Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder
Religious zeal, paranoia and trumped-up charges. For a century, they fueled brutal scourges that claimed innocent lives.
Cast:Suzannah Lipscomb , Kathy Trevelyan , Lee Ravitz , Clare Langford , Sally Mortemore , James Groom , Gabriel Lo Giudice , Trevor Allan Davies , Malcolm Tomlinson , Jonathan Tafler , Tim Holt , Lucy Telleck , David Broughton-Davies , Amber Fernée , Derek Carey Vernon , Emily Toovey
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Travelling to Scotland and Denmark, Suzannah uncovers the story of how, by the end of 1590, Scotland was in the grip of its first ever mass witch trial. More than a hundred people were hunted down as witches in league with the Devil and many were burned at the stake.
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
James I's son, Charles, pretty much ended the hunting and execution of witches. But then the Civil War engulfed England, and Charles lost control.
