The dark, compelling history of a colonial witch-hunt, from the author of WitchfindersIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils,...
One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.
By the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Es...