I came across this excellent film the other day and thought you might like to listen to it. It’s part of the Little Bit of History series which I would recommend. It’s a shocking insight into 17th century culture, both poor and wealthy, and educated and uneducated. So who was accused of witch craft and why? Would you believe it originally started with a falling out over fish? What evidence was there to support these claims? One man challenged the accusations but who was he and did anybody listen to him? Even when the afflicted were mysteriously restored to health once the witches were convicted, was the sentence still carried out (you can probably guess the answer to this)? And what infamous trial did this case influence thirty years later? To find out the answers to these questions and more related information please select the following link and press play (you may need to move the red bar back to the start), you may also wish to give it a thumbs up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN-JxAtv4iM
Here is a written article from the excellent Norfolk Tales, Myths and More website about the Lowestoft witches for those of you who prefer to read rather than listen, please select the following link:
https://norfolktalesmyths.com/2018/02/23/lowestoft-its-two-famous-witches/
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