Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
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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)
“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.
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!
@@paulsimmons5726 ALMOST flew over my head! Lmbo!
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.
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...🎵
12:08 “Like a pair of misogynistic vampires...”
I lost it 😂
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.
Atun-shei deserved a cameo
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.
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.
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.
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!"
You're forgetting the witch trial of Carol Cleveland in the Holy Grail. Look she's got a warty nose and everything!
NEE!
Gotta love Monty Python!!!
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.
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...
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.
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
Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan was the last person to be imprison under British Witchcraft act of 1735. Back in 1944.
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
"Serial Killers do a on a small scale what Governments do on a large one."
Richard Ramirez
Do Boris Karloff and/or Bela Lugosi
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
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
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.
Coincidentally, I just watched The Conqueror Worm (Witchfinder General) the other week!
R.I.P. Vincent Price
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
How ironic, I got this in my recommendations right after finishing Salem...
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
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.
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.
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
Fantastic video, always entertaining. I recommend these videos and podcasts to anyone who will listen
Love all your videos! So interesting and elevate TH-cam as a platform
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.
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 😎
Another awesome video, will you be uploading more podcasts? I love being able to listen to them while I drive
omg! such a good video! I loved the commentary linking it up to current world events.
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
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
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.
Sitting in isolation in 2020 could listen to stuff like this all day. Love history and your voice is perfect.
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.
@@MannyJazzcats He was a child-molesting Satanist. Nothing fascinating.
"You took him from me!"
I still remember the screaming from the end of the film.
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?
Gnarly! Now do a Biographics on the band Witchfinder General!!!
Have you ever considered a Dave Brubeck biographic.
Your tapes are very good I like how you share the information. Thank you,
the 80's just called and want their tapes back.
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!
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.
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.
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.
I absolutely adore this youtube channel. I was wondering if you would do an episode of Maurice de Pendergast the right hand of Strongbow.
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.
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.
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
Well done!
This guys narration is superb
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
Dig "The Conqueror Worm" with Vincent Price-1967-for a film dealing with this.
Very good movie indeed
Another excellent video. 😃
Thank you
Can you do mark twain?
Bury St Edmunds, my home town. So proud. xD
I love your videos, Simon. You are such a rational and humane person. Bravo!
...he doesn't write the scripts, he only READS them. You can tell a lot about a person's core personality by the way they read words that others have written. I guess.
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.
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
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
I love this channel
As always I luv the vid. Can anyone tell me more about the artwork you were showing? Is there a term for that period?
Do Ayatollah Khomeini!
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
I haven't gotten all the way through your vids yet, but if you have not, are you planning on doing one about Ferdinand/Isabella with the Spanish Inquisition or some of the other major players in that?
I would love to see a video examining Mühlhiasl and Stormberger.
My school was in the town his grave was in, so we visited it :P
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.
@@lynchet4532 ⁹⁹
Great video guys! When you guys get a chance could you please do a video on Philo Farnsworth. (I will probably request this forever)
Another amazing video. Do you guys have a Patreon?
Philip Wittebane
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.
Well done, as usual
Robert Westall's novel "The Devil on the Road" features Hopkins, one of my favourite books.
She turned me into a newt!
I got better...
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
Love this
Hey I'm a new subscriber and I really enjoy your content
A zealot named Hopkins. Sounds familiar.
Could you please cover George Harrison?
I love you Bio vids. It is awesome , can you please do a series on the rulers of Europe, Valois, Capet and Carolingian and Charlemagne decent and the Royal Houses and there history. Thank you
Probably one of the best job titles ever! Witchfinder General!
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?
obligatory metal post: WITCHFINDER GENERAL \m/
Came here for this \m/
@@HorrorUberAlles is this an impalement joke....
SHE RIDES TO THE SABBATHHHH
@@Ejosii *outrageous guitar rift*
Brilliant!
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
I am the vvitchfinder general of the colonie of Massachusetts bay
Do Malcolm x or Kurt cobain
Chad Chucks
Do Santa! Do the Easter Wabbitt!!!
Do Hanukkah Harry!!!!!!
Do Ramadan er, Uh.....Rabbani!!!!!
Yes both are very interesting stories, both got murdered too...
was kurt Cobain really murdered though? I think the jury is still out on that one. @@jwnknnr
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.
I wasn’t expecting to be hearing about my home town Bury St Edmunds in this video! 😲