Is the Devil Dead? (Part 2)

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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(2/2) What does the resurrection of a hanged woman have to do with the Devil? Did the Enlightenment kill Old Nick or is he still a part of our world today? Maddy and Anthony continue their exploration of the rise and fall of Lucifer with Dr Mikki Brock, author of Satan and the Scots, c.1560-1700: The Devil in Post-Reformation Scotland.

Edited and produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hi, we're your host's Anthony Delaney and Maddie Pelling.
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0:32.7	The Diaries of Godly Scots living in the 1600s document a front line in a spiritual war wrought across a population perpetually wrestling with demonic temptation and doubt. Take young mistress
0:40.3	Rutherford, an orphan brought up by her grandfather in Edinburgh at the start of the 17th century.
0:47.6	As an adult, she recalled in her youth how aged just 11 she could not sleep the fear of the devil.
0:56.3	When she did sleep, she would be terrorized by dream-like visions of him so vivid and so
1:02.2	disturbing, that life quickly became exhausting, and even as a child, she soon desired to die.
1:10.5	As she sat in the Kirk one day contemplating her troubles,
1:15.0	she heard a great roaring wind outside and was overcome with a fear that it was the devil she heard
1:21.7	come to take her away. Her mind flitted about in panic for for, so she thought, he had invaded it, and would destroy her inside out.
1:35.5	Mistress Rutherford was not alone in believing that she lived in a world where Satan was present, ubiquitous even.
1:43.6	No door, window, chimney, prayer or spell powerful enough
1:48.0	to keep him at bay. All across the city of Edinburgh, all across Scotland, all across Europe,
1:56.3	people lived in full belief that the Antichrist did indeed walk the earth, raging and seeking any he might devour.
2:06.6	The Hello and welcome back to After Dark. My name's Anthony.
2:35.3	And my name's Maddie.
2:36.7	And today we are back with Dr. Mickey Brock for the second part of our exploration of the history of the devil.
2:44.0	Now, we began last week exploring the origins of the devil and his rise to power and influence, I suppose. But today we're going to look at
2:53.1	the decline and fall of Old Nick, as he's known. But is it an actual fall? But our guide, as I say,
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