Taking on the witch hunters

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Blamed for killing her father through witchcraft, Monica Paulus fled for her life, but she didn’t stay in hiding for long. Monica realised she could be someone to stand up and prevent others being killed after accusations of sorcery. This is the story of how one brave woman took on the witch hunters and changed history in Papua New Guinea.

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:06.9	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.1	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:13.7	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history.
0:20.7	We're still looking for Lucan. It's honestly one of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for
0:21.6	Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman. This is
0:27.7	The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. You killed him. So that was how you found out that your
0:34.9	father had died. Your brother said to you, you killed him.
0:37.8	Yeah, that's it.
0:39.4	When he said those words to you,
0:41.2	because you'd just gone to the shop and come home,
0:43.1	what was going through your mind?
0:44.8	What was going through my mind was like,
0:47.6	I couldn't accept what he said
0:49.7	and also quickly fear just creeped up in me.
0:57.7	Can you imagine your life becoming dangerously unfamiliar?
1:02.9	I'm Emily Webb and you're listening to Lives Less Ordinary,
1:06.7	taking you through life's twists and turns with some extraordinary people from around the world.
1:13.8	Hello, Monica. I don't know if you, you might not remember this, but we've actually spoken a few times
1:19.5	in the past because I came to Papua New Guinea. It was back in 2018 to make this documentary.
1:27.1	Yes, I remember.
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