Hello, hello and welcome to the second part of the first ever two-part show.

We are coming to you from the past, we are still in Dublin by the time you listen to this

at all, we'll be over and we'll be sad.

We are currently still on the road.

Having a great time, I'm still damp, but that's okay because you're not here to listen

to me talk about that, you're here to listen to me talk about witches.

Exactly, last week we told you how witch hunting mania spread across mainland Europe, but

how did it get to the British Isles?

What did they believe went down at those satanic gatherings?

Why did women make up 90% of those persecuted for sorcery in England?

And what is the legacy of witch hunting today?

Here is the short hand, part two.

For generations in England and Scotland, the state sanctioned killing of anyone suspected

of demonic activity thrived.

Thousands were tortured and executed, and everyone from the village preacher to the king of

the realm was eventually involved in sniffing them out.

But for a while England resisted.

It all began north of the border, in North Berwick, Scotland.

In the year 1590, words spread of a gathering in the old Kirk of St Andrew.

It was a witch's Sabbath.

On a rocky outcrop that jutted into the cold North Sea, a group of witches were said

to have gathered.

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