Show Notes
Witch hysteria was so fervent and deadly in the 17th and 18th centuries, that, by the late 18th century in Europe, approximately 50,000 people had been executed for supposed crimes of witchcraft. When the accused were put on trial they were forced to participate in strange and even violent tests to prove their innocence.
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