🔥WE WILL REMEMBER. WE WILL NOT BURN. 🔥 From the hosts of the Witches of Scotland podcast, the US edition of HOW TO KILL A WITCH by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi is on sale today! This sharp, darkly funny, and fiercely feminist deep dive into history's witch trials is both a reckoning for the past and a warning for the present, a book that Publishers Weekly calls "a lively tribute to the past’s persecuted women and "quarrelsome dames." Available today through US retailers and at the link i

In June 1836, a group of young boys hunting rabbits on the slopes of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh found more than they had bargained for. Hidden in a little crevice, they discovered 17 miniature coffins laid out in three rows. Inside each one, lay a carved figure with crudely fashioned clothes on. Nobody knows who made the coffins or why these figurines were placed in the hillside, but where facts are missing, stories take their place. Some believed that witches were responsible or they represente

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🔮 Scotland’s dark history of witch trials 🕯️ Between 1563 and 1736, thousands—mostly women—were accused of witchcraft in Scotland, many facing horrific trials and executions. Culross was one such place, where Sir George Bruce supported these tragic events. In 2020, the Witches of Scotland campaign sought justice for the accused. On 8 March 2022, the Scottish government finally issued a pardon and formal apology. A long-overdue moment of recognition for those who suffered. 🎥 @andy_highlander #

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