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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]
Title page of a book by Richard Boulton, an "answer" to Francis Hutchinson's essay Wenham was removed from her village for her own safety and given a home on the estate of Mr Plumer at Gilston. Here she was visited by Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1660–1739), author of an Historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718), in which he applied an ...
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.
Janet Horne: The last person to be legally executed for witchcraft in the British Isles, in 1727. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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The last person to be hanged in Boston for witchcraft Goody Ann Glover (died November 16, 1688) was an Irish former indentured servant and the last person to be hanged in Boston as a witch , although the Salem witch trials in nearby Salem, Massachusetts , occurred mainly in 1692.