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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. Jane Rebecca Yorke - Wikipedia

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    Jane Rebecca Yorke (27 January 1872 [1] – 1953) was an English medium who was the last person convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1735. Biography

  4. List of people executed for witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    Beheaded; last person to be executed for witchcraft in Europe [27] Maria da Conceição: d. 1798: Portuguese Brazil: Accused and convicted of witchcraft to produce medicines and potions to attract men. Leatherlips : 1732–1810: Wyandot people: Native American leader, sentenced to death for witchcraft and executed by tomahawk. [28] Barbara ...

  5. Witchcraft Acts - Wikipedia

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    Helen Duncan: The last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735, in April 1944. Her conviction led to the repeal of the Act and the introduction of the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951. Jane Rebecca Yorke, the last person convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1735, in September 1944. Found guilty on seven counts, and fined £5. Margaret ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Anna Muggen - Wikipedia

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    Anna Jansdochter Muggen (d. 1608), was an alleged Dutch witch. She was the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Holland, then the most influential province of the Netherlands. She has been referred [by whom?] to as the last person to be executed for witchcraft in the Netherlands.

  8. 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.

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