@Timothy McCaskey "It takes a wicked man to do wicked things and a good man to do good things, but if you want a good man to do wicked things you will need religion for that." - Christopher Hitchens
So True it is not easy doing the Lords work. Witches ARE REAL! God is ultimate reality, evil exists. The namesake of my username, judicially sentenced to death probably more people in English history, anyway. According to Wikipedia it was Earl of Warwick and not "Hardwick". The lies are subtle and not always obvious, to the untrained eye.
It's true there are people who call themselves witches in this day and age. But as to them possessing supernatural powers?.....well I haven't seen any evidence for that.
@Candyman Evil only exists because there is a supernatural. Without which murder wouldn't be Evil, it just wouldn't be good. In fact it may even be good for society on some level eugenically, as the infirm are slaughtered. Unless you would be willing to discard the notion of Evil and thus any defence against it. Witches definitely exist in so far as they manipulate reality through paradox. The simplest example being a square-circle. If things are based on consensus, truth does not exist.
Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy o’ God’s love. A fountain o’ pollution is deep within thy nature, and thou livest as a winter tree; unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy upon thy corrupted soul.
@@ledichang9708 oh, but they did. the first ship had 3 times as much beer as water. books are wonderful things, you might read one sometime. puritans also brought something like 10,000 gallons of wine. on the first ship, i mean.
Please. Those were not Americans. Done a century before we were a country. It was preformed by European puritans. Remember that in Europe in the past 100 years there were witch trials. This “hold my beer” junk meme has become meaningless
Many, many accused witches were elderly, a fair amount of them probably suffering from some form of dementia, along with others suffering from mental illness, handicaps, etc. Others were people who were a bit odd, outsiders, people who had trouble with their neighbors or caused other problems in the community...
She also had only one leg. When these people were hanged, there was no trap door on the gallows to break their necks, so they died by slow strangulation.
"How do you know she's a witch?" "She looks like one!" "They dressed me up like this." "Did you dress her up?" "No! No! No! Yes. Yes. Yes, a bit. A bit. We did do the hat and the nose, but she has got a wart."
Simon Whistler, Morris M. Jennifer De Silva and Shell Harris....thank you all for your time and efforts on these videos. I enjoy them very much and recognize the work that goes into them from you all.
Currently designing a presentation on Hopkins for a Uni module, and finding it very difficult not to pilfer the terms "like an extremist duck to water" and "like a pair of misogynist vampires". Excellent!
"There he is!!!" "Where?" "There!" "What? Behind the rabbit?" "It IS the rabbit!" I'm sorry. The part of the demonic rabbit familiar made me think of Monty Python. 😂😂😂
As always, Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God’s love. A fountain of pollution is deep within thy nature, and this liveth as a winter tree, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy on thy corrupted soul - vvitchfinder general(atun shei films)
Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God's love. A fountain of pollution is deep within thine nature and though livest as a winter tree, unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer and hope that God sees fit to show mercy on thy corrupted soul.
Remember, Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy o’ God’s love. A fountain o’ pollution is deep within thy nature, and thou livest as a winter tree; unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy upon thy corrupted soul.
Thou hath committed plagiarism, a most serious crime in the eyes of God. I shall deliver you to the magistrates assembled in the court of the shire in which you dwell, where thou shall be put, to instant death.
As a great fan of the channel, I'm now DEMANDING (:D) bio of Aleister Crowley. Regarding this topic, there is a cool movie called Witchfinder General from 1968. Vincent Price is playing Matthew Hopkins :) Have a nice day!
I challenge you to do Snorri Sturluson, one of the most influential writers of Northern Europe who lived in Iceland during the Age of the Sturlungs (The Icelandic Civil War) and made many tributes to the king of Norway. His most famous works include Snorra Edda and Heimskringla.
Yeah. Witchfinder General sticks out in my mind as being great for insane partying. Especially Free Country. Cathedral is great, I love Lee Dorrian went from napalm death to cathedral.
