The 9-Year-Old Responsible For The Execution Of Her Entire Family | The Pendle Witches | Timeline

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

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  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel  3 года назад +161

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    • @robertmellan4392
      @robertmellan4392 3 года назад +5

      W2

    • @linneakiukka1661
      @linneakiukka1661 3 года назад +4

      W2°

    • @straytarnish9443
      @straytarnish9443 3 года назад +3

      The saying goes just cuz you ain't paranoid don't mean they ain't out to get you y'all said quote just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're out to get you

    • @linneakiukka1661
      @linneakiukka1661 3 года назад +3

      @@straytarnish9443 TOTALLY !

    • @larrysmith3344
      @larrysmith3344 3 года назад

      george strait it aint cool
      people

  • @zepherfire6790
    @zepherfire6790 7 лет назад +1497

    The animation adds a whole other layer of eerie to this sad, dark series of events.

  • @fatcat1399
    @fatcat1399 7 лет назад +3277

    The subtle ghostly animations are so cool and add such a little spooky edge to it. 💜

  • @JanineLANeville
    @JanineLANeville 3 года назад +1097

    I read that some of the accused had very profitable peices of land which got seized by the law. How convenient.

    • @bridgetsclama
      @bridgetsclama 3 года назад +79

      Mostly that happened during the Inquisition, not a localized area. Awful times for strong women.

    • @seankarriker9653
      @seankarriker9653 3 года назад +5

      Maybe the aforementioned gray hound did it 😎 crazy fools

    • @vanlo1178
      @vanlo1178 3 года назад +41

      Oh I'm sure! I don't think the courts were that naive to this during the trials. It seems like it was a good way to get rid of people or your spouse.

    • @stevecarl8696
      @stevecarl8696 3 года назад +10

      Same old same old

    • @verneblestien315
      @verneblestien315 3 года назад +42

      I live and grew up right in the heart of the Salem Massachusetts witch trial area. My conclusion of the trials here was a slave woman's tales from her homeland and some moldy rye led to 3 girls experiencing a bad trip. From that, it turned into a land grab.

  • @HZ-fg9sf
    @HZ-fg9sf 2 года назад +82

    Love how they drew modern day parallels. Many times it is easy to judge events of the past but the same behaviors still persist now.

    • @ЧеловекЗемной-ж8ы
      @ЧеловекЗемной-ж8ы Год назад

      People have changed little. For change, you need to develop thinking, and this is not taught today. Civilization, culture of people is very often provided by external factors, rather than their internal development

    • @HevahaB
      @HevahaB Год назад

      Brings chills to my body how so much changed but nothing really

  • @Lilas.Duveteux
    @Lilas.Duveteux 5 лет назад +259

    Children would say anything that they think might please a caring authority.

    • @tehreemkhurrum5884
      @tehreemkhurrum5884 4 года назад +7

      That is true.

    • @thegamingwitch
      @thegamingwitch 3 года назад +14

      Also she could've been coerced like the Putnam girl from Salem

    • @clockworkoregano
      @clockworkoregano 3 года назад +11

      Yes exactly! That or not understanding the consequences and having been in a fight with / upset over a punishment given by their parents, etc

    • @GypsyGirl317
      @GypsyGirl317 3 года назад +2

      @@clockworkoregano I agree.
      One of my friends had a daughter who created trouble for them and she later regretted it once she realised the consequences. 😔

    • @Capohanf1
      @Capohanf1 3 года назад +2

      REALLY?????? THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY SAY WHEN THE TRIAL IS OF A ACCUSED PEDIPHILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @PorgWitch
    @PorgWitch 5 лет назад +1749

    She got her own family killed only to be accused of the same thing....Karma's a witch

    • @zarasbazaar
      @zarasbazaar 4 года назад +123

      Jfc, she was 9 and coerced by adults.

    • @Cynnas
      @Cynnas 4 года назад +48

      Karma doesn't actually work that was though. Karma is related to the accumulation of your actions throughout your life that influence your next life. It's not "instant", coincidence nor just dealing with the consequence of your actions during your life.

    • @Clean2113
      @Clean2113 4 года назад +75

      Actually, witch craft is based on a certain karma. The law of 3, whatever you put out will come back to you x3

    • @isabella8208
      @isabella8208 4 года назад +25

      she was just a child.

    • @ktcooki276
      @ktcooki276 4 года назад +8

      Underrated comment!!😂😂

  • @ashleypugh7364
    @ashleypugh7364 7 лет назад +1438

    This documentary is really well made and animated.

    • @j.t.319
      @j.t.319 7 лет назад +51

      Ashley Pugh I know I was just admiring the artwork. It gives a very eerie atmosphere by the way it's drawn and animated.

    • @lenkamakulova9456
      @lenkamakulova9456 7 лет назад +2

      Ashley Pugh you bust be sexy

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 6 лет назад +2

      That poet/host looks like he lives on the street ffs..

    • @taneekasmith5782
      @taneekasmith5782 6 лет назад +4

      my dad last name is Pugh is grand mother Irish and Cherokee

    • @badassboy8996
      @badassboy8996 5 лет назад +5

      U got 666 likes..,in 1612 u wud b a witch.!!!😱😵😋😂🤐👍✌️

  • @IS-sl3dt
    @IS-sl3dt 7 лет назад +1465

    I fell asleep watching this. Not that it was boring... But that his accent was weirdly soothing for me.

    • @asteraceae3650
      @asteraceae3650 7 лет назад +84

      isabella stewart I always sleep to a documentary at night

    • @bloodraighna
      @bloodraighna 7 лет назад +47

      subliminal learning?

    • @gone404
      @gone404 7 лет назад +13

      Check out bigclivedotcom and TopTenz. I watch a lot of these for the "soothing" voices.

    • @LucyBex27
      @LucyBex27 7 лет назад +6

      i was like half asleep in lesson time

    • @MICKEYISLOWD
      @MICKEYISLOWD 7 лет назад +26

      Me too and the documentary becomes a part of my dream as I drift off. It's really weird.

