I had no idea that Geillis Duncan (Outlander) was based on a real person!

  • @adri0926

    @adri0926

    Жыл бұрын

    I know right! DG is incredible

  • @MegaJesseman
    @MegaJesseman8 ай бұрын

    He may not have seen justice when he was alive- I hardly consider dying of tuberculosis just for what he did. But it brings a smile to my face that he is stuck on Earth as a ghost. He deserves to be tortured. And not being able to go to a better afterlife and be stuck on Earth is essentially a form of torture. Doomed to be bound to a piece of land- unable to leave. Unable to do anything fun. He just gets to sit there and think about what he did.

  • @dongamble2092
    @dongamble20922 жыл бұрын

    All I can hear is Ryan and Shane … Mathew Hopkins the witch finder general!

  • @CassandraPhoenix96

    @CassandraPhoenix96

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same hahaha

  • @kennardmikael

    @kennardmikael

    2 жыл бұрын

    do you know where Ryan and Shane is? i mean where do they go to in KZread,

  • @FanceyStitch

    @FanceyStitch

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kennardmikael they started their own network called watcher. @watcher

  • @einienj3281
    @einienj32812 жыл бұрын

    I think the witch hunters are coming back..

  • @leahn836

    @leahn836

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope not

  • @einienj3281

    @einienj3281

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@leahn836 I hope not, but there's definitely signs of that kind of mentality going around..

  • @perfectfae3534

    @perfectfae3534

    6 ай бұрын

    If that happened, it'd be a very illegal thing...At least in almost every country.

  • @sheenachristina2385
    @sheenachristina23852 жыл бұрын

    Geillis Duncan? Like from Outlander?

  • @curiositycloset2359
    @curiositycloset2359 Жыл бұрын

    Wales, at the time?

  • @antihero8603
    @antihero86032 жыл бұрын

    Nice.

  • @leahn836

    @leahn836

    2 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @francesbernard2445
    @francesbernard2445 Жыл бұрын

    Beware of those who jump to negative conclusions while taking offense. With little to no evidence that their taking offense against someone is justified.

  • @hydra5140
    @hydra51402 жыл бұрын

    Let's see how this goes

  • @thestrategos4710
    @thestrategos47102 жыл бұрын

    One small thing - Berwick is pronounced Berrik.

  • @astrowolvez
    @astrowolvez2 жыл бұрын

    You’d think being christians they would deem tourture a sin given jesus was tortured.

  • @perfectfae3534

    @perfectfae3534

    6 ай бұрын

    Well, they're massive hypocrites.

  • @-khushlush
    @-khushlush2 жыл бұрын

    Damn

  • @raph3156
    @raph31563 ай бұрын

    WHAT 😳

  • @themickeyslipper_brianoconnor
    @themickeyslipper_brianoconnor Жыл бұрын

    Anybody else think the presenter looks almost exactly like Mathew McConaughey in a wig?

  • @kenpudsey6435

    @kenpudsey6435

    2 ай бұрын

    Or if you put a beard on the face..Matthew Hopkins himself😂

  • @xzavaierhawkins431
    @xzavaierhawkins4312 жыл бұрын

    Emperor bellows? Intriguing

  • @Bleepbloppp
    @Bleepbloppp2 жыл бұрын

    The main thing I thought about while watching this video was Ryan and Shane saying “the witch hunter general” in their British accent😭😂😂

  • @sammyspanner
    @sammyspanner2 жыл бұрын

    Host is great! much better than Aria and the other guy tryna be Ryan n Shane x

  • @redbarron1010
    @redbarron10104 ай бұрын

    Funny how the witches just disappeared once he started hitting the accuser in the pocketbook.

  • @sarahbolelli4815
    @sarahbolelli48152 жыл бұрын

    You and the other guy are fabulous at story telling! As a witch, it is so hard to hear about the fates of the women accused so long ago. Today, we are still persecuted. Ignorance still drives hate for witchcraft despite not having any real knowledge of it. So sad

  • @ddibbell

    @ddibbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Patriarchy sux.

  • @roro-mm7cc

    @roro-mm7cc

    Жыл бұрын

    Don’t be silly there’s no such thing as witches. There were people who followed pagan religions eg druids etc who were often accused of witchcraft but nobody actually themselves identified as witches.

  • @perfectfae3534

    @perfectfae3534

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@roro-mm7cc Witches have existed ever since humanity. Don't be silly.

  • @roro-mm7cc

    @roro-mm7cc

    6 ай бұрын

    @@perfectfae3534 No they haven't there's no such thing. Witches, fairies, pixies, elves etc all fantastical creatures. Not real.

