Part 1 of 2 - The Witch of Auldearn : Isobel Gowdie

The witchcraft confessions given by Isobel Gowdie (in Auldearn,
Scotland in 1662) are widely celebrated as the most extraordinary
on record in Britain. Their descriptive power has attracted
considerable interest on both academic and personal levels. Isobel
Gowdie, the renowned “Queen of Scottish Witches”, was a young
Scottish housewife who was tried for witchcraft in 1662. Her
detailed confessions, apparently achieved without the use of
torture, relates her fifteen years of involvement with the Devil,
and offers one of the most detailed looks at European witchcraft
folklore at the end of the era of the Scottish Witch-Hunts. The
most interesting part is that her testimony and fate are highly
debated, still to this day. So, let's find out what she had to say
that still has scholars scratching their heads. Learn more about
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