  • @oliviaanderson4595
    @oliviaanderson4595 2 года назад +44

    I was born in Lancs and my mum and nana always said we were related to Alice Nutter. My great grandfather, who had dementia, would “escape” his care home and be found at Pendle Hill or on his way there every time. He would always say he belonged there and was going home. Sad and terrible outcomes for so many victims of the witch trials and amazing recap of what occurred and the machinations going on behind the scene.

    • @MrHanderson91
      @MrHanderson91 2 года назад +3

      I hope you don't mind, but I'm curious as to where the last name nutter came from. Some of my friends in the UK use the term to describe someone who's a bit crazy.

    • @missylamb8658
      @missylamb8658 2 года назад

      How sad.

    • @cortneyweaver296
      @cortneyweaver296 2 года назад +1

      That's so cool

  • @carolinesant2283
    @carolinesant2283 5 лет назад +49

    Why hasn’t this poet presented more programmes? Loved this one from beginning to end. The content, narration, animation, presentation, historians EVERYTHING. This is the type of quality programme our screens should be full of....... educating the masses. 😊

  • @AnarchicKhajiit
    @AnarchicKhajiit 5 лет назад +386

    "I met a boy with cloven hooves, so I fought him."
    Makes sense.

  • @Iiwii11
    @Iiwii11 3 года назад +137

    The witch hunt mentality is alive and well today. I think it’s gotten worse in recent years. The modern version often plays itself out on social media with sometimes devastating consequences.

    • @TheStarBlack
      @TheStarBlack 2 года назад +9

      Really? Who has recently been executed for witchcraft?

    • @Iiwii11
      @Iiwii11 2 года назад +6

      @@TheStarBlack Don’t be an idiot.

    • @maxputhoff1436
      @maxputhoff1436 2 года назад +8

      @@TheStarBlack A great many people, mostly young women in places where AIDS is a huge problem. It still happens, just not in the US and the UK.

    • @tttm99
      @tttm99 2 года назад +9

      @@TheStarBlack key word from OP, echoing closing remarks of presenter: mentality 👍

    • @stephenbrookes7268
      @stephenbrookes7268 2 года назад +3

      @@TheStarBlack Have you ever heard of the strawman fallacy? Often used to instigate witch hunts.
      Oh! Look at your comment! It's a strawman! I can almost see you with a torch and a pitch fork.

  • @HAngeli
    @HAngeli 7 лет назад +345

    I like it because there are drawings! It really adds to the documentary! Well done!

    • @BitterBetty76
      @BitterBetty76 7 лет назад +9

      H Angeli they add a real creepy feeling to the story ...

    • @Goodiesfanful
      @Goodiesfanful 5 лет назад +1

      H Angeli I like the drawings too. Nice touch.

  • @septumfunk1530
    @septumfunk1530 7 лет назад +526

    I came for the story and stayed for the animations

  • @donaldgrant9067
    @donaldgrant9067 5 лет назад +22

    This was a good way to keep the masses from attacking the rich and powerful. The King " It is not that I have all the money that is making you poor, it is these dam witches that is causing you to be poor."

    • @theresas740
      @theresas740 5 дней назад

      Illegal immigrants, left-wing radicals...

  • @caitlinmontgomery917
    @caitlinmontgomery917 3 года назад +113

    I lived in Lancaster for a while (where these trials took place) and the whole vibe of the place felt off to me. Lots of older buildings felt haunted, and I'd hear/see odd things. Beautiful, but dark, town where you can totally feel the history.

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 3 года назад +4

      I lived in Palm Springs that place is super haunted. Thanks for sharing, your story was way more interesting :)

    • @Basementjacks
      @Basementjacks 2 года назад +2

      What odd and weird stuff did you see?

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 года назад

      @@Basementjacks in the desert of California??

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 года назад +4

      @@Basementjacks between all of the people you know died trying to cross the border, the meth addicts of Indio CA, and the half dead old people.
      The whole place feels like time stood still in the late 80s. Some people are still in the 1980's there too ...

    • @daniellestevens2068
      @daniellestevens2068 2 года назад

      Alice Nutter is one of my distant great grandmother I would really like to visit Lancaster

  • @wallen5865
    @wallen5865 7 лет назад +55

    15:40 I could listen to this guy tell stories all day long lol he is so animated and well spoken

    • @jrubi5552
      @jrubi5552 5 лет назад +4

      Yes he is especially at 20:33..

    • @RianHagebeuk
      @RianHagebeuk 3 года назад +1

      Was looking for a comment stating something like this. The voice of the narrator is even soothing telling this horrifying story

  • @gilmoreghoul8676
    @gilmoreghoul8676 4 года назад +9

    I love the cartoon/drawings in this documentary so much. I thought it was incredible and than that happened. I love these documentaries so much.

  • @TippyPuddles
    @TippyPuddles 7 лет назад +489

    So sad for the innocent people they hanged.

    • @NoOne-xe2qf
      @NoOne-xe2qf 4 года назад +12

      Do you feel the same way about slaves in Amerikkka?

    • @MrNixtt
      @MrNixtt 4 года назад +36

      @@NoOne-xe2qf why do you ask that? I'm sure she feels the same. Don't you ?

    • @stephenabootman6051
      @stephenabootman6051 4 года назад +4

      Nye. A thousand torturous deaths upon a pyre whilst locked into the Iron Maiden upon anyone convicted of high Treason against the King and God Almighty by means of vvytcherie

    • @Wolf-nv4tx
      @Wolf-nv4tx 4 года назад

      YES

    • @Wolf-nv4tx
      @Wolf-nv4tx 4 года назад +8

      They were not innocent - they were Catholics!

  • @dannycrockett9878
    @dannycrockett9878 6 лет назад +18

    Fascinating.....beautifully done, loved the sneaking in of some animations, that caused me to go back and watch again a time or two, and the the switching from off camera narration to on, and then even to other speakers, back again, etc....
    Just a well done film.

