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The Witch Trials: Three True Cases from the Trial Records

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Three true witch-trial stories from Pendle, North Berwick and Salem: a child witness, a king and coerced confessions, and a farmer who refused a jury trial. Based on trial records and contemporary accounts, with allegations distinguished from evidence.

Chapters
0:00 The ten at Lancaster
0:26 The child witness
3:45 The king's witches
6:56 The man who refused a jury
9:07 The machinery

Sources
Thomas Potts, The Wonderfull Discoverie (1613): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18253
Newes from Scotland (1591): https://www.johngraycentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Newes-From-Scotland.pdf
Salem Witchcraft Papers, Giles Corey records: https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n37.html
Emerson W. Baker, Pressing Giles Cory (OUP, 2015): https://blog.oup.com/2015/10/death-giles-cory/

Source note: prosecution pamphlets report allegations and coerced confessions, not proof of witchcraft. Corey pleaded not guilty but refused jury trial. More weight is unconfirmed later tradition; the pressing's precise details are uncertain.

Burrow & Bell: true stories from historic sources, told by critters.
Category
ATLANTIC ROAD
Tags
Burrow and Bell, Giles Corey, North Berwick
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