Witches of Scotland

Witches of Scotland

By claire mitchell and zoe venditozzi

A podcast that follows the Witches of Scotland campaign to bring justice to those accused, convicted and executed as witches under the Witchcraft Act 1563

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  1. Number 1: PROFESSOR JULIAN GOODARE - THE EUROPEAN WITCH HUNT

    Professor Julian Goodare is an expert on witches -Author of The European Witch Hunt - as well as many other witch related titles - Director of the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft along with co-director Louise Yeoman - this is part 1 of our interview with him - learn with Zoe and Claire why the history of witches is thought by some to be the history of pagans; about how the modern idea of “witch” came about - what is has to do with 18th century cartoonists and why our “witch” Hallowe’en outfit could have looked very different from the broomstick, black hat and black cat construct we use today. Also hear about how many people in Scotland were affected by witchcraft compared to Europe.

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  2. Number 2: MAIRI KIDD WARRIORS & WITCHES & DAMN REBEL BITCHES

    Zoe and Claire learn about the trial of Euphame Maccalzean : the Cats of Gormal of Lochaber : the tricks of Helen Duncan with author Mairi Kidd . If you enjoy the episode please rate us on your app!

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  3. Number 3: SARA SHERIDAN - WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?

    The book “Where are the Women” written by author Sara Sheridan was one of the inspirations for the Witches of Scotland campaign - her Sara tells us about her book and how she might like the women who were convicted of witchcraft to be memorialised

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  4. Number 4: Episode One

    Welcome to Witches of Scotland - Zoe and Claire discuss the campaign and preview what we’ll be talking about over the next few weeks - Learn a bit about Lilias Eadie, the Torryburn “witch” and join us in the witchesofscotland.com campaign

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  5. Number 5: EPISODE 49 PROFESSOR OWEN DAVIES - HISTORIAN & PRESIDENT OF THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY

    Owen Davies is a British historian who specialises in the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and popular medicine. He is currently Professor in History at the University of Hertfordshire and has been described as Britain's "foremost academic expert on the history of magic. Zoe & Claire speak to him about accidental witches, conflict witches, witch bottles and myth busting witch folklore

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