witchfinders article

[chockfullahate]

in the articles section on the main site, there is an article on the witchfinder general etc., which states the following on the articles last page:

Belief in the danger of witches did not vanish from rural communities, and sporadic lynchings were reported from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries.

where were these lynchings?

 

[Mighty_Emperor]

Here is the link to the aforementioned articel form FT198:

www.forteantimes.com/articles/198_witch1.shtml

[edit: and I've moved this to Esoterica.]

 

[chockfullahate]

thanks for that!

 

[WhistlingJack]

Belief in the danger of witches did not vanish from rural communities, and sporadic lynchings were reported from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries.

where were these lynchings?

I'd imagine the strange death of Charles Walton fits the bill: -

wormwoodchronicles.com/lab/witchburn

whitedragon.org.uk/articles/charles

controverscial.com/Murder%20by%20Witchcraft

bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/local-history/1945-witchcraft-murder

 

[chockfullahate]

i had forgotten about that, seem to recall another "murder" of a witch where the aforesaid "witch" was found in a hollow tree... or did i imagine that?

 

[TheQuixote]

i had forgotten about that, seem to recall another "murder" of a witch where the aforesaid "witch" was found in a hollow tree... or did i imagine that?

Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?

 

[shah_aoul]

didn't a druid die in suspicious circumstances last year in Cornwall? Does that count?

 

[Mighty_Emperor]

didn't a druid die in suspicious circumstances last year in Cornwall? Does that count?

Reports here:

www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 920#407920