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Burned to death on May 10, 1693, after caught performing vampirism on her dying son and cursing members of the village. [citation needed] Paisley witches: d. 1697 Scotland: Also known as the Bargarran witches, the last mass execution for witchcraft in western Europe. [24] Elspeth McEwen: d. 1698 Scotland: Stangled then burned at the stake. Anna ...
Samuel Wardwell (May 16, 1643 – September 22, 1692) was a man accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692. He was executed by hanging on September 22, 1692, along with Alice Parker , Martha Corey , Mary Eastey , Ann Pudeator , Mary Parker , Wilmot Redd , and Margaret Scott .
Murray's Witch-cult hypothesis was preceded by a similar idea proposed by the German Professor Karl Ernst Jarcke in 1828. Jarcke's hypothesis claimed that the victims of the early modern witch trials were not innocents caught up in a moral panic, but members of a previously unknown pan-European pagan religion which had pre-dated Christianity, been persecuted by the Christian Church as a rival ...
With his cell locked, and window boarded, it was unclear how his death was accomplished [7] The remaining seven were hanged and then burned on the Gallow Green in Paisley on 10 June 1697 [4] the last mass execution for witchcraft in western Europe. [1] John and James Lindsay, brothers, held each other's hands as they were hanged together.
Many of the witchcraft accusations were driven at least in part by acrimonious relations between the families of the plaintiffs and defendants. Unless otherwise specified, dates provided in this list use Julian-dated month and day but New Style -enumerated year (i.e., years begin on January 1 and end on December 31, in the modern style).
Wilmot Redd (a.k.a. Wilmot Read and Wilmot Reed) (early 17th century – September 22, 1692) was one of the victims of the Salem witch trials of 1692. She was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and executed by hanging on September 22, 1692.
A Virginia witch trial loosely based on the story of Joan Wright is featured in a 2017 episode of the British drama television series Jamestown. [19] In 2019, an original play, "Season of the Witch" premiered at the Jamestown Settlement. The play is a dramatic retelling of the witch trials in Virginia, with a focus on the story of Wright. [20]
Pendle Hill from the northwest. On the right is the eastern edge of Longridge Fell, which is separated from Pendle Hill by the Ribble valley.. The accused witches lived in the area around Pendle Hill in Lancashire, a county which, at the end of the 16th century, was regarded by the authorities as a wild and lawless region: an area "fabled for its theft, violence and sexual laxity, where the ...