I lived in Ipswich for years, and there are lots of stories that go around about the rampage of Matthew Hopkins. Aldeburgh's museum has some great stuff.
the movie The Witchfinder General, with Vincent Price, who plays The Witchfinder General, is an amazing horro film about The Witch General, also, the song The Witchfinder General by the band The Witchfinder General, is an amazing metal song about The Witchfinder General. i wrote this comment just to see how many times i could use the name The Witchfinder General in a comment.
Thank you for saying "Hoped you found that interesting" instead of "Hope you enjoyed that" when it's a subject we really shouldn't enjoy. I noticed the change.
Hopkins was portrayed by Vincent Price in the film "The Conqueror Worm" in 1968. It was also named "Witchfinder General" and parts were filmed in Bury St. Edmunds.
I visited Bury St. Edmunds some years ago and, among other things, learned of the executions. Bury is a charming town with a rich history and it's hard to relate what it is now to what happened there just a few hundred years ago.
I'm seeing some parallels to Holy Grail. I guess I didn't realize how much history Monty Python was making fun of. Do you think the evil bunny is a direct reference to her demon bunny?
Made in 1968, this movie certainly took liberties with historical fact. Vincent Price was aged 58 years and he was playing a man in his early twenties.
@@brianrodney712 all art is at once symbol and surface. Those who see the surface are shallow. Those who go beyond the surface fo so at their own peril...all art us quite useless.
DanceySteve Not really, being spiritual in any religion helps to fulfill some peoples lives. It’s something extra for people to latch on to. I know it seems like people are imagining it but as long as it doesn’t affect anyone else in a negative way, who cares.
"Like the good Christian he was?" Was that a slight against Christians? Because we could also say people were acting like the good Christians they were when they founded the first hospitals, charities, and universities, or when they started the abolitionist movements to end slavery in the west, etc.
Really enjoy the language & the writing. "Like a pair of misogynistic vampires the pair never entered a victim's home without an invite." "He took to it like an extremist duck to water."
Hi Simon,I love yr channel since I'm a big history buff anyway. Speaking of paranoid hysteria in English history,could you please do a bio of Titus Oates who presided over the so-called Popish Plot under Charles I? Thanks,and keep up the good work!
One of your best Simon. Shows what fear, ignorance, and mass hysteria can do even in the land of Shakespeare. Surprised to learn that James I, creator of the Kings James bible had also created an atmosphere of ignorance, fear and death.
I really love your videos. So what they are condensed versions of these biographies. I feel as though you tell these people's stories without having to drag it out in a 3 hour period.
Something I might not have expected, indeed! Threw me off when you said "... back in August of 1945..." right around 15:35. Anyway, love the videos, even though you say some words weirdly.
Another English Civil War personality who would make for an interesting topic would be Anthony Payne, The Cornish Giant. Over seven feet tall, Manservant and Bodyguard to the Grenville family, there are some great stories about the man and he remains something of a local legend around the small Cornish village of Stratton to this day.
In 1944, Helen Duncan was convicted for fraudulent witchcraft under the 1735 Witchcraft Act, and she served 9 months in prison. So there were apparently people who still believed in witchcraft in 1944, and Duncan’s crime was that she had convinced them that she was a witch.
A sign of the times that Witch hunts are described here as misogynistic rather than understanding that witchcraft was simply associated with women. It's no more legitimate to claim it was misogyny than it is legitimate to claim that cats being considered familiars was anti-feline.
Cats were actually not seen as linked to Withes. While it is True that a Cat could be seen as a Witches Familiar, at the Tie any Animal could have been. Cats were not special or the most common, really. Linking Cats to Witchcraft is more of a 19th Century idea.
Hello Biographics. You are one of my favourite channels.. how about doing one on Irena Sendler…...she deserves that. so many people Watch your channel and this would be a nice gesture to tell her story. she was an incredible woman. A other one is Sophie Scholl. not many people know about her too. thats what i think...i could be wrong. Keep up the good Work...cheers
Thoroughly enjoyed this account of a piece of history that is practically on my doorstep! I can reach both St. Osyth and Bury St. Edmunds within an hour. More local histories please!