  • @amandala00
    @amandala00 4 года назад +36

    Very well done documentary. I love the use of cartoon imagery; it gives the viewers an eerie yet modern version of history.
    It's so ironic how Jennet had so many so-called "witches" (even her own family and neighbors), condemned and hanged yet she was able to escape the very own thing she started: child testimonials. I wonder why she turned on her family? Blackmail? Chance of a better life? Whatever it may be, she was lucky she didn't suffer the same fate...unless she had to stay imprisoned until she paid her debt. Great documentary, Timeline 🖤🔥

    • @johannas.l.brushane2518
      @johannas.l.brushane2518 3 года назад +3

      I believe the fear of being associated with was seen condemnable. A similar way that happens in repressive societies where informants are encouraged and familymembers, neighbours, workmates are, maybe subconciously, driven to have to bring something to the table so to say, to prove themselves as of better moral quality and loyality than the one person being accused.

    • @errollbrantley
      @errollbrantley 2 года назад

      Would you like to have a drink g

  • @azuredystopia3751
    @azuredystopia3751 7 лет назад +95

    I had already watched this on TV but I watched it again because it's an endlessly compelling subject, dark, and I have a crush on the narrator.

    • @InkyPages
      @InkyPages 7 лет назад +8

      Azure Dystopia He’s a wonderful poet & lovely in person.

    • @arcaine3907
      @arcaine3907 6 лет назад +3

      I think I have a crush on him too :D

    • @emmaismyname8197
      @emmaismyname8197 6 лет назад +1

      Lol 😂

    • @conlaiarla
      @conlaiarla 6 лет назад +2

      Am l the only straight man blind to this appeal lol ?

  • @tommywiseau_
    @tommywiseau_ 6 лет назад +878

    when your mom takes away the xbox and you accuse her of being a witch in court...

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil 4 года назад +19

    I love how this is presented. The animation add so much to the story!

  • @njneb
    @njneb 6 лет назад +731

    so glad they felt obligated to interview a doctor to confirm that a stroke is not an act of witchcraft wow well done

    • @justme-ee6cg
      @justme-ee6cg 5 лет назад +48

      And the doctor actually said she could have caused it by making his blood pressure rise after he heard her curse him 🤯

    • @mystikbuttcrack4335
      @mystikbuttcrack4335 4 года назад +22

      And also- the chances go up that something is going to happen if you’re cursing everyone you’re mad at.

    • @mdclkc911
      @mdclkc911 4 года назад +4

      Right

    • @Thor-Orion
      @Thor-Orion 4 года назад +25

      just me i think what the doctor was implying was that their interaction was more than simply him refusing her and she muttering a curse at him. They had some form of elevated verbal conflict.

    • @lauratt7743
      @lauratt7743 3 года назад +10

      No, they were asking him to confirm what medical issue the guy was experiencing

  • @neila128
    @neila128 6 лет назад +108

    51:50 "There was a village witch with a toad as her familiar, not an unfamiliar situation."
    I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE, MADAM.

    • @bb-ts1up
      @bb-ts1up 4 года назад

      She’s in another show called “myths and monsters” on Netflix

  • @salpimienta10
    @salpimienta10 4 года назад +10

    I love the story and the presenter is an excellent storyteller, very helpful for me learning the English language. the animations, the theme, the voice ... everything helps. thank you very much!

  • @allisonshockley381
    @allisonshockley381 7 лет назад +573

    This little boy eats some random berries, starts beating dogs with sticks, has some grand illusion of a barn that rains food, then tries to fight some dude on the road... ok.

    • @MM-rz8hr
      @MM-rz8hr 7 лет назад +87

      Four words: don’t do drugs kids

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 7 лет назад +75

      I think he ate shrooms not berries.

    • @raymondpickering2209
      @raymondpickering2209 7 лет назад +50

      probably deadly night shade ,, looks like black currents ,, .. trip like hec if you only do a few ,,, .. i do bush craft ..

    • @raymondpickering2209
      @raymondpickering2209 7 лет назад +43

      loadsa shrooms up pendle hill ,, and the area,, i live here,,, so probably shrooms or night shade.. loads o deadly night shade in the wooded areas and the road sides.. other local berrys are wind berrys.. but they are safe ,, loads of them.. all the way up from sabden down to clithero and along the top roads from newchurch..

    • @smolbean9316
      @smolbean9316 6 лет назад

      Raymond Pickering oh thank you🐏😐😚🐙🐷😪🐱

  • @kezkezooie8595
    @kezkezooie8595 6 лет назад +9

    A really well made and fascinating documentary. The comparison with how people and societies can still react in similar ways and the way this was presented in a non confronting or judgemental manner also gives food for thought and was a very good way to wrap this documentary up, I thought.

  • @lalalager21lovelyjubbly77
    @lalalager21lovelyjubbly77 5 лет назад +563

    The only thing I can gather from the witchcraft trials is a convenient way to blame all the ills of life on innocent women

    • @rickphoenix5638
      @rickphoenix5638 4 года назад +42

      And take any property they own including real estate

    • @LovelyGould
      @LovelyGould 4 года назад +21

      Depending on geographical location, "Witch" was a gender-neutral term. It only started being associated with women when more present-day, prominent religions forbid witchcraft unless it was with the church and then after that, completely banned. The witch trials of many places were fueled on confronting deviant women of the societal standards who were subconsciously feared for knowing about the natural world (more commonly referred to today as science, physics, metaphysics, etc.).

