Show Notes
This episode, Lisa and Sarah explore how witchcraft keeps slipping into the language of crime; from Hungary’s Angel Makers and the “Yorkshire Witch” Mary Bateman, to séance-era scandals, detective psychics, and the Satanic Panic.
Why does the supernatural so often get blamed when the truth is too uncomfortable?
Plus, in How's Tricks?, Sarah shares the story of an accidental exorcism, and Lisa gets a little numerological pat on the back from the universe.
Citations for Who, What Witch, Where?:
ABC News article about Sylvia Browne History on the Net article about the Angel Makers LA Times - Cypress Psychic Tells Court of Helping to Solve Murder My Learning - Mary Bateman Unilad article about Sylvia Browne Weird NJ article about Jeannette DePalma
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Keywords: witchcraft, true crime, psychic detectives, Angel Makers, Mary Bateman, Satanic Panic, spiritualism, superstition, Are We Witches Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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