If it hasn't been done already, and provided there is enough information to go on, I would love to see a Biographics video on Sir Gottfried von Berlichingen better known by the nick-name, "Sir Gotz the Iron Hand." I've only ever found small tidbits of information about his life, but if there is enough material about the man himself, then I feel only Simon Whistler and his magnificent team of historians would be the ones to do this particular historical figure justice. ^_^
Proof that economic incentives work, and think of all the cats that were killed because the church paid a bounty, especially the black cats..The bubonic plague may not have been so catastrophic...
This is a myth. The Church (By which you mean the Catholic Church as you said the Pope) never declared Cats as Demonic, and associating Black Cats with Evil didn;t begin till the 19th Century. There was no bounty on Cats. As for the plauge, it was caused by Fleas, not rats. Do you really Think cats killing rats would eliminate fleas? Wouldn't the fleas just migrate to the cats instead? I know its super popular to beleive in all the bad things done because Christians are awful but a lot of these Historical Facts peopel banty about are just false Historical Narratives with no basis in Reality.
@@martind349 The Medieval killing of cats didn't happen. If this is about a mor emoern effort to kill Ferel cats, its not really the same thing at all.
Thank You Simon, For Another Awesome Video!!! Puritan's were the worst, with how women were seen, and the belief in witchcraft! I'm a descendant of one of the victims in Salem, hung for being a "Witch"....She was an old widow, who owned a lot of property, and was very outspoken, which made her a perfect target. R.I.P. FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF IGNORANCE!!! 🕇🌹❤✌
Hey Simon, this just sparked a question for Today I Found Out. What happened to the women that were not guilty of witchcraft and drowned, e.g. all of them? Were the witchfinders made to compensate for killing innocent women, or was it just shrugged off?
Yep. Originally titled "The Conqueror Worm." Early 70s if I remember right. Saw it 1st when I was like 9 or 10 at the weekend "Dusk to Dawn" horror movie deals at our local drive-ins. Now I believe it's been re-released as (surprise) "The Witchfinder General" on DVD. Btw, it's not a documentary, lol. Verify titles via IMDb (see: Vincent Price.) Should be available through Amazon for dirt cheap.
Never is the devil so dangerous as when he wears the mask of righteousness.
@Timothy McCaskey "It takes a wicked man to do wicked things and a good man to do good things, but if you want a good man to do wicked things you will need religion for that." - Christopher Hitchens
@Timothy McCaskey I'm with you Timothy. But I must say Pascal also gave us Pascal's Wager, which was a load of bollocks.
So True it is not easy doing the Lords work. Witches ARE REAL! God is ultimate reality, evil exists. The namesake of my username, judicially sentenced to death probably more people in English history, anyway. According to Wikipedia it was Earl of Warwick and not "Hardwick". The lies are subtle and not always obvious, to the untrained eye.
It's true there are people who call themselves witches in this day and age. But as to them possessing supernatural powers?.....well I haven't seen any evidence for that.
@Candyman Evil only exists because there is a supernatural. Without which murder wouldn't be Evil, it just wouldn't be good. In fact it may even be good for society on some level eugenically, as the infirm are slaughtered.
Unless you would be willing to discard the notion of Evil and thus any defence against it. Witches definitely exist in so far as they manipulate reality through paradox. The simplest example being a square-circle. If things are based on consensus, truth does not exist.
“If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” ― Groucho Marx
Get that mojo working...
lol, nice build up before the plot twist : >
Never let facts ruin a good story (Irish probver)
A black cat once shared my life a long time ago. He was born on HALLOWEEN. I miss that cat.
''I'd never belong to an organisation that would accept me.'' (Groucho)
12:08 “Like a pair of misogynistic vampires...”
I lost it 😂
“Deliver them to the magistrate’ assembly forthwith in the Shire in which they dwell”
Lol, I got that.
I get that reference
He is a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God's love.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy o’ God’s love. A fountain o’ pollution is deep within thy nature, and thou livest as a winter tree; unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy upon thy corrupted soul.
