Witches of Scotland

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EPISODE 55 DR. DANNY BUCK - MATTHEW HOPKINS THE WITCHFINDER GENERAL Mar 22, 2022

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Zoe and Claire speak to Dr. Danny Buck about witch trials in the south of England - we talk about religious in fighting, rowdy Quakers and the self proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins

EPISODE 53 - PARDONING THE WITCHES OF CATALONIA Feb 26, 2022

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Zoe & Claire speak to Caterina Úbeda of Sapiens Magazine about their successful campaign to have the Witches of Catalonia pardoned. We also speak to Laura Graham, artist about her Exonerate Agnes event which takes place on International Women’s Day 2022 . Ravens and Raccoons also included

EPISODE 50 DR CIARAN JONES HISTORIAN Jan 08, 2022

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Zoe & Claire talk to Dr Ciaran Jones who is a historian of religion and witchcraft in early modern Scotland, and he recently completed his PhD in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh in 2020. His thesis explored the relationship between Calvinism and witchcraft trials, and it focussed on the religious and spiritual aspects of some accused witches' confessions. Ciaran's research has been published in History Scotland magazine, the Scottish History Society, and a chapter of his thesis is due to appear in the next volume of the journal of Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft, published by the University of Pennsylvania . We also talk about his new researches on the WITCHES OF QUEENSFERRY and the work he was commissioned to do for the National Trust of Scotland

EPISODE 42 JENNIFER WIGHT THE ADDERS DEN Sep 18, 2021

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Zoe & Claire talk to Jennifer Wight who has researched scottish folk history (more can be found on her website The Adder’s Deb) and is part of Scottish Cunning Ways (FB) . What is the difference between cunning folk and witches? were those executed as witches pagans? Listen as Jennifer helps us separate fact from fiction!

EPISODE 33 LAURIE GOODLAD - THE WITCHES OF SHETLAND Apr 24, 2021

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Zoe and Claire talk to Laurie Goodlad - who presents “Shetland with Laurie” podcast / insta pages - she is a podcaster, tour guide, historian and museum curator who was motivated to research the Witches of Shetland - listen as she names all the people she has found in local records, and as we discuss the controversial cremains of women accused as witches which can be seen in the Scalloway Museum.

ANNA BJÖRG - THE ICELAND MUSUEM OF WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY Apr 18, 2021

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Zoe and Claire discuss Tituba of Salem in more detail and then speak to Anna BJÖRG, curator of the Musuem of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Iceland - we find out why it was men that were accused, discuss the modern folklore on elves and we ask - should our national monument be a scottish Musuem of Witchcraft Trials?

EPISODE 24 - ANDREW TICKELL -MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE Feb 27, 2021

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Zoe and Claire speak with Andrew Tickell about what it means to have suffered a miscarriage of justice and whether we should now pardon those convicted as witches .. with a little Oscar Slater and Netflix chat thrown in for good measure!

EPISODE 19 HEAL & HARROW Jan 30, 2021

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Zoe and Claire discuss the fate of 3 women, one of whom was alleged to have sought help to kill her former husbands ... We also speak to Rachel and Lauren from Heal & Harrow and discuss their future project to memorialise the people of Scotland killed as witches - to record both folklore and fact - and our first ever scoop as they reveal they writer who will be working on the project!

EPISODE 14 - A MINI XMAS EPISODE WITH ZOE AND CLAIRE Dec 27, 2020

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After naming women convicted as witches Zoe and Claire (inadvertently!) talk about Angels from the Bible and we hear from Herr Hegeler in Germany where a Bishop has apologised for the role of the church in witchcraft trials and has promised to put up a plaque in memorial to those killed.

EPISODE 6 - PROFESSOR JULIAN GOODARE PART 3 Oct 31, 2020

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Zoe and Claire talk about 3 women involved in witchcraft trials - Grissell Jaffray, Jonet Drever and Mary Somerville and we hear the final instalment of our talk with Professor Goodare where he answers the question - if women and men could both be convicted of witchcraft - why were the vast majority of people accused women?

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