    • @nicholashodges201
      @nicholashodges201 4 года назад +18

      @12345grov the vast majority were men in most of Europe, it was in the Americas where it was mostly women targeted, but outside of the Massachusetts trial most weren't executed just driven off. Most witch trials were financially motivated by the accusers, as they would be given a portion of the accussed's estate while the rest was either divided up between church and state or pocketed outright by one. As far as most women accussed they were most often accursed by romantic rivals or their mother(or daughter)-in-law. We know this because the records were kept, along with folk recollection. Both the records and folk histories show that for every female witch executed 4-5 male witches were executed. Quit trying to learn history from glorified English professors and commies with an ax to grind, get your informal from actual historians

    • @micahsaldana3625
      @micahsaldana3625 4 года назад +18

      Men were also accused of Witchcraft, but sure lets conveniently ignore that.

    • @micahsaldana3625
      @micahsaldana3625 4 года назад +5

      @12345grov Have you ever wondered why everybody makes fun of people like you?

  • @ladythalia227
    @ladythalia227 3 года назад +85

    Don’t forget, witchcraft is still punishable by death in parts of the Middle East and Africa. This isn’t a thing of the past, which makes it even more chilling

    • @traceeteeter9875
      @traceeteeter9875 2 года назад +1

      Good point!

    • @alethiacharis2480
      @alethiacharis2480 2 года назад +2

      In Africa!!😱 Isn't that one country where they practice it the most? Like, I thought it was like their native religion 🤔

    • @batfurs3001
      @batfurs3001 2 года назад +11

      @@alethiacharis2480 Africa isn't a country, the countries within Africa vary wildly in their culture & laws. So could be that in one country it's still widely practiced, and in another it's illegal

    • @anima6035
      @anima6035 2 года назад +9

      @@alethiacharis2480 Africa is a continent containing 54 countries and an estimated 2000 languages (which is about 1/3 of the world's languages) 🙌

    • @mawunyomorga8658
      @mawunyomorga8658 2 года назад +4

      @@anima6035 teach her . lots of ignorance...but she has made a good point

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      @Sunriru 5 лет назад +1

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    • @Master...deBater
      @Master...deBater 5 лет назад +4

      Hey...for a second I thought the thumbnail was of Greta Thunberg!!!

    • @rudybeloney9385
      @rudybeloney9385 4 года назад +1

      8k

    • @Norannmcguire
      @Norannmcguire 4 года назад +1

      Omg I wouldn’t bring a child to that park

    • @Norannmcguire
      @Norannmcguire 4 года назад +1

      It’s relivent today sadly in twenty twenty

  • @calanthiarose
    @calanthiarose 2 года назад +5

    I just have to say....I don't know what I would do without this channel. I've always had an interest in history but where I live is very rural, somewhat remote but not terribly so. I don't have a way to get to a library anymore or anywhere really. So after finding this, I was just so, so happy. I must apologize as I thought I had already subscribed but I will now do so at once. Thank You again!!!

  • @alanisriffe921
    @alanisriffe921 7 лет назад +1606

    If two witches had two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

  • @Adennative
    @Adennative 4 года назад +14

    Love, love the animations! The little girls facial expressions in the beginning is priceless it was very funny!

  • @GateauSupastar
    @GateauSupastar 7 лет назад +1487

    There aren't enough ads

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 7 лет назад +105

      ikr i needed a few more

    • @FuneralRoses
      @FuneralRoses 7 лет назад +74

      I too enjoy a good RUclips ad that lasts one hour and twelve minutes with no option to skip. TWICE. Or several ads of two to four minutes with no skip. But I'm not mad :)

    • @KokosNaSnehu2
      @KokosNaSnehu2 7 лет назад +49

      One word my friends, AdBlock, get it.

    • @GateauSupastar
      @GateauSupastar 7 лет назад +24

      Daniel Bejsta I can't on my phone

    • @lilacinsd
      @lilacinsd 7 лет назад +6

      Daniel Bejsta not good for musicians who have ads and make (some) money from it!

  • @TheMCNinjas
    @TheMCNinjas 5 лет назад +11

    Timeline, if you´re watching this comment, please add more animations! I really liked these you added here because it fits the narrative, as it was taken from an old storybook .

  • @Comoroo
    @Comoroo 5 лет назад +279

    It’s crazy how people were accused of witchcraft with no evidence at all supporting their claims, & now people can publicly claim to be witches, & can not provide any evidence whatsoever to support their claims. 😂

    • @benny4572
      @benny4572 3 года назад

      @@ladythalia227"

    • @1922Skidoo
      @1922Skidoo 3 года назад +3

      This is what happens when no Netflix are on 😁

    • @heilamessy
      @heilamessy 3 года назад +2

      @@ladythalia227 what country of middle east?

    • @asmaehezzam112
      @asmaehezzam112 3 года назад +2

      @@ladythalia227 where did you get that information ? 😂

    • @Strawberrynovacane
      @Strawberrynovacane 3 года назад +3

      They are still doing it

  • @LuKaZz420
    @LuKaZz420 6 лет назад +12

    Great documentary, the guy is brilliant and the drawings are amazingly chilling. Well done. Thanks for the upload.

  • @songoku9348
    @songoku9348 7 лет назад +55

    Very good stuff! The animations are actually helpful, it gives you a rough idea of how these people lived.

  • @rachelw1076
    @rachelw1076 3 года назад +12

    I've come back and watched this several times. The integration of the animations is brilliant.

  • @timmydirtyrat6015
    @timmydirtyrat6015 7 лет назад +320

    "So a witch took you on a horse to a barn filled with 60 horses where they pulled on ropes that dropped great food and you ran away then you fought a centaur? Oh okay!"

    • @jeremyhall2727
      @jeremyhall2727 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah he was crazy 😨

    • @johngrindley169
      @johngrindley169 5 лет назад +6

      It was a Pan, a satyre, a Greek forest deity living in Britain Timmy, Anyway, they believed him, and why not, people will believe anything in those days. he had a great imagination though, give him his due.

    • @jeremyhall2727
      @jeremyhall2727 5 лет назад +2

      @@johngrindley169 I always forget the name of these kind of people (satyres)

    • @doctoruttley
      @doctoruttley 4 года назад +1

      Typical Tuesday up here in Canada! 😂

    • @rachaelstanley7986
      @rachaelstanley7986 3 года назад

      I wonder what the berries were? I bet my foraging group would have an idea.