Puritans in England: Phew I’m glad we can finally put this ridiculous witch panic behind us.
Puritans in America: Hold my beer...
Thry don't have any beer.
@@ledichang9708 oh, but they did. the first ship had 3 times as much beer as water. books are wonderful things, you might read one sometime. puritans also brought something like 10,000 gallons of wine. on the first ship, i mean.
@@ledichang9708 Hold my Meade.
Please. Those were not Americans. Done a century before we were a country. It was preformed by European puritans. Remember that in Europe in the past 100 years there were witch trials. This “hold my beer” junk meme has become meaningless
@@mta4562 Well the beer was only like 2-3% alcohol to keep bacteria from growing in it. Drinking water was difficult to keep safe for long travels.
Their first victim was an elderly old widowed woman....That is so sad.
Many, many accused witches were elderly, a fair amount of them probably suffering from some form of dementia, along with others suffering from mental illness, handicaps, etc. Others were people who were a bit odd, outsiders, people who had trouble with their neighbors or caused other problems in the community...
She also had only one leg. When these people were hanged, there was no trap door on the gallows to break their necks, so they died by slow strangulation.
@@Master_Blackthorne shouldn't be a witch then
AfricanPride X
There’s a special place in hell for you
this is why religion (especially Abrahamic ones) was and will always be trash
Remember kids:
-Things are hung
-People are hanged
😂
It took me while to understand that one. I stand corrected..
THANK YOU!!!
I am SUCH a thing.
I'm very hung right now, your argument is invalid.
His excuse: They turned me into a newt!
But he got better.
Monty Python fans are everywhere.
@@Biographics speaking of..... how about a Biographics on the Monty Python crew ;)
"How do you know she's a witch?"
"She looks like one!"
"They dressed me up like this."
"Did you dress her up?"
"No! No! No! Yes. Yes. Yes, a bit. A bit. We did do the hat and the nose, but she has got a wart."
He's not my Witch Finder General!
@Mary Harrison - Glad you had a chuckle on the Monty Python trail, take care!
Simon Whistler, Morris M. Jennifer De Silva and Shell Harris....thank you all for your time and efforts on these videos. I enjoy them very much and recognize the work that goes into them from you all.
Whoa! Jennifer gets some attention. Nice.
Thank you for covering this with such sanity and careful depth. May those poor people rest in peace.
This sounds like something a witch would say.....
Calling someone else a witch seems like something a witch would do...
Calling someone who calls a witch, witch, is something a witch would do
@@Aegianlulz calling someone a witch who called someone a witch who called them a witch seems like something a witch would do
Lots of people here calling other people witches, which is not nice!
Maybe "Sugar" the demonic rabbit (9:10) was the one guarding the cave in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
🎵Sugar,
Ah, bunny, bunny,
You are my candy hare...🎵
There is a movie from the late 1960's called The Witchfinder General with Vincent Price has Hopkins. It is excellent.
Yes it was a very good movie
Lol of course it was Vincent. That amazing man would have been burned as a warlock born in earlier centuries.
Tf I think it was horrible
Its a cult classic, but i would love for a new witchfinder general movie, just keep nicholas cage away from it.
That scared me more than ANY if his movies.😷👍 Good movie though.
Currently designing a presentation on Hopkins for a Uni module, and finding it very difficult not to pilfer the terms "like an extremist duck to water" and "like a pair of misogynist vampires". Excellent!
"There he is!!!"
"Where?"
"There!"
"What? Behind the rabbit?"
"It IS the rabbit!"
I'm sorry. The part of the demonic rabbit familiar made me think of Monty Python. 😂😂😂
It wouldn't surprise me if that was the inspiration.
"He'll do you up a treat, mate!"
NEE!
Gotta love Monty Python!!!
@Andrew Harper and weighed more than a duck.
Vincent Price was good as Mathew Hopkins in the 1968 horror film 'Witchfinder General'
Any horror movie with Vincent Price is a masterpiece
Agreed.
@@warrenrhinerson6373 agreed. Vincent always played villains well.
