This episode of Fair Folk you’ll hear about how an early modern Scottish king literally wrote the book on witchcraft, making Harry Potter possible for future generations, I’ll tell you about the Swedish Queen who is revered to this day for murdering her suitors, and you’ll hear some of the very best folk songs about witches.

Music:

Opening Theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods

"I Once Lived in Service" by The Witches of Elswick

"La Harpe et l'Enfant" by Alan Stivell

"Willie's Lady" by Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer

"Martinmas Time" by Andy Irvine and Paul Brady

"The Witch of the Westmoreland" by Stan Rogers

"Mammy Redd" by John Allison

"The Death of Goody Nurse" by John Allison

"The Broomfield Hill" by Malinky

"Alison Gross" by Dave & Toni Arthur

"Come, Witches, to the Dance" by Lady Isadora with Lord Pan

"Witches Reel" by Green Crown

"The Brown Girl" by Frankie Armstrong