  • @mamamarianovits9029
    @mamamarianovits9029 4 года назад +76

    Poor little Janet. I've read comments suggesting that a child of 9 years would not only know, full well, what she was doing, but also knew the consequences of such. We must remember how impressionable children are. If she had been in the care of her family's hunter and prosecutor, as is suggested, then he would have had four months to impress his will upon her. And children, often being all too willing to please, may very well have seen this, her testimony, as her only way forward. I only suggest this is a possibility.

    • @brentfarvors192
      @brentfarvors192 3 года назад +15

      She was threatened with hanging herself for the man's stroke, if she didn't testify against her family. Same exact under handed tactics the Police/DA use to this very day!

    • @neenayannelli2334
      @neenayannelli2334 2 года назад +5

      i think whats sad is either way, she had a death for herself. if she didn't say they were witches, she would die. she said it and years later they used that as a way to get her killed.

    • @alexandrahenderson4368
      @alexandrahenderson4368 2 года назад +4

      People really ignore human psychology.... The parts of our brain that are most easy to manipulate and comprehend consequences isn't fully developed until our early to mid 20s. Anything before that is literally fear mongering

    • @glendabarton45barton48
      @glendabarton45barton48 2 года назад +6

      As well, apparently she felt a stranger to her family because she was an illegitimate child so she was sort of not one of them, maybe she felt like a stranger in a strange land and perhaps had no love for even her mother

    • @astroemerald3175
      @astroemerald3175 2 года назад +2

      Children were little better than chattel, workhorse .
      Poor girl .

  • @jessicabarczewski1910
    @jessicabarczewski1910 4 года назад +23

    I just read a story where King Charles 1 was accused as an infant of being a changling (a fairy that has disposed of the human baby and is now in the baby's place). It's amazing he grew up to be so skeptical when others around him thought he was a non human fairy.

    • @caracopland710
      @caracopland710 2 года назад +2

      Not amazing- classic projection- ppl that lack the extremely important ability to ‘self reflect’ and live with a deluded notion of themselves PROJECT the more painful aspects of their True Self onto others that appear repulsive to them because their real self recognises the trait they deny- been recognised for centuries with the phrase- when you point at me there’s three fingers of your own pointing back at you! Amazing? A more basic gross and deceptive petty aspect of growing up-

  • @MrHarrytheJew
    @MrHarrytheJew 7 лет назад +116

    37:14, his complete and utter confusion as to what kids do in parks “these days” 😂

  • @mshavisham8964
    @mshavisham8964 6 лет назад +7

    The shadow effects are wonderful. I haven't seen that before. Love it!

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 5 лет назад +19

    This story was similar to the one that happened in Bamberg in Bavaria about 15 years later. There, an over zealous Roman Catholic Bishop initiated a horrendous witch hunt during the course of which over 600 people were burnt as witches, each illegally tortured until they named somebody else, children denouncing parents, friends and neighbours accusing each other, a vicious circle inspired by fear and pain perpetuating the hunt until the Emperor himself intervened and stopped the madness, banning the Bishop from his lands. He was chased out of the region by the enraged population, lucky to get away with his life.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 года назад +3

      You know,the more I hear about priests the more I am glad I do my own thing.Weak willed Cranmer who let an innocent,abused girl go to her death,Bishop Morton,evil man out for what he could get,'Saint'Thomas More who had a rack in his house to persuade Protestants to stop being heretics,the cruelty of monks & nuns to the children & single mothers in their care,Torquemada...The list is almost endless!

    • @heartofthunder1440
      @heartofthunder1440 2 года назад

      Kinda makes you wonder if it was all made up B.S. due to petty issues and just a dislike for someone, or perhaps those people that were burnt was just out of place and didn’t fit in for what ever reason, society hasn’t changed much. We see the same B.S. now in present day. It’s called hate…..

  • @frances_and_the_moon
    @frances_and_the_moon 7 лет назад +21

    Beautiful, thank you for uploading. The animation truly is eerie and captivating, I loved every single minute of it!

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 7 лет назад +21

    Simon Armitage is absolutely fantastic at this type of presentation.
    An excellent video - a massive thumbs up

  • @Sunriru
    @Sunriru 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you for these documentaries. I spend a lot of time watching all sorts of documentaries. They are fascinating and informitative

  • @octopusmime
    @octopusmime 7 лет назад +65

    ah, this guy again! he hosted the 'sir gawain & the green knight' doc. his voice is so beautiful!

  • @animedndfangirl
    @animedndfangirl 7 лет назад +133

    when they were describing the how the peddler suddenly collapsed and could not move. then them saying how he could not move especially the left arm, I was thinking to myself, that it sounds like he had a stroke. I knew this cause of all the times I have been told the signs and symptoms of a stroke.

    • @diestimme6282
      @diestimme6282 7 лет назад +6

      Kimberly Thornton Ikr, but they were so stupid back then. :/

    • @stancexpunks
      @stancexpunks 6 лет назад +5

      Same. Pretty well known symptoms of a stroke

    • @taneekasmith5782
      @taneekasmith5782 6 лет назад +1

      you get a stroke from bad thoughts

    • @mdclkc911
      @mdclkc911 4 года назад

      I thought the same too

  • @rowboat8343
    @rowboat8343 4 года назад +29

    My daughter is 9. Most of what comes out of her mouth is pure nonsense. I can't imagine what that poor little girl went through. The adults involved in this story are disgraceful to have used her this way.