1:10 - Chapter 1 - A world on the edge
2:55 - Chapter 2 - Witchcraft & war
4:55 - Chapter 3 - Demonology
7:50 - Chapter 4 - A discovery of witches
10:45 - Chapter 5 - Gynocide
15:15 - Chapter 6 - Ding dong, the witchfinder is dead
18:50 - Chapter 7 - A poisonous legacy
Atun-shei deserved a cameo
As always, Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God’s love. A fountain of pollution is deep within thy nature, and this liveth as a winter tree, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy on thy corrupted soul - vvitchfinder general(atun shei films)
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner...
The Pendle Witch Trials deserve their own video.
and the area where that happen is actually haunted.
@@willhuey4891 no it's not.
im talking about pendle hill because of the british show most haunted.
@@willhuey4891 hauntings aren't real.
There was a heavy metal thrash group in the 1980s called Witchfinder General.
Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God's love. A fountain of pollution is deep within thine nature and though livest as a winter tree, unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer and hope that God sees fit to show mercy on thy corrupted soul.
I can only assume that's the reason this video was in my recommendations.
"Serial Killers do a on a small scale what Governments do on a large one."
Richard Ramirez
Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan was the last person to be imprison under British Witchcraft act of 1735. Back in 1944.
Remember, Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy o’ God’s love. A fountain o’ pollution is deep within thy nature, and thou livest as a winter tree; unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy upon thy corrupted soul.
Thou hath committed plagiarism, a most serious crime in the eyes of God. I shall deliver you to the magistrates assembled in the court of the shire in which you dwell, where thou shall be put, to instant death.
@@Gstrangeman96 and fined 10 shillings 6 pence
As a great fan of the channel, I'm now DEMANDING (:D) bio of Aleister Crowley.
Regarding this topic, there is a cool movie called Witchfinder General from 1968. Vincent Price is playing Matthew Hopkins :)
Have a nice day!
i second this.
I'd love to see this as well. Or a Vincent Price biopic.
Script was written, I proofed it myself. Simon just has to record it. Man, that guy was a weirdo.
@@Biographics YESSSS!
@@Biographics CANT WAIT
I challenge you to do Snorri Sturluson, one of the most influential writers of Northern Europe who lived in Iceland during the Age of the Sturlungs (The Icelandic Civil War) and made many tributes to the king of Norway. His most famous works include Snorra Edda and Heimskringla.
Do Boris Karloff and/or Bela Lugosi
Coincidentally, I just watched The Conqueror Worm (Witchfinder General) the other week!
R.I.P. Vincent Price
Fantastic horror movie. Fantastic band. Fantastic song by Cathedral.
Yeah. Witchfinder General sticks out in my mind as being great for insane partying. Especially Free Country. Cathedral is great, I love Lee Dorrian went from napalm death to cathedral.
Awesome song by Saxon too
What happened to the naughty witch at school?
She was ex-spelled.
Nice Ken
Ken Fulton {Baby Elder} are you a comedian?
Really? Lol
booooo
Sees the name Cromwell
*LOADS ARMALITE WITH IRISH INTENT*
Cromwell was a TURD!!! So lame & boring!!!! Taking away any fun including plays, dancing, & books...
... Sounds like the modern day Taliban / ISIS
Ah a fellow Irishman of culture I see
I lived in Ipswich for years, and there are lots of stories that go around about the rampage of Matthew Hopkins. Aldeburgh's museum has some great stuff.
the movie The Witchfinder General, with Vincent Price, who plays The Witchfinder General, is an amazing horro film about The Witch General, also, the song The Witchfinder General by the band The Witchfinder General, is an amazing metal song about The Witchfinder General.
i wrote this comment just to see how many times i could use the name The Witchfinder General in a comment.
Thank you for saying "Hoped you found that interesting" instead of "Hope you enjoyed that" when it's a subject we really shouldn't enjoy. I noticed the change.
I enjoyed it.
How ironic, I got this in my recommendations right after finishing Salem...
