The Witches of Warboys

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In the late 16th century, in the small village of Warboys, just outside Cambridge, everyday life was unsettled by growing fear and uncertainty, when family members of the local gentry began suffering from strange illnesses. Suspicion of witchcraft quickly spread amongst the community, and one neighbouring family found themselves accused by a local population that was searching for explanations in an environment of fear and superstition, forcing ordinary, everyday events to become evidence of something much darker.SOURCES Man, Thomas & Winnington, John (1593) The Most Strange and Admirable Discovery of the Three Witches of Warboys. Widow Orwin, London, UK. Almond, Philip C. (2008) The Witches of Warboys. I. B. Taurus, London, UK. ------ For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠darkhistories.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the show by visiting our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://author.to/darkhistories⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dark Histories merch is available here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3GChjk9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or find us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://twitter.com/darkhistories⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or you can contact us directly via email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠contact@darkhistories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or join our Discord community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody shush! William Shatner has something to say.
0:03.3	Cat and Jethro, box of oddities.
0:06.1	The show is examined weird things.
0:08.8	What do you do when the woman you love dies?
0:12.7	Well, of course you dig her up and you live with her.
0:14.8	Aw.
0:15.4	That is really mysterious.
0:17.8	The strange, the bizarre. The unexpected.
0:21.8	Cat and Jethro, Box of Oddities.
0:24.4	Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:27.9	The Box of Oddities.
0:32.1	In the late 16th century, in the small village of Warboys just outside Cambridge in England, everyday life was
0:39.2	unsettled by growing fear and uncertainty when family members of the local gentry began suffering
0:45.4	from strange illnesses. Suspitions of witchcraft quickly spread amongst the community and one
0:51.6	neighbouring family found themselves accused by a local population that
0:56.1	was searching for explanations in an environment of fear and superstition, that forced ordinary
1:01.9	everyday events to become evidence of something much darker.
1:07.7	This is dark histories where the facts are worse than fiction.
1:15.4	Hello and welcome to Dark History, Season 10, Episode 5.
1:19.7	I'm Ben, your host, as always.
1:22.0	This week, before we start, I just want to give a quick shout out.
1:24.9	Next month in April, I will be putting out the first of the
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