    • @joanneadahk124
      @joanneadahk124 2 года назад +3

      I agree the guilt she must have carried. Poor baby

    • @mikeno8192
      @mikeno8192 2 года назад +1

      The one who accused her family and neighbours was probably a psychopathic child…nothing suggests she was coerced or scared - except when her mother was angry at her

    • @frockabyebabyshabbychic2611
      @frockabyebabyshabbychic2611 2 года назад

      I’m sorry for your daughter that you see her that way. Let’s hope she never needs you on her side if you think she speaks only nonsense 😔

    • @AlexandraofUnusualIdeas
      @AlexandraofUnusualIdeas 2 года назад

      @@frockabyebabyshabbychic2611 that was one of the most idiotic things I've heard in awhile. How old are you?

  • @Ideativer
    @Ideativer 7 лет назад +19

    The animation in this helps to give the documentary and intriguing and dark atmosphere.

  • @AprilPray
    @AprilPray 7 лет назад +18

    Excellent show! This was well done and intriguing. Thank you for posting.

  • @valkyriesardo278
    @valkyriesardo278 4 года назад +18

    He reads, "Two pap were found in her secrets." Then he looks up at the camera and remarks, "I think her secrets means exactly what you think it means." Oh how I do appreciate those capable discretion.

  • @devilwaverer
    @devilwaverer 7 лет назад +570

    Just realised...
    The actress doing the voice of the 9 yr old, Jennet Device, is the same actress who plays Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones
    LOL

    • @parker6739
      @parker6739 7 лет назад +39

      She is also Mildred Hubble in the worst witch on Netflix lol

    • @yaya-sy2sr
      @yaya-sy2sr 7 лет назад +11

      that made my day!!!!

    • @dorisbarkler2548
      @dorisbarkler2548 6 лет назад +5

      Okay, thats pretty cool 😎

    • @shawnsatrinarodriguez4429
      @shawnsatrinarodriguez4429 6 лет назад

      peter singleton 🙌💯

    • @SnowdropWood
      @SnowdropWood 6 лет назад +23

      Any evidence for that? It seems doubtful. This documentary was made in 2011 when Bella Ramsey (Lyanna) was 8 years old. Her bio says she didn't start auditioning for jobs until she was 11, which would've been 2014. She also had to have a dialogue coach for her northern accent on Game of Thrones, whilst the little girl doing Jennet's voice speaks as though it's her natural accent.

  • @princesspasta
    @princesspasta 7 лет назад +123

    the art in this is wonderful. very twisted :}

  • @downrightannoying3922
    @downrightannoying3922 3 года назад +1

    This is one of the best documentary I’ve ever watched structurally

  • @mitchharrelson7439
    @mitchharrelson7439 7 лет назад +24

    This was an excellent documentary! Beautifully filmed!!

  • @tvanya
    @tvanya 6 лет назад +74

    In the eleventh century, king Kalman of Hungary, whose nick name was "bookish", because his love of books, declared that "THERE ARE NO WITCHES" and as a result, no woman was called, and condemned because witchcraft in Hungary. It is incredible for a Hungarian that witches were executed in the US close to the seventeenth century.

    • @ioanamirelaiacoban8547
      @ioanamirelaiacoban8547 4 года назад +8

      True! In Eastern Europe the witchcraft was not that much of a big deal. The threat of the Otoman Impire kind of kept up ocupied:)). I remember the case of Elizabeth Bathory...although a noble and rich woman, she was sentenced to life in prison for her crimes. True though...she wasn't killed like an normal person but still. Mind blowing to see in US or Western Europe in the 1600...

  • @borleyboo5613
    @borleyboo5613 4 года назад +2

    Excellent documentary. Very atmospheric and eerie made more so by the animation. I certainly learned a lot more about The Witches of Pendle. Thank you.

  • @clarekuehn4372
    @clarekuehn4372 5 лет назад +8

    This is really good! 😍 Very balanced and thorough, nice production value, nice sensitivity.

  • @clementbijulisingh5451
    @clementbijulisingh5451 7 лет назад +61

    They were so steeped in religious fervency, they created an eerie world to conform with their believe.

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 5 лет назад +1

      Sadly it still persists in this modern age...I hate these religious larpers... You can't larp as witches or voodoo casters anymore, or they'll murder you..

    • @mornettepotgieter3034
      @mornettepotgieter3034 4 года назад +5

      All man made religion's should be gotten rid of.

    • @mornettepotgieter3034
      @mornettepotgieter3034 4 года назад +5

      @tubetardism 20/20All have been given a free will to choose between right and wrong and an ego. Man made religion horrendously murdered Jesus for telling the truth, the king James bible was actually written by the demented actual King James to control and fill people with fear. There is no Satan except the one that you become through your own choices and actions and EGO. All of man made religion's lies and deceptions that's been passed down from generations to generations to hide their evil deeds behind our amazing Creator's name, man made religion that hides paedophiles, greed, racism, anger, hatred, killer's, rapists, etc etc etc etc etc.
      Our Creator is pure pure love and has not one bit of negative energy so is incapable of all negative things that religion's have taught us, our Creator is not a religion but a spiritual being, we are not human beings having a human experience but spiritual beings having a human experience.
      And to those who are going to slam me please don't waste your time as I walk in light and have spiritually awoken not man made religion awoken, big big difference, blessings and light to you all. 💖
      Please listen to Wayne Dyer on RUclips.

    • @sonyahdepasse9424
      @sonyahdepasse9424 3 года назад

      @@mornettepotgieter3034 What are you on lol.

    • @EMusicT
      @EMusicT 3 года назад +1

      @@mornettepotgieter3034 What do you mean there is no satan? Satan is the father of all evil and God is the father of all Good

  • @tarotwithjae6426
    @tarotwithjae6426 2 года назад

    excellent...i watch Simon Armitage's "Gawain" on repeat, and i am thrilled to see this presentation as well. and then Prof. R.Hutton shows up as an absolute bonus. thank you !!

  • @carolinebarnes6832
    @carolinebarnes6832 7 лет назад +39

    That was brilliant and I didn't see any ads at all.

  • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
    @ThePhantomSafetyPin 6 лет назад +11

    Fascinating piece of history I had never learned about up to this point. Incredible.