Emperor Belos AKA Philip Wittebane from The Owl House was inspired by Hopkins.
"Can't reason with crazy."
A demonic Bunny? The same one from The Holy Grail
That's what I was thinking too. Who knows it could very well have been the influence. There was a witch trial spoof in the movie.
Sitting in isolation in 2020 could listen to stuff like this all day. Love history and your voice is perfect.
Hopkins was portrayed by Vincent Price in the film "The Conqueror Worm" in 1968. It was also named "Witchfinder General" and parts were filmed in Bury St. Edmunds.
Im gonna have to check it out
That movie also shows the new model army wearing red coats
I visited Bury St. Edmunds some years ago and, among other things, learned of the executions. Bury is a charming town with a rich history and it's hard to relate what it is now to what happened there just a few hundred years ago.
I would love a video of you guys doing research and editing. Basically a behind the scenes video would be great. Keep up the good work.
Boooooring. Writers reading books and websites. Yawn.
Biographics true lol
I'm seeing some parallels to Holy Grail. I guess I didn't realize how much history Monty Python was making fun of. Do you think the evil bunny is a direct reference to her demon bunny?
I like the movie "Witch Finder General " with Vincent Price. Was he related to Johns Hopkins ?
Made in 1968, this movie certainly took liberties with historical fact. Vincent Price was aged 58 years and he was playing a man in his early twenties.
brian rodney Cracking film though!xx
@@susanlansdell863 I agree, well worth suspending one's belief for.
@@brianrodney712 all art is at once symbol and surface. Those who see the surface are shallow. Those who go beyond the surface fo so at their own peril...all art us quite useless.
What a cheesy name to give yourself. Just picture it: "Whats up everyone? Im the Witchfinder General. Pretty cool huh?"
WitchHUNTER General.
Gnarly! Now do a Biographics on the band Witchfinder General!!!
This guy served as the basis of Belos from owl house
Who's here because of a radical doom metal band?
Or a Vincent Price movie for which the band was named?
or the song by another radical doom metal band haha
Death penalty for the friends of hell
Simon whistler 🔥🔥the creme del a creme of you tube
*de la
@@thunderb00m de la soul
Poor man's V-sauce, but still awesome.
Danny Landrum V-sauce isnt much around anymore ...
YPO6 Hell yeah 😎
Believing in Witches in the past is like thinking the world is flat in the present.
Robin de Roos
My eyes have been opened.
I would think shapeshifters or the lizard people. David Icke will explain it all.
@@danhemming6624
That too.
Or people believing in the Bible
DanceySteve
Not really, being spiritual in any religion helps to fulfill some peoples lives. It’s something extra for people to latch on to. I know it seems like people are imagining it but as long as it doesn’t affect anyone else in a negative way, who cares.
Matthew Hopkins is my ancestor. My name is Steven Hopkins.
Can you cover Aleister Crowley?
Script was written, I proofed it myself. Simon just has to record it. Man, that guy was a weirdo, as I commented earlier.
He was fascinating.Occultist and accomplished mountaineer,never weakened even by heroine.
Austin Osman Spare would be a good one too.Not a lot of people know who he is.
Biographics can’t wait for Crowley. Can you do Tommy Robinson please? He is like the witch finder the way he’s raising people’s hatred today.
@@rudimentaryganglia He was a child-molesting Satanist. Nothing fascinating.
"Like the good Christian he was?" Was that a slight against Christians? Because we could also say people were acting like the good Christians they were when they founded the first hospitals, charities, and universities, or when they started the abolitionist movements to end slavery in the west, etc.
"You took him from me!"
I still remember the screaming from the end of the film.
One could argue that there were several civil wars prior to the Cromwellian one.... The Anarchy?
Really enjoy the language & the writing. "Like a pair of misogynistic vampires the pair never entered a victim's home without an invite." "He took to it like an extremist duck to water."
Could you cover Otto Skorzney?
Brilliant idea
Thanks for sparking my interest on googling him im enjoying him a lot thx for shareing him bro hope they make a bio of him
Interesting (^^)
@@thatonemferyaknow3794 I don't know if you're trolling or if you're serious.
