The Scottish Witch Trials

In this episode Effie is covering the Scottish Witch Trials and we cover myths and lots of other witchy stuff!   The Scottish Witchcraft Act was introduced in 1563 and followed on from trials that had taken place across Europe.We are delighted to be bringing you this episode as we've had so many requests for the witch trials! We also talk about tarring people and putting them in barrels, Jeremy Clarkson, annoying Tik Tokers and what we've been watching! Sources for this episode are: BBC NewsBBC Documentary – Lucy WorselyHistoric UK.comThe Last Witch- Philip ParisThe Survey of Scottish Witchcraft – a databaseScottish Murders Podcast – which is hilarious with our friend DawnAnd We are History Podcast.In the introduction of this episode we talk a little bit about Kirsty Maxwell and if you'd like to find out more and donate to her family's charity please go to Kirstymaxwellcharity.co.ukAnd if you'd like to hear some AirBNB horror stories as mentioned in this episode https://youtu.be/7-6OivmgXY0?si=GxUaxITcT4e6D0FvSend us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurderAnd we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.