  • @gaggymott9159
    @gaggymott9159 3 года назад +1

    I had friends who lived in Nelson, and travelling the M62 was always a pleasure. Viewing Pendle Hill was always spooky, remembering what dark deeds and death took place up there.....Brilliant upload too, by the way....

  • @samalexander4758
    @samalexander4758 7 лет назад +15

    Lancashire is the best county.
    I live just over the hill from Pendle, nice to walk up there sometimes.

  • @TheSaneHatter
    @TheSaneHatter 6 лет назад +13

    If you've read the "Last Apprentice" series by Joseph Delaney, it draws on these incidents quite a bit, specifically mentioning Pendle and Malkin Tower.

  • @dragon2195
    @dragon2195 4 года назад +11

    What's even more disturbing is we as humans are still just as ignorant in sooo many more areas of life today. Sadly 😟

  • @desiguy55
    @desiguy55 7 лет назад +284

    "the witch turned me into a newt". you are a man, "well i got better".

  • @slavic_bog_warlock
    @slavic_bog_warlock 3 года назад +36

    damn i know these timeline documentaries are usually about British history but i would love to see one for the Salem witch trials with the same animation style. honestly all these witchcraft trials whether they’re in Europe or the States are super creepy even though there weren’t any witches

    • @Dweller415
      @Dweller415 3 года назад +5

      There were some witches among the accused.

    • @Fe26man
      @Fe26man 3 года назад +7

      Hmmm. That sounds like something a witch would say.... "even though there were no witches"...

    • @kelb6073
      @kelb6073 3 года назад +6

      The only possible real "witch" in Salem was the slave Tituba. She was from Barbados and she confessed. She was accused of telling the girls about voodoo and such. One of the girls sort of confessed that it was all lies. Tituba is also eventually let out of prison.
      But the greedy church and higher ups kept it going on to gain property and wealth from the accused. They were able to take the accused property, including livestock and anything else. That's why so many were accused.

    • @TRaWi
      @TRaWi 2 года назад

      @@Fe26man wink, wink, nod, nod.

    • @elsakristina2689
      @elsakristina2689 2 года назад

      The drawings and animations for this documentary were done by artist Phoebe Boswell.

  • @theblurredcrusade.2557
    @theblurredcrusade.2557 3 года назад +28

    I grew up in Burnley and this history was amazing growing up, we were all educated about it and Halloween 🦇 is a fantastic time.

    • @MujiShah
      @MujiShah 3 года назад +2

      Yeah same, people really believe it tho that real witches there existed

  • @gianna5869
    @gianna5869 6 лет назад +22

    Love this doc. I am reading" Daughters Of The Witching Hill" for the 3rd time. The author is Mary Sharratt. It's a great book, written from the perspective of Elizabeth Southern a.k.a "demdike" as well as from the perspective of Alizon . There is another book called Daylights gate also based on the pendle witches. I haven't read it and don't know who the author is.

  • @eowyn-faramir-reads
    @eowyn-faramir-reads 5 лет назад +10

    The animation is crazy good, but can we *appreciate the use of In the Hall of The Mountain King* as the score when they storm Maulkin Tower?

  • @Gem_Fab_2006
    @Gem_Fab_2006 3 года назад +1

    This is my favorite documentary. The animation is ghostly and fits perfectly.

  • @klarastern5597
    @klarastern5597 6 лет назад +22

    we need to make sure, that everyone gets taught science properly... the scientific method, rational thinking etc..

    • @yivunqp963
      @yivunqp963 3 года назад +3

      Yes. Modern stupidity is people who declare their education useless because "the information are useless when they join the workforce". And then advocate not learning those subjects.

    • @piecesoftheheart9231
      @piecesoftheheart9231 3 года назад

      A whole, balanced combination of law, social behaviors, history, and science….. it wasn’t just limited scientific knowledge that led to and allowed this to occur…. there’s a major social factor too - “mob mentality”, or “bandwagon fallacy”

  • @wendrethmythania1873
    @wendrethmythania1873 5 лет назад +26

    I live about 8 miles from here, we even had local buses named after the witches! Every Halloween loads of ppl go to Pendle hill and there's a tour of the area.
    Most haunted TV show, did an episode on Pendle witches too.
    There's supposed to be some witch covens around still.

    • @chantelwoerner5247
      @chantelwoerner5247 2 года назад

      I hope to visit there someday. I am a descendent of Alice Nutter.

  • @tonyplyler6203
    @tonyplyler6203 6 лет назад +6

    Wonderful documentary. I enjoyed the drawings throughout.

  • @emmaismyname8197
    @emmaismyname8197 6 лет назад +191

    Back then: children’s story’s where believed
    Today: “nice story, honey”
    😂

    • @gerloke914
      @gerloke914 5 лет назад +3

      That's how witches are able to do what they do now.

    • @AnnaLVajda
      @AnnaLVajda 5 лет назад +15

      I grew up in a haunted house and my family believed me because they saw things too even my Mother who doesn't "like that sort of thing" and did not talk about it much did not dismiss my reports as imaginary. Now days children report abuse and get ignored which enables abusers who are flesh and blood not just spirits.

    • @Alexander-vm2ox
      @Alexander-vm2ox 5 лет назад +2

      @@gerloke914 exactly. witch craft is dangerous and they are messing around with the underworld. gonna be their fault when they are punished

    • @halosandhorns8
      @halosandhorns8 4 года назад +4

      @@Alexander-vm2ox wow

    • @halosandhorns8
      @halosandhorns8 4 года назад +3

      @@gerloke914 what do they do now?

  • @Baqir_B2
    @Baqir_B2 3 года назад +8

    I live in Burnley and see Pendle hill everyday there's just something about it's presence.