Check out the history guy
Hi Simon,I love yr channel since I'm a big history buff anyway. Speaking of paranoid hysteria in English history,could you please do a bio of Titus Oates who presided over the so-called Popish Plot under Charles I? Thanks,and keep up the good work!
Named my staffy dog after Titus Oates. Yes please.
One of your best Simon. Shows what fear, ignorance, and mass hysteria can do even in the land of Shakespeare. Surprised to learn that James I, creator of the Kings James bible had also created an atmosphere of ignorance, fear and death.
He should do one based on Faucci and the fear mongering of 2020/21
At 15:36 did you say "Back in August of 1945?"
Yes Simon made the 20th Century mistake again. But fair Dinkum he's good to listen to no um's or ahh's. He is a wonderful orator.
I presume he meant 1645
I love all the parallels you draw to today’s world. Good job, Mr. Whistler (Or the person who wrote the script)!
That would be Morris Micklewait.
It does bring to mind the witch finders on social media of 2020 doesn’t it.
@@Biographics do a video about James I
I really love your videos. So what they are condensed versions of these biographies. I feel as though you tell these people's stories without having to drag it out in a 3 hour period.
Something I might not have expected, indeed! Threw me off when you said "... back in August of 1945..." right around 15:35. Anyway, love the videos, even though you say some words weirdly.
I heard it too
Another English Civil War personality who would make for an interesting topic would be Anthony Payne, The Cornish Giant.
Over seven feet tall, Manservant and Bodyguard to the Grenville family, there are some great stories about the man and he remains something of a local legend around the small Cornish village of Stratton to this day.
Your tapes are very good I like how you share the information. Thank you,
the 80's just called and want their tapes back.
He's not the Witchfinder General he's just a very naughty boy.
Dig "The Conqueror Worm" with Vincent Price-1967-for a film dealing with this.
Very good movie indeed
In 1944, Helen Duncan was convicted for fraudulent witchcraft under the 1735 Witchcraft Act, and she served 9 months in prison. So there were apparently people who still believed in witchcraft in 1944, and Duncan’s crime was that she had convinced them that she was a witch.
Yep and I believe it was in the highly educated UK
10:08 "Further, 4 had died in jail" Woah. Soooo....they went all out on the torture then? =(
Probably just starvation and/or dehydration
@@varolussalsanclar1163 or dysentery or any number of illnesses but torture is still very likely as well.
Hey hey hey, they’re torturers, not doctors.
A sign of the times that Witch hunts are described here as misogynistic rather than understanding that witchcraft was simply associated with women. It's no more legitimate to claim it was misogyny than it is legitimate to claim that cats being considered familiars was anti-feline.
Cats were actually not seen as linked to Withes. While it is True that a Cat could be seen as a Witches Familiar, at the Tie any Animal could have been. Cats were not special or the most common, really. Linking Cats to Witchcraft is more of a 19th Century idea.
Hello Biographics. You are one of my favourite channels.. how about doing one on Irena Sendler…...she deserves that. so many people Watch your channel and this would be a nice gesture to tell her story. she was an incredible woman.
A other one is Sophie Scholl. not many people know about her too. thats what i think...i could be wrong.
Keep up the good Work...cheers
I am from colchester and love going to the Castle and learning the history behind it but when It comes to this side of it, it is just incredible.
Think of the witch trial from Monty Pythons Holy Grail and you get an idea of the logic used in those dark days.
Though using the logic of Sir Bedevere the witch does end up admitting "its a fair cop" :)
@@lynchet4532 Because she looks like one!
@@colinp2238 this isn't my nose, it's a false one ! But she did weigh the same as a duck ! Therefore a witch !
@@lynchet4532 Then she's made of wood and we can BURN her.
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Fantastic video, always entertaining. I recommend these videos and podcasts to anyone who will listen
Do Ayatollah Khomeini!
If she floats in a lake, she's a witch.
Can you do mark twain?