  • @cammythach7214
    @cammythach72142 жыл бұрын

    ❤️‍🔥

  • @KingKobra49
    @KingKobra492 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes life doesn't give you what you want,not because you don"t deserve it but because you deserve much more. I’m telling you keep grinding!🤞🏽❤️‍🔥

  • @jamesluketubania1571

    @jamesluketubania1571

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this brother

  • @scooby45247
    @scooby452472 жыл бұрын

    scary how similar this all sounds compared to modern far right lunatics..

  • @koraknight6995

    @koraknight6995

    2 жыл бұрын

    Funny, I was going to say the same thing about the far left lunatics. But I’ll call it even and say both the far left and far right are completely insane. Edit: both sides have people who take things way too far but that doesn’t mean that everyone on the left or the right are like that.

  • @Rubbabandman

    @Rubbabandman

    2 жыл бұрын

    How exactly 🤣🤣

  • @teresakirkland995

    @teresakirkland995

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Rubbabandman I would like to know the answer to that myself. How exactly is it similar ? I have yet to see anyone drowned or hanged or even put in front of a firing squad. So I am quite curious as to how that comparison has been made…. While I am not a “far right lunatic”, I don’t believe false accusations are fair either, so I require evidence that’s logical facts and not just opinions.

  • @einienj3281

    @einienj3281

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup...

  • @unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616

    @unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@teresakirkland995 what accusations who tf is he accusing u just took that personally

  • @KingFluffs
    @KingFluffs Жыл бұрын

    Look into the *REAL* reason why Hopkins was going about hunting witches. It wasn't for belief in them and wanting to rid them from the country, it wasn't even to aquire the land and properties of those he accused as being witches (although he did free up a lot of lands for people who wanted it this way). Hopkins was looking for something but died before he could find it.

  • @perfectfae3534

    @perfectfae3534

    6 ай бұрын

    How are u not gonna tell us?

  • @theviewer7262
    @theviewer72622 жыл бұрын

    Please be a lawyer

  • @johndodd3036
    @johndodd3036 Жыл бұрын

    Pendle witches were hung in my home city 10 minutes walk from my home.

  • @jbeezie310
    @jbeezie3102 жыл бұрын

    Belos this you?

  • @freedemonhugs

    @freedemonhugs

    2 жыл бұрын

    STOPPP i literally was thinking about him when this dropped

  • @helderlouro
    @helderlouro2 жыл бұрын

    Toss a coin to your Witcher

  • @version736ha2
    @version736ha29 ай бұрын

    Berwick is pronounced "Berrick" not burr wick

  • @theviewer7262
    @theviewer72622 жыл бұрын

    Lol that "ghost man" is nothing more than a random demon assuming his form. Tis all ah ta ta

  • @perfectfae3534

    @perfectfae3534

    6 ай бұрын

    How the hell would YOU know?

  • @spuddart3540
    @spuddart35402 жыл бұрын

    Yeah...Wales was not part of England (I'm Welsh btw)

  • @aaronjamesmoore757
    @aaronjamesmoore7575 ай бұрын

    witchcraft was used against my family

  • @Venom-nk8nd
    @Venom-nk8nd2 жыл бұрын

    🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬

  • @Reggienothers
    @Reggienothers2 жыл бұрын

    where are shane and ryan

  • @ivywalker7989
    @ivywalker79892 жыл бұрын

    I bet he had mamy issues that's why he turned on women

  • @perfectfae3534
    @perfectfae35346 ай бұрын

    We have Christianity to thank for all of this. So sad.

  • @derekmu
    @derekmu2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh

  • @hellenback7588
    @hellenback75884 ай бұрын

    He Was Gay!!!

  • @randomlyswatching9481
    @randomlyswatching94812 жыл бұрын

    Are they incels ,why did they hate women 🙄. Why is haunting on Friday 🤔

  • @joshuawaring4180
    @joshuawaring4180 Жыл бұрын

    Mysogny had very little to do with these witch hunts

  • @kyleconrad7803
    @kyleconrad78032 жыл бұрын

    Why’s Shane and Ryan this isn’t the same

  • @emilymulcahy

    @emilymulcahy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dufus they both left buzzfeed and have their own channel, for several YEARS now

  • @rtwoods
    @rtwoods2 жыл бұрын

    I can't tell if this is a man or a woman

  • @makeeup80

    @makeeup80

    2 жыл бұрын

    Huh?

  • @ddibbell

    @ddibbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's exactly right!

  • @MAllen-ng8pl
    @MAllen-ng8pl2 жыл бұрын

    This story could be told today about left wing fascists.

  • @IuItim
    @IuItim2 жыл бұрын

    Buzzfeed fell all the way off

  • @lilliana32y.0-checkmyvdeo4
    @lilliana32y.0-checkmyvdeo42 жыл бұрын

    I learnt this previously in history and it still shocks me how men could just accuse women of being witches

  • @thethirdtime9168

    @thethirdtime9168

    2 жыл бұрын

    Anyone could be a witch - unfortunately, single women making their way through life on their own were just particularly easy targets as they were considered 'odd' per default