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@indykatley.bsky.social

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"If you take a child of 5 and 6 years old and all of a sudden men who aren't your daddy drive your mommy away,and they're all telling you that your mommy is wicked, and next time you see your mommy she's had her head shaved, she's covered in bruises and she's at the town square, she is being strangled by the local blacksmith, because you might not have an executioner at your town, then she is tied at the stake and she is burned and you have to watch that as a 5 year old". The 17th century witch trials in Scotland were many and they were brutal. Amongst the many people tried for being a witch, one woman's confessions stood out for being the most scandalous across all of Europe: Isobel Gowdie. What made Isobel confess to having sex with the devil? What are the details of what she said? And what was happening in Scotland to create such a fear of witches? Joining Kate today is author and witch historian Mary Craig, to help Kate find out more about this woman.