In the film Vincent price played him. I'd like to see a tv drama about this. It could be long enough to cover the whole story
Bury St Edmunds, my home town. So proud. xD
Thoroughly enjoyed this account of a piece of history that is practically on my doorstep! I can reach both St. Osyth and Bury St. Edmunds within an hour. More local histories please!
I am the vvitchfinder general of the colonie of Massachusetts bay
"General Witch Hunter" wish i could put that on my business card.
Philip Wittebane
If it hasn't been done already, and provided there is enough information to go on, I would love to see a Biographics video on Sir Gottfried von Berlichingen better known by the nick-name, "Sir Gotz the Iron Hand." I've only ever found small tidbits of information about his life, but if there is enough material about the man himself, then I feel only Simon Whistler and his magnificent team of historians would be the ones to do this particular historical figure justice. ^_^
Proof that economic incentives work, and think of all the cats that were killed
because the church paid a bounty, especially the black cats..The bubonic
plague may not have been so catastrophic...
This is a myth. The Church (By which you mean the Catholic Church as you said the Pope) never declared Cats as Demonic, and associating Black Cats with Evil didn;t begin till the 19th Century.
There was no bounty on Cats.
As for the plauge, it was caused by Fleas, not rats. Do you really Think cats killing rats would eliminate fleas? Wouldn't the fleas just migrate to the cats instead?
I know its super popular to beleive in all the bad things done because Christians are awful but a lot of these Historical Facts peopel banty about are just false Historical Narratives with no basis in Reality.
@@martind349 The Medieval killing of cats didn't happen. If this is about a mor emoern effort to kill Ferel cats, its not really the same thing at all.
he did all that and he wasn't even 30 yet? Why give some young guy so much power?!
Could you please cover George Harrison?
In New England at least, some of the accusers acquired property of the dead witches.
that happened to ny great aunt several times over, rebecca nurse. they took her farm- she was a widow.
Thank You Simon, For Another Awesome Video!!!
Puritan's were the worst, with how women were seen, and the belief in witchcraft! I'm a descendant of one of the victims in Salem, hung for being a "Witch"....She was an old widow, who owned a lot of property, and was very outspoken, which made her a perfect target.
R.I.P. FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF IGNORANCE!!! 🕇🌹❤✌
You be careful then seeing as you too could be called a chatterbox?
"Like a pair of misogynistic vampires..." sound like certain modern politicians.
obligatory metal post: WITCHFINDER GENERAL \m/
Came here for this \m/
@@VladTepesVEVO is this an impalement joke....
SHE RIDES TO THE SABBATHHHH
@@Ejosii *outrageous guitar rift*
Love all your videos! So interesting and elevate TH-cam as a platform
My school was in the town his grave was in, so we visited it :P
omg! such a good video! I loved the commentary linking it up to current world events.
Happy international women’s day! My friend has a white female pit bull named Sugar!
Robert Westall's novel "The Devil on the Road" features Hopkins, one of my favourite books.
"Today we're going to examine how one zealous man managed to corrupt England's soul" So this is a biopic about Nigel Farage now?
And bloody proud of the fact too!
Hey Simon, this just sparked a question for Today I Found Out. What happened to the women that were not guilty of witchcraft and drowned, e.g. all of them? Were the witchfinders made to compensate for killing innocent women, or was it just shrugged off?
Was blaming witches the same as our "Thanks, Obama" back then?
Gary Daniel
A lot of Trumplickers still believe on this nonsense.
Gentlemen, please, can we just enjoy the free education and not talk about politics?
Probably one of the best job titles ever! Witchfinder General!
I think this is a movie 🎥 by Actor Mr.Vincent Price
Yep. Originally titled "The Conqueror Worm." Early 70s if I remember right. Saw it 1st when I was like 9 or 10 at the weekend "Dusk to Dawn" horror movie deals at our local drive-ins. Now I believe it's been re-released as (surprise) "The Witchfinder General" on DVD. Btw, it's not a documentary, lol. Verify titles via IMDb (see: Vincent Price.) Should be available through Amazon for dirt cheap.