In this episode of Altar Ego, Heather takes us to Jamaica’s Rose Hall to explore the legend of Annie Palmer, known as the White Witch. Said to have practiced dark magic and ruled her plantation with fear, her story lives at the crossroads of modern paranormal beliefs, folklore, violence, and exploitation. Was Annie Palmer even real? Was she a practitioner of the occult? Or has her legacy been shaped by something else completely?

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https://rosehall.com/history-of-rose-hall/
https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamaica

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20201025/white-witch-rose-hall-fact-or-fiction

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