Scottish witch trials Archives

August 2019

Isobel Gowdie: A Witch Trial Extraordinaire in Auldearn, Scotland

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Isobel Gowdie was a difficult assignment for us. Spooky Scotland has taken us to many haunted destinations. However, it seems that we pass through Auldearn on a regular occurrence to get to many other spooky sites: Cawdor Castle, Rait Castle, the Clava Cairns and Culloden Moor to name a few. On the surface, Auldearn appears [...]

Isobel Gowdie: A Witch Trial Extraordinaire in Auldearn, ScotlandCh_Ka51tj42019-08-08T21:50:50+00:00

September 2018

The Burning Times: The Scottish Witch Trials

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Between 1563 and 1763 Scotland was a country in flux and the resulting paranoia fueled the Scottish Witch Trials. Belief in witchcraft was common during the Middle Ages, but the leaders of the Catholic church were largely skeptical, seeing it as folklore rather than something sinister. Lawyers were only interested in cases were harm [...]

The Burning Times: The Scottish Witch TrialsCh_Ka51tj42018-10-30T19:47:55+00:00