The St Osyth Skeletons - Tudor Witch Panic, Betrayal… and a Child Witness - Tudor True Crime
Tudor History with Claire Ridgway di Claire Ridgway
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In 1921, builders in the quiet Essex village of St Osyth unearthed a chilling sight:
Two female skeletons.
Buried deliberately.
With iron rivets hammered into their knees and elbows - a brutal, centuries-old method used to stop a witch from rising from the grave.
For a hundred years, villagers have whispered the same names: Ursula Kemp. Elizabeth Bennet.
Two women hanged for witchcraft in 1582.
But who were they really?
In this episode of my Tudor True Crime series, I uncover the dark world behind the St Osyth witch trials, a story of neighbourly grudges, grief, superstition, and a magistrate hungry for fame.
You’ll discover:
Leggi dettagliTwo female skeletons.
Buried deliberately.
With iron rivets hammered into their knees and elbows - a brutal, centuries-old method used to stop a witch from rising from the grave.
For a hundred years, villagers have whispered the same names: Ursula Kemp. Elizabeth Bennet.
Two women hanged for witchcraft in 1582.
But who were they really?
In this episode of my Tudor True Crime series, I uncover the dark world behind the St Osyth witch trials, a story of neighbourly grudges, grief, superstition, and a magistrate hungry for fame.
You’ll discover:
- How a fallen-out friendship sparked a chain of accusations
- Why Ursula Kemp was both a healer… and feared
- How a ...