Burned at the stake
What's on TV|October 26, 2024
The horror behind some of history's most infamous witch trials...
IAN MACEWAN, HANNAH DAVIES
Burned at the stake

WITCHES: TRUTH BEHIND THE TRIALS Wed, 8pm, National Geographic (Sky 129, Virgin 183) Factual

T ales of paranoia, superstition and torture are told in this new series about history's barbaric witch trials, starting this week with the Scottish Witch Trials of 1591. Known to be some of the most ruthless, they began when Scotland's King James VI decided to wed Princess Anne from Denmark.

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