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  2. Helen Duncan - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan (née MacFarlane, 25 November 1897 – 6 December 1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 5) for fraudulent claims. She was famous for producing ectoplasm which was proved to be made from cheesecloth. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  3. Grace Sherwood - Wikipedia

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    Grace White Sherwood (1660–1740), called the Witch of Pungo, is the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. A farmer, healer, and midwife, she was accused by her neighbors of transforming herself into a cat, damaging crops, and causing the death of livestock. She was charged with witchcraft several times.

  4. List of people of the Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. Category:People accused of witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    People convicted of witchcraft (2 C, 29 P) S. People accused in the Salem witch trials (2 C, 11 P) ... This page was last edited on 14 May 2024, at 17:34 (UTC).

  6. Jane Rebecca Yorke - Wikipedia

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    Yorke's case demonstrated that, following the earlier trial of Helen Duncan, the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the Witchcraft Act 1735 was still useful in dealing with cases involving mediums. Although the Act was used as a threat in several subsequent cases, the last in 1950, this was the last in which someone was actually ...

  7. Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or ... - AOL

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    In 2022, lawmakers exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem witch trials ...

  8. List of people executed for witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    One of the last people to be executed for witchcraft in Germany. Bertrand Guilladot: d. 1742 France: Priest who confessed to having made a pact with the devil Maria Renata Saenger von Mossau: 1680–1749: Bavaria: One of the last to be executed for witchcraft in Germany. Maria Pauer: 1730s–1750 Austria: Last person executed for witchcraft in ...

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