Witches: Truth Behind the Trials - Season 1
Season 1
The Salem witch trials are famous, but throughout history, thousands were executed for the impossible crime of witchcraft. Most suspects were poor women, elderly, indigenous people or disabled, unable to defend themselves. Cinematic recreations and expert interviews reveal the truth behind six terrifying true stories of witch trials in Germany, Scotland, England, America, Sweden and Ireland.
Episodes
America - Salem's Hunts and Hysteria
The most-famous witch trials of them all: Salem, Massachusetts.
Germany – The Witch Hunts Begin
The brutal Trier witch trials and the origins of witch-hunting.
Scotland – The King and The Witches
The terrifying true story of the first major witch trials in Scotland.
England – The Witchfinders' Cruel Crusade
Witch-hunters torture so-called witches during England's Civil War.
Sweden – The Legend of Båkulla
Swedish children telling stories of a place they were taken to by witches.
Ireland – Possessed By The Devil
A terrifying tale of demonic possession in a witch trial in Ireland.
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