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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]
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).
This category includes people accused of witchcraft, but who were either not formally tried or whose trials ended for various reasons before a decision was made. For those who were acquitted or convicted, see the subcategories Category:People acquitted of witchcraft and Category:People convicted of witchcraft.
People convicted in the Salem witch trials (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "People accused in the Salem witch trials" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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 Eriksdotter: 1624–1704 Sweden: The last person executed for sorcery in Sweden. Laurien Magee: 1689-1710 Ireland: Burnt at the stake as part of the Islandmagee witch trial ...
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 ...
People convicted in the Salem witch trials (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "People convicted of witchcraft" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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