Witches of Scotland

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EPISODE 77 THE WITCHES OF GHANA Nov 28, 2025

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Listen to Zoe and Claire to talk to Professor John Azumah and extraordinary photographer Claire Thomas about the women suffering modern day witch accusations, the witch camps in which they are forced to stay for safety and what we can do to help them.

THE WOS TARTAN EPISODE Mar 04, 2025

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CLARE CAMPBELL OF PRICKLY THISTLE talks to Zoe and Claire about the tartan and about how we are releasing the WOS Tartan, clans and much more

WITCHES OF FRANCE - ANNETTE YOUNG on GISÈLE PELICOT Jan 25, 2025

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Zoe and Claire discuss the witch trials in France and speak to ANNETTE YOUNG, journalist and presenter of the 51% - a feminist French TV show about Gislèle Pelicot. WARNING The discussion includes details of sexual assault.

EPISODE 70 - PROFESSOR GIBSON - WITCHCRAFT - A HISTORY IN 13 TRIALS Oct 09, 2023

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Zoe & Claire speak to the endlessly fascinating Professor Marion Gibson about her new book which spans 700 years of witchcraft trials - from the trial which probably started the European witch hunt to the 21st century allegations of “witch-hunting” of Donald Trump by Stormy Daniels *may include raccoons

EPISODE 54 THE APOLOGY - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2022 Mar 08, 2022

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Zoe and Claire go to Edinburgh for IWD2022 and listen to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon grant an official apology to all those 4000 or so people, mostly women, who were accused of witchcraft - the first time in Scottish history that an apology had been tendered to all those who were accused

EPISODE 46 - WITCHES OF ORKNEY Nov 14, 2021

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Zoe and Claire speak to Helen Woodsford Dean and Ragnhild Ljosland, the two women who were the inspiration and driving force in getting the memorial to those killed as witches in Orkney erected - we talk witches, collecting tears, pagans, whether we can change history and reveal the secret depths of the Orkney memorial

EPISODE 44 - KAYLA KANDZORRA of WITCH STORY PODCAST Oct 17, 2021

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Join Zoe and Claire as they speak to Kayla Kandzorra about the bi-weekly podcast where hosts Stephanie and Kayla discuss trials and tales of witches throughout the centuries. Each episode sheds light on a new story bringing attention to the thousands of people who have been persecuted as witches

EPISODE 43 C J COOKE THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES Oct 02, 2021

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Zoe and Claire talk to author Carolyn Jess Cooke about her new book The Lighthouse Witches and her inspiration from the scottish witchcraft trials. We talk themes of trauma, loss, and justice

EPISODE 25 - THE DEVIL’S MARK Mar 06, 2021

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This week Zoe and Claire talk to Hazel Meldrum about her mum, Jannette Archibald and her play “The Devil’s Mark”.Hazel and her sister Heather Ann have published her play and you can buy it at heatheranndowd.shop . We also talk about the Wall Street Journal, (?!? ) , Jeannie Dark, and another campaign to remember women killed as witches in Catalonia

CATHERINE MACPHEE ON SYKE, HARTMUT HEGELER ON GERMANY ALEXANDRA MAHER ON “THE CUNNING” Dec 13, 2020

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We learn about a woman tortured as a witch in Skye, of the work of Anton Praetorious a pastor who condemned the witch trials in Germany when they took place and his modern day successor Hartmut Hegeler who seeks pardons and memorials for European witches. We also hear from Alexandra Maher who is making a short film inspired by the story of Scotland’s last witch, Janet Horne and her daughter.

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