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Mysterious Circumstances

Part 1 of 2 - The Witch of Auldearn : Isobel Gowdie

Mysterious Circumstances

13 Stars Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

The witchcraft confessions given by Isobel Gowdie (in Auldearn, Scotland in 1662) are widely celebrated as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Their descriptive power has attracted considerable interest on both academic and personal levels. Isobel Gowdie, the renowned “Queen of Scottish Witches”, was a young Scottish housewife who was tried for witchcraft in 1662. Her detailed confessions, apparently achieved without the use of torture, relates her fifteen years of involvement with the Devil, and offers one of the most detailed looks at European witchcraft folklore at the end of the era of the Scottish Witch-Hunts. The most interesting part is that her testimony and fate are highly debated, still to this day. So, let's find out what she had to say that still has scholars scratching their heads.
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0:00.0

And the And then. Welcome to Mysterious Circumstances Podcast. I'm your host Justin and my co-host joining me today for this very interesting topic is Jessica.

0:35.0

Jessica, would you like to introduce yourself?

0:38.0

Hi, my name is Jessica. I'm from Northeast Ohio.

0:42.0

I am currently a practicing witch and I'm here to help us in

0:47.0

out with some of the information for getting our topic today.

0:50.0

So today our topic is the witch of all darn is Belgouti.

0:56.3

As we get rolling in the episode you're gonna find out why this woman and her

1:01.6

confessions in particular are still highly debated into the 21st century like

1:09.0

seriously debated and because it's one of the more detailed and more amazing and also more fantastical

1:19.2

of confessions that you've ever seen in any witchcraft trial because she gave four

1:25.4

documented confessions that were extremely detailed. I am gonna say

1:31.4

something before we do get started on this episode, okay?

1:35.0

Because when this topic popped up in your iTunes feed or whatever podcast app you're using,

1:41.0

you probably rolled your eyes. I heard about half my

1:43.7

listeners eyes roll in the back of their head because this is a you know it's it's a

1:48.5

different topic it is a subject that some people do not consider legitimate but I will tell you this right

1:54.4

now like the practice of witchcraft in general is something that was a belief

2:00.0

system and a way of life for people for thousands of years.

2:05.0

So, you know, before you think that your religion is better than somebody else's

2:11.2

belief system or your belief system is better than their belief

2:15.3

system. Just sit back and check yourself real quick and maybe possibly you know if you

2:21.4

think this is total bullshit maybe you should check what you

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