    • @TRaWi
      @TRaWi 2 года назад

      it's magic

  • @EthicEnt
    @EthicEnt 7 лет назад +41

    DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY! Even if this topic doesn't interest you I promise it will keep your attention the whole time and by the end you will feel like you actually learned something. 5/5

  • @lavondahenderson8791
    @lavondahenderson8791 4 года назад +4

    This was really well done though. Thank you! ❤️
    I shared it to my Women's group.

  • @paradigmredesign2012
    @paradigmredesign2012 3 года назад +4

    Wow. This (from the description) feels ominent and relevant to 2021: 'Although the events in this film may date back four hundred years, its issues resonate today as much as ever... how, in times of crisis, fear of evil can easily lead us to behave in ways which may corrode the very values that we most wish to protect.'

  • @danipants14
    @danipants14 6 лет назад +11

    Watching him look through those original texts thinking "Why isn't he wearing gloves?" Very well put together doco though, such a fascinating and horrible time.

    • @TRaWi
      @TRaWi 2 года назад +2

      The new archival guidelines is that gloves rupture the micro-fibers in old paper. The best is to wash your hands thouroughly before (I almost fainted in shame when Bodleian Library deigned to answer my spiteful comment about gloves in a RUclips comment lol)

  • @Phoenixx42
    @Phoenixx42 7 лет назад +2263

    Is she a good witch, a bad witch or a sandwich?

    • @MrCelt81
      @MrCelt81 7 лет назад +118

      Shawn Brennan It takes a good witch and a bad witch to make a sandwich.

    • @artmostfearentr
      @artmostfearentr 7 лет назад +24

      But only a Sand Witch can be a Sandwich or not?

    • @TartarugaPreta
      @TartarugaPreta 7 лет назад +16

      Maybe a humbug?

    • @inesdelahoya2045
      @inesdelahoya2045 7 лет назад +34

      OK, witch one?

    • @reimagine207
      @reimagine207 7 лет назад +6

      Shawn Brennan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @pattimcintosh7274
    @pattimcintosh7274 3 года назад +3

    I love the creepy animation. Very well made doc!!

  • @ashleyadams7934
    @ashleyadams7934 6 лет назад +4

    Love this!! The animation...ooo add....was dark and yet so ....ooo add.....beautiful. The host really...ooo add....has the perfect voice...ooo add.... to tell a story like this.
    Also, there were a lot of adds! 😒

  • @clown-cult96
    @clown-cult96 5 лет назад +5

    I keep watching this documentary. I absolutely love it.

  • @oliviagraham6898
    @oliviagraham6898 3 года назад +2

    I have watched this about 6 times, the illustrations are fantastic and as some said in the comments adds such a spooky feel to it all x

  • @SandraNelson063
    @SandraNelson063 7 лет назад +62

    Read the book by Pratchett and Gaimon, "Good Omens", and you'll find the Nutters. And the Devices. And witchfinders.

    • @Sound-Dimensions
      @Sound-Dimensions 5 лет назад +4

      these families are still in the area

    • @thedativecase9733
      @thedativecase9733 4 года назад +5

      The names of the families involved are very well known, especially here in Lancashire. We get told this stuff when we are children because it is part of our local history - for good or ill .

    • @sarenaramirez1732
      @sarenaramirez1732 4 года назад +3

      The book The Familiars by Stacey Halls is about these witch trails. She adds to the story of course. However, it was well done.

    • @rachaelstanley7986
      @rachaelstanley7986 3 года назад +1

      @@Sound-Dimensions Except the Devices who were all executed or died in jail.

  • @musicismyweapon1000
    @musicismyweapon1000 7 лет назад +57

    It was a very informative and enjoyable documentary. I love history and I always found witch trials throughout history to be very insightful on human psychology. It's very interesting to see how people back then believed that other people could be capable of having powers to put a curse on others to the point of with just by looking at someone you could bring someone harm or make charms/spells/chants that could either cause harm or protect someone (Maybe even some people today still believe this to be possible) which is something I find ridiculous. As always religion was a big factor in all this which is a good example of people using religion to manipulate people to do what they pleased for their own purposes (like the king maybe unintentionally since he wasn't all that well in the head to begin with and the magistrate? who used the little girl to prove that the guilty were witches so that he could gain favor with the king and influence ).Who knows what the girl was thinking maybe she was abused or had a grudge towards her family and neighbors for making her feel like an outsider and worthless maybe she was manipulated to say those things. But that boy all the outrageous things he said and people somehow still believed him is beyond me I mean seriously?! Half man half goat? Food falling from the cealing? Actual full grown adults believed this... I have no words. Like they say the mind is a powerful thing.

    • @xeno4746
      @xeno4746 3 года назад +2

      👍 When ignorance and fear reign.

    • @lisalynch629
      @lisalynch629 3 года назад +4

      Just look at what’s happening now …

    • @amygresl3691
      @amygresl3691 2 года назад +1

      In 12 years witch craft opinions changed and people laughed at it. But the courts still had trials. In 2 years science and opinions changed on masks and people laughed at it. But politicians continued to push them.

  • @caro2233
    @caro2233 3 года назад +1

    i'm loving these History documentaries... suh a shame we don't have such documentaries in France... there are still so many things to learn...

  • @jeremychocholowski5203
    @jeremychocholowski5203 7 лет назад +135

    but did each accused individual weigh less than a duck?

  • @karinwolf3645
    @karinwolf3645 5 лет назад +65

    I am not a witch no matter what my ex-husband said!!

  • @alexajones2331
    @alexajones2331 4 года назад +4

    I Always come back to watch this wonderful documentary 🤩

  • @BluesClues007
    @BluesClues007 5 лет назад +33

    Maaan if i denounced my mother as a witch, she would leap over the rail and strangle me lol "guess what, you're coming along with me, SPAAAAWN"

    • @tyra230
      @tyra230 4 года назад +1

      And mine!!🤣🤣

  • @0rluh
    @0rluh 7 лет назад +23

    Ugh. Around 50:00 when he was talking about the marks they found between their legs. Sounds like warts or cysts.